WPC  Z6 r~OYO̼4&+H&UI8o bTN^<<^Ѧ2at Oo4k0e"GO'@f_N]laJXZ "+31c;mOu7lk[pZ%$J^HH e׼*hYY.jUVcLeOZN /nL (jHKt/NJ K ?ZV(bmS+WKR|Ѷa4;٠Oj^`nqL )O:ٴz{u@ W{8ǃ;O!sT.F(}Usy5 0<ZU*$ 0 NU,/U,[ 0r#! UN* %x N~ ^ w 4  m \  `&Times New Roman<:Default Para' X3L8/97-xxx &Douglas D Mann 0 .   %2A`Arial0El.pbllt A\ Y`SymbolA S\  `&Times New RomanS\ Y`Symbol(\ Y`Symbol#|x(J$   X X HP LaserJet III,,,,,,0(9 Z6Times New Roman Regular X`$$$x\PU  !   X X   _!!XX B$!X+XXX DocumentX3L8/97xxx !  B$!!W6 B$!  Reportof B$!!=l B$!  B$!!sR B$!  OneHundredandThirdPlenarymeetingofNCITS/L8DataRepresentation B$!!   B$!andtheSC32/L8TAGmeeting B$!! /  B$! B$!! ] < B$!  Date:  June12,1998(TheNCITS/L8PlenarymeetingwasprecededbyNCITS/L8SIG  ] meetingsheldonJune1011,1998) B$!!'w V  B$!Place:  NISTNorthRoom501 'w   B$! X!U 4  B$!?+ ` hp x (#X? ,Gaithersburg,MD B$! , X! b  B$!B.` hp x (#XBTime:  09:00AMto4:00PM    B$!!   B$! B$!!/ B$!BruceBargmeyeropenedthemeetingat9:05a.m. B$!! ]< B$! B$! X!;j B$!?+ ` hp x (#X? 1.0  AdministrativeMatters ;  B$! !iH B$! 1.1  ReviewofMinutesofPreviousMeeting i  ` Theminuteswereapproved. B$! !b B$! 1.2  ApprovaloftheAgenda   ` Theagendawasapprovedasamended. B$! !| B$!..6" p x (#X6 1.3  Membershipattendancelistandaddresslist  Thefollowingwereinattendance:   BruceBargmeyer  EPA u   TomCulpeper(phone) p 3M a   LarryFitzwater  EPA M   DanGillman  Census 9   DouglasMann  Battelle % u   JudithNewton  NIST !a   BurtonParker  Paladin !M   RogerPayne  USGS "9   ReverePerkins  Meta4 #%   AndySchoka  Mitretek $    MarilynSlater  DoDES %    GenevieveSpeier  HCFA &!   B$! !'#'" B$!H+ ` hp x (#pXH 1.4  Officers '#! Noaction B$! !)1%)% B$! 1.5  DocumentDistributionReport(B.Bargmeyer) )1%# Thedocumentsweredistributedbyanemailmessagewithdocumentlinks.Theminutesmaybesentoutbyamessageand/oranMSWordattachment.  B$! !-#)-) B$! 2.0  Reports -#)'     ! B$!  2.1..ReportonNCITS/L8SIGmeetings(D.Gillman/J.Newton)    TwoSIGSwereheld.SIGTopicswillbecoveredinlateragendaitems.  TheSIGreportsareat:  [ftp://sdctsunsrv1.ncsl.nist.gov/x3l8/x3l8docs/sig9805.htm]      [ftp://sdctsunsrv1.ncsl.nist.gov/x3l8/x3l8docs/sig9806.htm]     ! B$!  2.2..ReportonSC32matters(B.Bargmeyer)    TheJTC1meetingresolutionsfromSendiareavailable.  ..Resolution7AcceptanceoftheUSoffertobeSecretariatforSC32.  ..Resolution17ApprovalofthenewSC32Scopeandorganization.  ..Resolution43ApprovaloftheRevision4oftheDirectives.  SGMLworkfromJTC1WG4(formerlySC18/WG8)willgointoanewSC34DocumentDescriptionandProcessingLanguages.WedesirecloseliaisonbetweentheSC32workandtheSC34work.     ! B$!  DouglasMannmetwithMarisaToppingonMay28,1998atANSI.ThemeetingcoveredissuesrelatedtosettinguptheSC32Secretariat.   ! B$!  