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Information Product Use Case (Flowchart) Diagrams Illustrating FSP Steps

By Office of Science Quality and Integrity

A use case diagram is a technique used to identify the requirements of a system process and the associated use case diagrams provided here may be used to provide a better understanding of the processes used to create, review, and approve USGS science information products.

The following use case diagrams illustrate the FSP steps to be completed and who is responsible for each step for USGS authored information products. Select the link to open the use case illustration for each product type.

Note: In the use case diagrams IPDS refers to USGS Information Product Data System

 

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