National Information Exchange Model (NIEM)

NIEM Production Releases

NIEM 2.0

• Online Documentation and Schemas (html file)
• Schemas, manifest indexes, and spreadsheet (zip file)
• Spreadsheet only (zip file)
• Other database formats (Access, Excel, and CSV) (zip file)
• NIEM namespaces (html file)

NIEM 1.0

• Release notes (html file)
• NIEM v1.0 Standards Package (zip file)
• Web-based component documentation (html file)
• NIEM model exports (MS Access, Excel, and CSV formats) (zip file)

Documents

Quick Reads

• Executive Message (PDF file) (accessible text file)
• NIEM FAQs (PDF file) (accessible text file)
• Why NIEM Now? (PDF file) (accessible text file)
• 10 Key Points About NIEM (PDF file) (accessible text file)
• Value of NIEM (PDF file) (accessible text file)
• Summary of Changes (PDF file) (accessible text file)

Overview Documents

• NIEM Introduction  (PDF file) (accessible text file)
  Updated 02/12/07
• Concept of Operations  (PDF file) (accessible text file)
  Updated 01/09/07
• NIEM Implementation Guidelines (html file)
• U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
  Implementation Guidance for NIEM-Conformant Exchanges
  (Note: Internal DOJ guidance document) (PDF file)
  

Technical Documents

• Using IC-ISM with NIEM (PDF file) (accessible text file)
  • IC-ISM Metadata (xsd file)
  • IC-ISM-v2 (xsd file)
• Techniques for Building and Extending NIEM XML Components (Version 2.0.1) (PDF file) (accessible text file)
• Commercial Vehicle Collision IEPD Example (ZIP file)
• Draft NIEM NDR v1.2 (with line numbers) (PDF file) (accessible text file)
• Draft NIEM NDR v1.2 (without line numbers) (PDF file) (accessible text file)
• Issues/Errors Identified in NIEM NDR 1.2 (Web Link)
• IEPD Requirements (PDF file) (accessible text file)
• NIEM Terms and Definitions v1.0 (xls file)
  
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Presentations

• Executive Briefing Webinar (pre-recorded)
  
  • Webinar Instructions (PDF file)
• Slides from the NIEM Executive Briefing
  August 20, 2007
  (PDF file) (accessible text file)
• Slides from NIEM Practical Implementer's Course, Ashburn, VA
  November 29 - December 1, 2006

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Links

• Executive Order 13388 (PDF file on a third party Web site)