2.3..Reportonstatusofterminology(D.Gillman/D.Mann)    DanGillman&DougMannmettoresolvetheCanadianCommentsforDIS111791.Danincorporatedthechangesintothecurrentversion.SomeofthecommentsshouldbestberesolvedinthecontextoftheproposedNewWorkItemfortheupdateofISO/IEC11179,Part3andconcurrentcoordinationofchangesthroughoutallofthepartstoassureuniformityacrossthewhole11179familyofstandards.     ! B$!  2.3..ReportonNCITS/L8projectswhichmaybecandidatesforbeingtransferredtoothercommittees(B.Bargmeyer)    X3.61LocationNCITSL1iswillingtoaccepttheLocationstandard,butisquestioningwhyothergeographicstandards,theHydrologicUnitCodesandWaterBodiesoftheWorldwouldnotbetransferred.ThereasonisthatSC14proposedsendingtheinternationalequivalentlocationstandardtoTC211andL1istheUSTAGtoTC211.TheotherstandardsdidnothaveinternationalequivalentsinSC14.    ! B$!L8iscurrentlyworkingonrevisionofHydrologicUnitCodes.PhongNgowrotetheSD3proposal.TheworkshouldbecoordinatedwithL1.RogerPayneiswillingtoactaseditorfortheBodiesofWateroftheWorld,ifthereissufficientinterest.L8isinterestedintheinformationtechnologyenablizationoftheHydrologicUnitCodeandrelatedstandards.ITenabilizationisthetransformationrequiredtomovefromstandardswrittenonpapertostandardsmaintainedinaISO/IECcompliantmetadataregistry.IfL1doesnotwanttogeographiclocationweshouldtakeitback.BruceBargmeyerwithgetwithPhongNgotodiscussthestatus.RogerPayneisinterestedinbeingeditorforBodiesofWateriftherewouldbeotherinterestedparticipants.   ! B$!  2.5..ReportonMetadataRegistriesWorkshop,April1517,1998.    Over70peopleattendedtheworkshop.Allpresentations,alistofparticipants,andrelatedinformationareontheL8website.Afutureworkshopisplanned.LarryFitzwaterandDougMannwillprepareaquestionnairetoobtainattendeeviewsoftheworkshop.  Thewebsitefortheworkshopis  [ftp://sdctsunsrv1.ncsl.nist.gov/x3l8/other/registryworkshop/presentations.html]       ! B$!  3.0..StatusofProjects    ! B$!  3.1..StatusofDataElementClassificationandAttributionProject(X3Project399DTand400DT)ISO/IECequivalentstandard11179Parts1and2  11179Part1:  ThecommentsfromthelastCDballotwereresolved.ItwillbetakentotheWG2meeting.JudyNewtonwillpresentitattheWG2meetingandrecordresolutionofanycomments.    11179Part2;  ThisisoutforFCD.WehopetoreceivetheballotresultsandcommentsintimetoresolvethemattheWG2meeting.     ! B$!  3.2..StatusofNCITS/L8MetamodelfortheManagementofShareableData(X3.285)(D.Mann)  X3.285isanANSIstandardasofApril15,1998.DougManngavetheANSIpublicationseditoranelectroniccopyofthestandardonMay28,1998.    ! B$!  3.3..ProjectX3.310,RepresentationofTimeforInformationInterchange(B.Parker)    BurtParkerrecentlyprovidedtheANSIeditorswithanelectroniccopyofthestandard.ItisexpectedtobepublishedinJune1998.     ! B$!  