explain the criteria process for listing an initiative on federation.data.gov

[rebeccawilliams]

• how are initiatives chosen?
• do the initiatives managed by NGOs directly coordinate with Data.gov? if so how?

[rebeccawilliams]

See Geothink's methodology (selection of standards and their quality metrics) as an example: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T2-fVOb_l3QD8sBTpEpubFSzWi2qAkwEdPIz1JhJrWU/edit#heading=h.qlg2t9cmcot7

[jpmckinney]

FYI, I've linked to, and created a crosswalk for, four methodologies here, including Geothink's: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bfSLcqgrJC1bE2kgPRRlrF7Z-A1HQ_EqxL1IG0aia20/edit#gid=1332754578