Data Management

Data management involves the theories and techniques for managing the entire data lifecycle, from data collection to data format conversion, from data storage to data sharing and retrieval, to data provenance, data quality control and data curation for long-term data archival and preservation.

Topics in this Knowledge Area are listed thematically below. Existing topics are in regular font and linked directly to their original entries (published in 2006; these contain only Learning Objectives). Entries that have been updated and expanded are in bold. Forthcoming, future topics are italicized. 

 

Spatial Databases Spatial Access Methods Georeferencing Systems
Spatial Database Management Systems Data Retrieval Strategies Earth's Shape, Sea Level, and the Geoid
Use of Relational DBMSs Spatial Indexing Geographic Coordinate Systems
Object-Oriented DBMSs Space-driven Structures: Grid, linear quadtree, and z-ordering tree files Planar Coordinate Systems
Relational DBMS and their Spatial Extensions Data-driven structures: R-trees and cost models Tesselated Referencing Systems
Topological Relationships Modeling Unstructured Spatial Data Linear Referencing
Database Administration Modeling Semi-Structured Spatial Data Vertical (Geopotential) Datums
Conceptual Data Models   Horizontal (Geometric) Datums
Logical Data Models Query Processing Georegistration
Physical Data Models Optimal I/O Algorithms Map Projections
NoSQL Databases Spatial Joins  
Problems with Large Spatial Databases Complex Queries Data Manipulation
Array Databases Spatial Data Infrastructures Point, Line, and Area Generalization
Representations of Spatial Objects Metadata Vector-to-Raster and Raster-to-Vector Conversions
Events and Processes Content Standards Raster Resampling
Raster Data Models Data Warehouses Coordinate Transformations
Vector Data Models Spatial Data Infrastructures Transaction Management
Topological Models U.S. National Spatial Data Infrastructure  
Network Models Ontology for Geospatial Semantic Interoperability  
Entity-based Models Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure  
Modeling 3D Entities Hydrographic Geospatial Data Standards  
Fields in Space and Time    
Fuzzy Models    
Triangular Irregular Network (TIN) Models    
Genealogical Relationships, Linkage, and Inheritance    
Geospatial Data Conflation