3.4..ISO/IEC/JTC1TRNP:SpecificationofDataValueDomains(J.Newton)  Thiswasrevisedtoincorporatethecommentsfromtheballot.ItisontheL8ftpsiteandtheWG2website.TheL8SIGparticipantsreviewedtherevisionsandmadeeditingsuggestionsthatwillbetakentotheWG2meeting.    ! B$!  3.5..X3.145,CodesforIdentificationofHydrologicUnitsSD3  Coveredin2.4.    ! B$!    3.6..LiaisonwithITSAmericaCouncilofStandardsOrganizations(CSO)  ThisisagroupcoordinatingtheITSstandards.NCITSfeelsthatformalrelationshipsmaybedesiredwithL8andL1.SinceCSO [getAndy'snoteinhere]      ! B$!     ! B$!  4.0..IRActivities    ! B$!TheL8PlenarysessionwaspausedwhilewemetviateleconferencewithothermembersoftheUSTAGtoSC32.TheresultsofthatmeetingweresenttotheSC32reflectorbyTonySaris.  ! B$!  4.1..L8andJTC1/SC32:USTAGspositionanddelegatestoSC32meetingJuly611,1998inAustralia.(B.Bargmeyer)    ThefollowingdelegatestotheJuly1998JTC1SC32meetingwereidentified  ..BruceBargmeyer  ..EliotChristian  ..TomCulpepper  ..DouglasMann  ..RobertMayes  ..JudithNewton  ..PhongNgo  ..MarilynSlater  ..HaroldSolbrig  Motion:Toapprovethedelegatelist;  ..byGillman,2ndNewton;passedunanimous  Motion:ToproposePhongNgoasHeadOfDelegationtoJuly1998SC32WG2meeting;  ..bySchoka;2ndGillman;passedunanimous       ! B$!  4.2..IRResponsestointernationalissuesthroughITICandANSI(P.Ngo)    PhongNgosentoutballotsonISO/IEC111792.TheresultsoftheballotingweresenttoANSI.     ! B$!  4.3..L8'scommentsonJTC1N5286,ProposedModificationtotheSC32programmeofWork.  L8supportedthenewSC32programmeofwork.JTC1approveditattherecentSendai,Japanmeeting.     ! B$!    4.4..ConvenerforSC32WG2Metadata    ! B$!AcallforconvenerswassentoutbyNCITS.WorkhasbeenunderwayforseveralmonthstoproposeEliotChristianasConvenerforWG2.    Motion:L8proposesEliotChristianas  Convener  ofJTC1SC32WG2  ..byGillman;2ndNewtonpassedunanimous  ! B$!  TheUSTAGtoSC32alsosupportedthisnomination.AssoonastheUSTAGtoJTC1ballotiscompletethenominationwillbeforwardedforSC32action.  ! B$!  4.5..  NewWorkItems     ! B$!  L8ispreparingdiscussionDraftsofeightNewWorkItems.ThesearetobetakentotheSC32meetinginBrisbanefordiscussion.TheNWIsare:  ! B$!  Motion:ToacceptthediscussiondraftsoftheNWIsasprepared.DougMannwillgetthemtoANSI(MarissaTopping)fortheSC32documentregisterandtoJTC1SC32WG2(JoeChristiansen)forplacementoftheSG2Website.  ..bySchoka;2ndNewtonpassedunanimous   ! B$!  4.6..  JTC1SC32WG2Scope  The"metadata"shouldbe"metadata".  Motion:ToacceptthescopethatwasdraftedintheJTC1SC32PlanningmeetingandamendedattheJointL8T2MeetinginMay1998withthechangeof"metadata"to"metadata".  ..byNewton;2ndGillmanpassedunanimous.       ! B$!  5.0..NewBusiness    ! B$!  5.1..Membershipdrive.    ! B$!Welcomenewmembers.  HealthCareFinancingAdministration(HCFA)and3mHealthCarewerepresent.  ! B$!  