NIEM 4.2
The National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) is a common vocabulary that enables efficient information exchange across diverse public and private organizations. NIEM can save time and money by providing consistent, reusable data terms and definitions, and repeatable processes.
This package contains the full set of NIEM 4.2 XML reference schemas, an XML catalog, and a JSON-LD context file. It also contains spreadsheets that document the content, code lists, and changes in the 4.2 release.
Learn more about NIEM at niem.gov.
Release Package
NIEM 4.2 -
The release package includes all NIEM schemas for this release as well as the changelog and spreadsheet.
Documentation
- Schema list - A complete list of schemas included in this distribution.
- README - An overview of the various changes in the 4.2 release.
- Component spreadsheet - A hyperlinked, textually oriented model and dictionary of the NIEM content.
- Code spreadsheet - A hyperlinked dictionary of codes in NIEM.
- Change log spreadsheet - A log identifying components that changed from 4.1 to 4.2. Also identifies what values changed.
- Alternate data formats -
Alternative representations provided for easier data imports. Contains 4.2 content and metadata as CSV files, a Microsoft Access database, and a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
NIEM Core Schemas
NIEM Domain Schemas
- agriculture: Agriculture
- biom: Biometric Schema Version 1.0
- cbrn: Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Domain
- emergencyManagement: Emergency Management
- hs: Human Services
- immigration: Immigration
- infrastructureProtection: Infrastructure Protection
- intelligence: Intelligence
- internationalTrade: International Trade
- jxdm: Justice
- maritime: Maritime
- mo: MilOps - Distribution A
- screening: The People Screening domain provides harmonized information sharing content within the Screening Portfolio of DHS. The Screening namespace is initially being populated with person screening information for immigrant and non-immigrant person types who have been encountered and identified by the Screening Portfolio Components. Screening expands on encounter-related NIEM elements currently included in the Immigration and Intelligence domains.
- st: Surface Transportation
NIEM Code List Schemas
Caution: Links to source information may no longer be valid.
- aamva_d20: Motor vehicle administration codes from the Data Dictionary for Traffic Record Systems, maintained by AAMVA, the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators.
Publication: ANSI-D20 Data Dictionary Release 5.0.0;
Version: May 2009;
http://www.aamva.org/D20/
- ag_codes: Agriculture codes
- apco_event: Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) - International, Inc.
Publication: APCO ANS 2.103.1-2012 Public Safety Communications Common Incident Types for Data Exchange;
Version: 2012;
http://www.apco911.org
- atf: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
Date: 2008
- cbrncl: Radiological and Nuclear Code List
Publication: CBRN domain;
Version: 3.0;
Date: Oct 2013;
http://release.niem.gov/niem/3.0/
- census_commodity: Census and Dept of Transportation.
Publication: CFS-1200 - SCTG COMMODITY CODES;
Date: 11-15-2011
- census_uscounty: County codes from US Census and ANSI.
Publication: INCITS 31:2009;
Version: 2009;
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/ansi/download.html
- dea: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Publication: Controlled Substances - by DEA Drug Code Number;
Date: 8 Feb 2016;
http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/schedules/orangebook/d_cs_drugcode.pdf
- dod_jcs-pub2.0: Intelligence discipline codes.
Source: DoD Joint Staff;
Publication: Joint Publication 2.0 - Joint Intelligence;
Date: 2 Oct 2013;
http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/new_pubs/jp2_0.pdf
- dol_soc: US Department of Labor occupation codes.
Publication: Standard Occupational Classification (SOC);
Version: 2010;
http://www.bls.gov/SOC/
- dot_hazmat: Source: US Department of Transportation (DoT)
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safetey Administration (PHMSA);
Publication: Title 49 CFR 172.101 Table (List of Hazardous Materials);
Date: 18 Jan 2012;
Source Updats: 18 Jan 2012;
http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/portal/site/PHMSA/menuitem.ebdc7a8a7e39f2e55cf2031050248a0c/?vgnextoid=d84ddf479bd7d110VgnVCM1000009ed07898RCRD&vgnextchannel=4f347fd9b896b110VgnVCM1000009ed07898RCRD&vgnextfmt=print
- edxl_rm: Source: EDXL Resource Messaging (RM) Standards Working Group (SWG);
Publication: Emergency Data Exchange Language Resource Messaging (EDXL-RM) specification;
Version: 1.0;
Date: 22 Dec 2009;
http://docs.oasis-open.org/emerge
- fbi_ncic: FBI National Crime and Information Center (NCIC) codes
- fbi_ndex: FBI National Data Exchange (N-DEx) Specification codes
- fbi_ucr: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) codes
- fips_5-2: Source: National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST);
Publication: Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia, and the Outlying Areas of the U.S., and Associated Areas;
Date: 28 May 1987;
Source Updates: 1 Jan 1988;
http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/fip5-2.htm
- genc: Geopolitical Entities, Names, and Codes (GENC) country and country subdivision codes. This is a profile of ISO 3166 that addresses unique U.S. government requirements.
