Quality assurance

Preparatory phase

Step 0: for any service that is implemented, it needs to be checked if:

• a specific standard is being recommended

  • any further specific recommendations are made to help ensure interoperability.

Assessment phase

Step 1: Overall quality check - compliance with general best practice recommendations

• • General recommendation 1: separate datasets with different updating frequency (eg static information and dynamic information)

  • test: separate static and dynamic information

Step 2: Technical quality check

• • Compliance with the format of the advocated standard (eg compliance with the xsd)

  • test: is the dataset valid against the schema of the advocated standard

  • Compliance with the semantic aspects of the advocated standard

    • test: is the content of the dataset consistent with the meaning of the elements as expressed in the specification

  • Compliance with specific recommendations given for the service under consideration

    • test: have any specific recommendations for the service been followed (if these exist)

Step 3: Content quality check (at this moment: only qualitative assessment)

• Completeness

  • test: to what extent is the dataset complete

• Correctness

  • test: to what extent are the data correct

• Positional accuracy

  • test: to what extent is the position information accurate

• Up-to-dateness

  • test: to what extent is the dataset up-to-date.

Reporting phase

Step 4: Produce quality report

A template for an assessment report can be found below.