Questions and Answers on the Specification for the National Bridge Inventory
Except for any cited statutes or regulations, the contents of these Q&As do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way. These Q&As are intended only to provide information regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies.
Topic: Data Submittal Format (F)
QF-1 What file type is required for NBI data submittal?
AF-1 SNBI data submittals should be in the JSON file type. A data schema is available on the NBI website.
QF-2 Will element data continue to be submitted separately from other NBI data?
AF-2 The SNBI-based data submittal schema/format combines all NBI data including element data into a single file for submitting to the NBI.
QF-3 My data file is very large. Will I be able to submit it?
AF-3 For ease of preparing and submitting large data files, subsets of data may be submitted in multiple files. All submitted files for an Agency will be combined for submittal processing.