ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION FRAMEWORK (ESF)
         FTA SUBMISSION GUIDE
         Client:     Ministry of Forests
                     Information Management Group
         Date:       May 6, 2004
         Revision:   8b
        For use with version 8 of the FTA XML Schema
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             Ministry of Forests                                            FTA Submission Guide
                                           Table of Contents
             1. OVERVIEW
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                1.1   PURPOSE                 OF                 THIS                 GUIDE
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                1.2   LAYOUT
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                1.3   WHAT                  IS                A                 SUBMISSION?
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                1.4   XML?                                                            GML?
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                1.5   WHO            CAN            MAKE            A           SUBMISSION?
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                1.6   HOW          DO          I        MAKE          A         SUBMISSION?
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             2. DOCUMENT STRUCTURE
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             3. DATA TYPES
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                3.1   ANYURI
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                3.2   BOOLEAN
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                3.3   CODE                                                            TYPES
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                3.4   DATE
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                3.5   GYEAR
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                3.6   LEGAL                                                     DESCRIPTION
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                3.7   TELEPHONE                                                    NUMBERS
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                3.8   GEOMETRY
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                   3.8.1  SPATIAL                                                  METADATA
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                   3.8.2  GML
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                 Ministry of Forests                                                               FTA Submission Guide
                4. CONVENTIONS
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                    4.1      LAYOUT
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                    4.2      REQUIRED,                   OPTIONAL                    OR                  CONDITIONAL
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                    4.3      SYNTAX
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                5. SUBMISSION HEADER
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                6. SUBMISSION METADATA
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                7. SUBMISSION CONTENT
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                    7.1      FTA                                                                            METADATA
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                    7.2      SUBMISSION                                                                           ITEM
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                        7.2.1     SUBMISSION          ITEM         –        HARVEST           APPLICATION          (CP)
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                        7.2.2     SUBMISSION        ITEM       –       HARVEST        APPLICATION        (NO       CP)
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                        7.2.3     SUBMISSION                ITEM              –             ROAD               PERMIT
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                        7.2.4     SUBMISSION               ITEM              –             RANGE               TENURE
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                        7.2.5     SUBMISSION                      ITEM                     –                    CHART
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                        7.2.6     SUBMISSION               ITEM             –             TIMBER              LICENCE
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                        7.2.7     SUBMISSION          ITEM        –        TIMBER         LICENCE         ELIMINATION
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                8. CODE VALUES
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                9. MESSAGES
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          Ministry of Forests                            FTA Submission Guide
          10. Appendix A - An Example Submission
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