README.md

IEPD for the Nuclear Forensics Data Exchange Model (NFDEM)

This IEPD is designed to support nuclear forensics investigation and analysis. It is implemented using NIEM 4.0 and other domain-specific schemas, and created by using the Template-IEPD project (https://github.com/cdmgtri/Template-IEPD).

The initial release of the NFDEM-IEPD is be compliant with the NIEM-MPD 3.0.1 specification

This IEPD contains

1. NIEM schema subset

   • The NIEM Schema Subset Generation Tool (SSGT) was used to create a subset for the IEPD based on the several community domain models in NIEM, including CBRN, Emergency, and Biometrics.

2. NIEM extension schema

   • The extension schema for the NFDEM-IEPD is called nfdem.xsd that is compliant with the NIEM 4.0 specification.

3. Catalog file

   • The catalog file for this IEPD is the mpd-catalog.xml that follows the catalog schema mpd-catalog-3.0.xsd.

4. README

   • This is defined in README.md (this file).

5. Change Log

   • A change log is provided in the changelog.txt file.

6. Conformance Assertion

   • Conformance Tests have been performed using the test tool Conformance Testing Assistant (ConTesA) with automated testing targets using the NDR rules on IEPD extension schemas and to generate a conformance assertion.
   • Note that all local NIEM extension schemas must have a conformance target identifier as specified above in order for the NDR rules to be applied.