- have-codes: Source: OASIS Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL);
Publication: Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Hospital AVailability Exchange (HAVE) Version 1.0;
Version: 1.0;
Date: 22 Dec 2009;
http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-have/v1.0/errata/edxl-have-v1.0-os-errata-os.html
- hl7: Source: Health (HL-7);
Publication: Religion-HL7 Table 0006_VD;
Date: 19 Jul 2004; http://ushik.ahrq.gov/dr.ui.drConceptualDomain_View?System=mdr&ConceptualDomainID=74288000&ViewDownFile=yes&DownFile=Co
- iso_3166: Country and country subdivision codes. Source: International Standards Organization (ISO);
Publication: Codes for the representation of names of countries -- Part 1: Country codes (v7-8); Part 2: codes for subdivisions (v3-6). https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html. https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso:3166:-1:ed-3:v1:en,fr
- iso_4217: Source: International Standards Organization (ISO);
Publication: Codes for the representation of currencies and funds;
Version: ISO 4217:2008;
Date: 30 Jun 2008;
http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/popstds/currencycodeslist.html
- iso_639-3: Source: International Standards Organization (ISO);
Publication: Codes for the representation of names of languages -- Part 3: Alpha-3 code for comprehensive coverage of languages;
Version: ISO 639-3:2007;
Date: 2007;
Source Updates: 5 Feb 2007;
http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/
- it_codes: IT Codes
- jc3iedm: Codes from JC3IEDM
- jp3-52: JP3-52 Joint Airspace Control Codes
- mmucc: Source: Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC); Publication: MMUCC Guideline - Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria - 4th Edition;
Version: 4.0;
Date: 2012;
Source Updates: 2012;
- nga_datum: Source: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency;
Publication: Temporal Spatial Positioning Information (TSPI) ;
Version: 2.0;
Date: 1 Mar 2012;
http://metadata.ces.mil/dse/ns/GSIP/tspi/2.0.0/tspi-core.xsd
- nlets: Source: The International Justice & Public Safety Information Sharing Network;
Publication: NLETS User and Technical Guide;
Date: 2006;
http://www.nlets.org/
- occs_facility: OmniClass;
Publication: OCCS Table 11;
Date: 30 Oct 2012;
http://www.omniclass.org/tables.asp
- post-canada: Province codes for Canada.
Publication: Canada Post Addressing Guidelines;
Date: 14 Jan 2013;
http://www.canadapost.ca/tools/pg/manual/PGaddress-e.asp#1380608
- sar: Source: PM Information Sharing Environment (ISE);
Publication: SE-FS-200-version-1.5 Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR);
Version: 1.5;
Date: 25 Aug 2009; http://niem.gtri.gatech.edu/niemtools/iepdt/display/container.iepd?ref=ntsXeIX7M6Q%3D
- unece_rec20-misc: Miscellaneous unit of measure codes.
Source: UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE);
Publication: UNECE Recommendation No. 20 Revision 8;
Version: Revision 8;
Date: 2012;
http://www.unece.org/tradewelcome/areas-of-work/un-centre-for-trade-facilitation-and-e-business-uncefact/outputs/cefactrecommendationsrec-index/list-of-trade-facilitation-recommendations-n-16-to-20.html
- usda_fsa: Source: United Stated Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA); Publication: FSA Handbook Common Management and Operating Provision 1-CM (Revision 3) Exhibit 100; State Two-digit code numbers have been assigned for use with all FSA and CCC http://www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/1-cm_r03_a39.pdf
- usps_states: Source: U.S. Postal Service (USPS);
Publication: Official USPS Abbreviations, Appendix B;
Date: 2012;
http://pe.usps.com/text/pub28/28apb.htm
- xCard: vCard XML representation, IETF RFC 6351
NIEM Adapter Schemas
- edxl-cap: Common Alerting Protocol
- edxl-de: Distribution Element
- edxl-have: EDXL-HAVE specifies an XML document format that allows the communication of the status of a hospital, its services, and its resources. These include bed capacity and availability, emergency department status, available service coverage, and the status of a hospital's facility and operations.
- geospatial: Defines NIEM adapter types for external geospatial components defined by OGC and ISO. It references local copies of unmodified schemas from external standards in local directory tree fragments that mirror the directory structures of the cannonical schema sources on the world wide web, and a profile of the OGC Open Location Services (XLS) schema that is based on GML version 3.2.1.
NIEM Proxy Schemas
- xs: Proxy types that carry dictionary metadata and have XML data type simple contents.
Special NIEM Schemas
- appinfo: Elements for use within xsd:appinfo to indicate information supporting the data model underlying NIEM.
- code-lists-instance: Definitions for the use of the NIEM Code Lists Specification, version 1.0, in XML message instances.
- structures: Schema constructs for use by NIEM-conformant schemas to provide consistent definitions and functionality.
NIEM Domain Updates and Core Supplements Issued for this Release
- Core Supplement 4.0.2 has been published as part of the NIEM 4.2 release.
Click here for CS 4.0.2 and all NIEM 4.0-based Domain and Core Supplements.