NIEMBridging Information Systems 
More than 10,000 changes have been made from .
NIEM 1.0 to 2.0, including: 
More than 5,000 component changes .
More than 5,000 code list value changes .
Universal + Common = NIEM Core (nc:) .
NIEM Core tagged/searchable as U or C .
Remodeled the following types: .
Measure .
Location: address, latitude/longitude, geographic .
coordinates 
Date, time .
Facility, correctional facility (structure removed) .
Entity (person or organization) .
Contact information .
Telephone number .
Revised many Core definitions .
Standardized Core definition formats .
(Type, abstract, augmentation, role, etc.) .
Developed new component metadata fields (for .
search/discovery): 
Key words—including synonyms and slang terms .
Usage descriptions—describe specific use cases .
Examples—typical or sample values .
Reviewed Core data elements for .Naming and 
Design Rules conformance and International 
Organization for Standardization (ISO) 11179 
naming guidelines 
Made namespace adjustments, including: .
Components moved to/from Universal, Common, .
and domains 
Justice namespace renamed Global Justice XML .
Data Model (GJXDM) 4.0 
Geospatial namespace prefix replaced by geo: .
Reviewed and revised identifiers (IDs) and .
identification types 
Added new uniform resource identifier (URI) .
representation term and corresponding URIType 
Integrated GJXDM 3.1 Beta .
Integrated approximately 30 resolved NIEM .
configuration control tool issues for NIEM 
Business Architecture Committee/NIEM Technical 
Architecture Committee 
Inserted American National Standards .
Institute—National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (ANSI-NIST) biometric standard in 
new namespace 
Removed some duplicate components from Core .
Applied additional 50+ adjustments requested by .
the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
More thorough integration with Core planned for .
next release 
Reintegrated domains to new Core .
Replaced inappropriate specializations with .
augmentations 
Summary of Changes: 
NIEM 1.0 to 2.0 
NatioNal iNformatioN ExchaNgE modEl (NIEM) 
More than 
10,000 changes 
have been made 
from NIEM 1.0 to 
NIEM 2.0 
NIEMBridging Information Systems 
More than 10,000 changes have been made from .
NIEM 1.0 to 2.0, including: 
More than 5,000 component changes .
More than 5,000 code list value changes .
Universal + Common = NIEM Core (nc:) .
NIEM Core tagged/searchable as U or C .
Remodeled the following types: .
Measure .
Location: address, latitude/longitude, geographic .
coordinates 
Date, time .
Facility, correctional facility (structure removed) .
Entity (person or organization) .
Contact information .
Telephone number .
Revised many Core definitions .
Standardized Core definition formats .
(Type, abstract, augmentation, role, etc.) .
Developed new component metadata fields (for .
search/discovery): 
Key words—including synonyms and slang terms .
Usage descriptions—describe specific use cases .
Examples—typical or sample values .
Reviewed Core data elements for .Naming and 
Design Rules conformance and International 
Organization for Standardization (ISO) 11179 
naming guidelines 
Made namespace adjustments, including: .
Components moved to/from Universal, Common, .
and domains 
Justice namespace renamed Global Justice XML .
Data Model (GJXDM) 4.0 
Geospatial namespace prefix replaced by geo: .
Reviewed and revised identifiers (IDs) and .
identification types 
Added new uniform resource identifier (URI) .
representation term and corresponding URIType 
Integrated GJXDM 3.1 Beta .
Integrated approximately 30 resolved NIEM .
configuration control tool issues for NIEM 
Business Architecture Committee/NIEM Technical 
Architecture Committee 
Inserted American National Standards .
Institute—National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (ANSI-NIST) biometric standard in 
new namespace 
Removed some duplicate components from Core .
Applied additional 50+ adjustments requested by .
the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
More thorough integration with Core planned for .
next release 
Reintegrated domains to new Core .
Replaced inappropriate specializations with .
augmentations 
Summary of Changes: 
NIEM 1.0 to 2.0 
NatioNal iNformatioN ExchaNgE modEl (NIEM) 
More than 
10,000 changes 
have been made 
from NIEM 1.0 to 
NIEM 2.0 

NIEMBridging Information Systems 
Repaired applied augmentations .
Added new code lists and types: .
U.S. Department of Transportation: hazmat .
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and .
Explosives: explosives 
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration: drugs.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA): .
horizontal datums 
Updated existing code lists to most current: .
Federal Information Processing Standards 10-4 .
country codes (from latest NGA updates) 
ISO 639-3 language codes .
ISO 3166 country codes .
National Crime Information Center Technical and .
Operational Update 06-2 (latest available) 
Corrected use of U.N. Economic Commission for .
Europe Rec. 20—now using common codes (not 
symbols) for units of measure 
Integrated 26 FBI Law Enforcement National .
Data Exchange issues and components 
Remodeled .EncounterType for immigration and 
people-screening domains 
Updated and repaired U.S. Immigration and .
Customs Enforcement component definitions 
Addressed a number of technical concerns from .
the Office of the Director of National Intelligence 
September 2007 
Added new components and code lists for .
suspicious activity reporting (SAR) Information 
Exchange Package Documentation (IEPD) 
Remodeled .Passport and integrated with Core 
for SAR and people-screening IEPDs 
Updated NIEM to use Intelligence Community .
information security markings* 
* Current “For Official Use Only” nature precludes public 
release 
Added other new features .
Newly revised .Naming and Design Rules, Draft 
Version 1.2 (August 7, 2007) 
Techniques for Building and Extending NIEM XML .
Components, Version 2.0.1 
(August 7, 2007); includes examples 
Improvements to spreadsheet format .
URI pages for both NIEM 1.0 and 2.0 rooted at .
NIEMBridging Information Systems 
Repaired applied augmentations .
Added new code lists and types: .
U.S. Department of Transportation: hazmat .
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and .
Explosives: explosives 
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration: drugs.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA): .
horizontal datums 
Updated existing code lists to most current: .
Federal Information Processing Standards 10-4 .
country codes (from latest NGA updates) 
ISO 639-3 language codes .
ISO 3166 country codes .
National Crime Information Center Technical and .
Operational Update 06-2 (latest available) 
Corrected use of U.N. Economic Commission for .
Europe Rec. 20—now using common codes (not 
symbols) for units of measure 
Integrated 26 FBI Law Enforcement National .
Data Exchange issues and components 
Remodeled .EncounterType for immigration and 
people-screening domains 
Updated and repaired U.S. Immigration and .
Customs Enforcement component definitions 
Addressed a number of technical concerns from .
the Office of the Director of National Intelligence 
September 2007 
Added new components and code lists for .
suspicious activity reporting (SAR) Information 
Exchange Package Documentation (IEPD) 
Remodeled .Passport and integrated with Core 
for SAR and people-screening IEPDs 
Updated NIEM to use Intelligence Community .
information security markings* 
* Current “For Official Use Only” nature precludes public 
release 
Added other new features .
Newly revised .Naming and Design Rules, Draft 
Version 1.2 (August 7, 2007) 
Techniques for Building and Extending NIEM XML .
Components, Version 2.0.1 
(August 7, 2007); includes examples 
Improvements to spreadsheet format .
URI pages for both NIEM 1.0 and 2.0 rooted at .
http://niem.gov/niem 
Limited domain independent versioning .
Training opportunities: 
www.niem.gov/calendar/month.php 
Questions: information@niem.gov 
www.NiEm.gov 
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NIEM 1.0 
to NIEM 
2.0