5.2..L8'sroleinthenewalignmentwithJTC1/SC32    Thisstillneedsresolution.     ! B$!  5.3..Futureworkprogram:    ! B$!  5.3.1..ReferenceimplementationsofISO/IEC11179andX3.285    ! B$!;1` hp x (#; j XXXA(\ Y`SymbolA   ..   US XXX?%2A`Arial?EPA(L.Fitzwater)  Ԁ)AnewreleasewillbeinJune1998.EPAisworkingonstandardizingchemicals.Thisisaseparatesystemthatwillbeintegratedintotheregistryandtheirwarehouse.Thechemicalsystemisdealingwithvaluemappings.Theyaredevelopingasystemthatisaterminologyenginethatismultilingualwherethetermistranslatedtosevenotherlanguageswithmoretranslationsexpected.Therewillbeabout6000conceptsintheterminology.     ! B$! j XXXA(\ Y`SymbolA   ..   US XXX?%2A`Arial?CENSUS(D.Gillman)  Ԁ)Theirimplementationisextendedtosupportsurveys.Thissystemisbeingpromotedasthewaytomanagesurveymetadata.TheDADSgroupincensushasadoptedtheregistry.ApublicreleaseofDADSmaybeavailableattheendofthefiscalyear.Aregistryisstartedtomaintainquestionnairedataelements.     ! B$! j XXXA(\ Y`SymbolA   ..   US XXX?%2A`Arial?ITS(A.Schoka)  Ԁ)AnarchitecturefortheITSenvironmenthasbeendevelopedandpromoted.Part1oftheIEEEITSstandardisanalogousto111793withnaming,classification,andvaluedomains.AfuturePart2willbeanalogousto111796.APart3willbedeveloped.     ! B$! j XXXA(\ Y`SymbolA   ..   US XXX?%2A`Arial?IMS(J.Newton)  Ԁ)Partsoftheworkisbeingspecifiedin11179terms.IEEELearningTechnologyGroupisworkingthestandards.     ! B$! j XXXA(\ Y`SymbolA   ..   US XXX?%2A`Arial?DoDHealthAffairs(D.Mann)TheEPAsoftwarehasbeenobtainedbyHAandisbeinginstalledatBrooksAFBinsupportofHA.AprototyperegistrywithHIPPAenrollmentdata,NCVHSCoreDataElements,andNCPDPenrollmentdataistobeinitiated.    ! B$!5+ ` hp x (#5  5.3.2..ExtensionofISO/IEC11179anddpANSX3.285toencompassadditionaldataconcepts,likederived,complex,audio,video,graphic,blobdataelements;databases,reports,displays,messages,interfaces,complianceissues    CoveredintheNWIforSC32     ! B$!  5.3.3ExtensionofISO/IEC11179anddpANSX3.285forobjectorientedimplementation    CoveredintheNWIforSC32    d  ! B$!5+ ` hp x (#5  5.3.4..GlobalInformationLocatorStandard    CoveredintheNWIforSC32   X  ! B$!5+ ` hp x (#5  5.4..L8T2CommitteeMerge  Eachattendeeexpressedtheirviewsonthepossiblemergeofthecommittees.Therewasadiversesetofviews.BruceBargmeyer,DouglasMann,TonySarrisandMurrayFreemanaredraftingaproposalforamergedcommittee.DanGillmanwillalsoworkontheproposal.  Motion:TohaveBargmeyer,GillmanandManntorepresentL8ontheproposalediting.  ..byParker,2ndNewton;passedunanimous.       ! B$!  6.0FutureMeetingSchedule    August1314,1998..SIGatNIST  September1011,1998..SIGatNIST  October1416,1998..SIGatNIST  October16,1998..PlenaryatNIST     ! B$!  7.0Adjournment  Ԁ  BruceBargmeyeradjournedthemeetingat15:30       8.` hp x (#8