Mandatory Government of Ontario Information Technology Standards, Guidelines, Policies and Procedures

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These standards were developed using the new GO-ITS numbering system and Word template in 2002. However, the final publications are in PDF format. These standards are subject to a pre-determined review period.

GO-ITS 23.1 Government of Ontario Public Web Standard. Amended February 2006. Status: Approved. (Note: Replaces GO-ITS 01.01and is renamed from Internet Public Access-Product Design)

GO-ITS 23.3 Internet Web Application Interface. August 2002. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 24 Omnibus IT Standard Version 2.0c. March 2005. Status: Approved.
Includes mandatory APIs, data formats and network communication protocols.

GO-ITS 25 Security Standard - Summary of Mandatory Corporate Principles and Requirements. January 2003. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 25.1 Security Standard - Routers. January 2003. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 25.2 Security Standard - Forensic Compliance. January 2003. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 25.3 Security Standard - Business Continuity Management. January 2003. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 25.4 Security Standard - Remote Access Control. January 2003. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 25.5 Security Standard - Requirements for Wireless Local Area Networks - IEEE 802.11. June 2005. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 25.5.1 Security Standard - Best Practices for Wireless Local Area Networks - IEEE 802.11. January 2003. Status: Approved

GO-ITS 25.6 Security Standard - Firewalls. January 2003: Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 25.7 Security Standard - Requirements for Remote Access Services (RAS). April 2006. Status: Approved

GO-ITS 25.7.1 Security Standard - Best Practices for RAS/Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). January 2003. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 25.8 Security Standard - Servers. January 2003. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 25.9 Security Standard - Intrusion Detection Systems. January 2003. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 25.10 Security Requirements for Mobile Devices. April 2006. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 25.15 Security_Requirements_for_Password_Management_and_Use. February 2006. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 26 XML Family of Specifications Version 1.4. April 2003. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 27.0 Information Standard for Address Specification using Government of Ontario CDE Schema Version 1.5. April 2004. Status: Transitional.

GO-ITS 27.0 Appendix A - Change Control Process and List of Related Documents. April 2004. Status: Transitional.

GO-ITS 27.1 Information Standard for Address Specification using Government of Ontario CDE Schema Version 2.0. April 2004. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 27.1 Appendix A - Additional Information, Change Control and Related Documents. March 2004. Status: Informational.

GO-ITS 27.2 Information Standard for Party and Party Contact Specification using Government of Ontario CDE XML Schema (GOCDES) Version 2.0. March 2005. Status: Approved

GO-ITS 28 Web Services Communications Family of Specifications Version 2.0. August 2005. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 29 Ontario Road Network - Data Standard for Road Geometry and Attributes. August 2003. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 29 Appendix A - Ontario Road Network - Logical Data Model with Data Dictionary. August 2003. Status: Informational.

GO-ITS 29 Appendix B - Ontario Road Network - Physical Data Model. August 2003. Status: Informational.

GO-ITS 29 Appendix C - Data Model Symbology Explanation. August 2003. Status: Informational.

GO-ITS 35 Change Management Portable Guide V1.1. April 2005. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 36 Configuration Management Portable Guide V1.1. April 2005. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 37 Incident Management Portable Guide V1.1. April 2005. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 38 Problem Management Portable Guide V1.1. April 2005. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 39.1 Wireless LAN V1.0. November 2005. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 43 Web Metadata. March 2005. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 44 ITSM Terminology Reference Model Portable Guide V1.0. April 2005. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 45.1 North American Datum 1983 (NAD83). June 2005. Status: Approved

GO-ITS 45.2 National Transformation Version 2 (NTv2). June 2005. Status: Approved

GO-ITS 45.3 Ontario Specification for GPS Control Surveys. June 2005. Status: Approved

GO-ITS 46 Common Metadata Elements Standard (CMES) Version 1.0. December 2005. Status: Approved

These standards were developed using the old GO-ITS numbering system and HTML templates from 1994-2001. As time passes, we will be revisiting these standards to determine their current applicability.

GO-ITS 01.00 - ECN-Electronic Communications and Networking. November 1995. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 01.10 - Network Operating Systems and Desktop Operating Systems. Amended September 2000. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 01.20 - ECN-TCP/IP Naming and Addressing. December 1996. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 01.21 - ECN-Novell Naming and Addressing. February 1997. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 01.22 - ECN-List of Three Letter Ministry Codes. Amended August 1998. Status: Transitional.

GO-ITS 01.40 - ECN-Simple Mail Transport (SMTP) Electronic Mail. Amended March 2006. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 10.00 - Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). May 1994. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 10.01 - Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Conventions. May 1994. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 10.02 - Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Routing. April 1995. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 30.00 - Database Management Systems (DBMS). March 2000. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 70.00 - Customer Index Files (CIFs) Registration of Individual Ministries. Amended July 1996. Status: Transitional.

GO-ITS 70.01 - Customer Index Files (CIFs) Implementation Information. Amended July 1996. Status: Transitional.

GO-ITS 71.00 - Business Registration Data Elements. Amended February 2001. Status: Transitional.

GO-ITS 71.01 - Business Registration Interpretation Guidelines. Amended July 1996. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 72.00 - Geospatial Metadata Basic Content Requirements. September 1996. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 74.00 - Date Format. Amended July 1997. Status: Approved.

GO-ITS 80.00 - Wiring Topology for Government Buildings - Voice and Data Communications. Amended February 2001. Status: Approved.