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Thefollowingreportstheissuesraisedanddecisionsmade:1.ISO/IEC11179,Part1,FrameworkDanwillhaveanewversionofthispartnextweek.ThedraftwillbeputupontheFTPserver.ItwillbesenttotheWG4membersbyPhongNgo.AcoverletterwillbedevelopedwithBillKenworthey,convenerofWG4.AsinputtoDansediting,BruceBargmeyerwillputtheBuziosagreementsonPart2ontotheX3L8FTPserver.2.ISO/IEC11179,Part6,RegistrationCommentswerepreparedfortheCDballotonPart6.TheSIGparticipantsrecommendthatthecommentsbesentoutwithapprovaloftheX3L8committee.TheX3L8memberspresentvotedunanimouslyinfavorofthechanges.PhongNgowillwriteupthecommentsanddistributethemontheX3L8NEWSreflector.3.PresentationaboutEPADataRegistryLarryFitzwatermadeabriefpresentationonEPAplansanddirections.Thepresentationengenderedlivelydebateonseveralissues.Thereisaneedfortheregistrytogobeyonddataelements.X3L8maywanttostepuptosomeoftheseissues,suchasextensionofthemetadatafromdataelementstodatasetsanddatasystems.4.X3L8HomePage D-(1 FrankOlkensubmittedtheX3L8HomePageURLtoseveralWWWindexingsites.HealsomadeseveralchangespercommentsfromX3L8members.Potentialadditionswerediscussed.E.g.,FAQsandsomethingabouttheupcomingmetamodelreview.AsPaulpreparesthematerials,wewillputthemuponthenet.5.BSRBSRworkshopwasheldinGeneva,Switzerlandlastweek.Apackagewassentoutinadvance.Manymessageswereexchangedaboutpackagematerialsbeforethemeeting.PaulHawesreportedonwhathehadlearnedaboutthemeeting.WeareconcernedaboutseveralaspectsoftheBSRdevelopment.TheBSRisgoingtoattempttoputtogetherametamodelinaveryshortperiod.WewillattempttocontactDavidGradwell,whoisworkingondevelopingametamodelfortheBSRproject.WewanthimtobeawareoftheX3L8metamodelandthefactthatitaddressesmanyoftheissuesraisedattheBSRWorkshop.JudyNewtonwillsendamessagetohimandPaulHaweswillfollowup.6.ISO/IEC11179,Part2BillKenwortheydiscussedPart2.Itisagreedthatweneedtomorefullydevelopapropertytaxonomy.Anexamplewouldhelptoshowhowthepropertytaxonomyworksandhowitplaysinthemetamodel.Wediscussedsortingtherepresentationtermsfrompropertytermswherethetermdoesnotserveastheproperty.7.Documentreview7.1ISO/IECN776,ComputationalaidsinterminologyDataelementcategories.Wediscussedthisdocumentandfindthatitcouldbeusefulasapossiblesourceofattributesforthemetamodel.Wherewealreadyhavetheattributes,Paulwillcheckthemoffinthedocument.Wecanthendiscusswhetherweneedanyoftheothers.Wedonothavecommentsonthedocumentintermsofitsuseforterminology.Wedonotparticularlylikethedefinitionitcontainsfordataelements.7.2ISO/IECN779,TerminologyWorkPrinciplesandMethods.Thisdocumenthasmaterialthatappearstobeusefulinthedevelopmentofataxonomyfortheinformativeannexof11179Part2.TheeditorsofPart2areencouragedtoutilizeitasinput.WedidnothavecommentstoforwardtoISO/TC37/SC1onthedocument.7.3SC21N9344CD13237IRDSContentModuletosupportaNaming D-(1 andThesaurusFacility.JudyNewtoncommentedonthisdocumentattherequestofDavidGradwell.ItisapparentthatthemetamodelinthisdocumentisworkingitswayintotheBSRwork.WebelievethattheX3L8metamodelshouldalsoprovideafoundationfordevelopmentoftheBSRschema.7.4N784ISO/IECWD14957,InformationtechnologyRepresentationofdataelementsvalues:Notationoftheformat(charactertypesandlengths)AdditionalnotationforfiguresTheSIGrecommendsforwardingthefollowingvoteandcomments.DisapproveQuestion1ConsiderationofRegistrationasCD.AndDisapproveQuestion2,ConsiderationofCD.Comments:ThisstandardcouldbeparticularlyusefulinestablishingaspecificcontentforthevaluesoftheISO/IEC11179Part3basicattributes FormofRepresentation, DatatypeofDataElementValues, MaximumSizeofDataElementValues, MinimumSizeofDataElementValuesand LayoutofRepresentation.ItcouldalsobeusfulusefulinthemetamodelworkunderwayinX3L8.Thiswouldassistinterchangeofmetadatabetweendataregistriesaswellasassistuseofregistryinformationbyintelligentsoftware.However,aswritten,theproposalappearstoputalloftheaboveandmoreattributestogetherinasinglemultifactattribute.Itmakesitintoa datacompositewhichisnotgoodpracticefordesignofdataelementsorattributes(althoughitreflectscommonusageinprogramlanguages).ThedraftisatoddswithISO/IECIS11179Part3.Whilewesupporttheintentionofthisdocument,thisdraftneedsconsiderableworkbeforeitisregisteredasaCD.Atpresentitisincompleteinitscoverage,inconsistentwithinitselfaswellasnotconformingtoISO/IECIS11179Part3.Thefollowingareasomeoftheproblemswefindinthisdocument.InSection3,thedefinitionof dataelement,whichisattributedtoISO/IEC11179isnotthedefinitionfoundintheISparts.Thedefinitiontakenfrompart3is:   X1:XXX&1:XXXUKUS.,dataelement :Aunitofdataforwhichthedefinition,identification,representationandpermissiblevaluesarespecifiedbymeansofasetofϜattributes.#&1:XX &1:R##X1:XX&1:|#US.,UK.,InSection6, decimalcomputableformatspecificationsusesthedecimalpointasthesignfor decimalwhereassection5.3usesthecommaasthesymbolforthedecimalpoint. D-(1 ЇAlsoinsection6,theexample D12.3"isuninterpretableorwrongasgiven.Thetableatthebottomofpage6onlypartiallyaddressestheissueofnumericbase.Manyotherbasenumbersarepossible.Linkingalettertoanumbericnumericbaseisconfusingparticularlywhenthesamelettersusedinothercontextsmeanotherthings.Itbecomesveryhardtointerpret.Amoregeneralschemecouldbeproposedwhichwouldcoveranynumericbase.Thedocumentoftenrefersto comawhereitshoulduse comma(atleastinAmericanEnglish,a comaisastateofunconsciousness,notapunctionpunctuationmark).̜Duetotimelimitationswedidcouldnotthoroughlydevelopanexhaustivesetofcomments.Therefore,wedidnotwanotindicatethattheabovefixingtheabovewouldchangeourvotetoyes.VoteofX3L8members6for,noneagainst.7.5N785SummaryofletterballotforCDregistrationofISO6523InformationtechnologyStructureforidentificationoforganizationsandorganizationpartsWebrieflyreviewedthisdocumentwhichshowsthattheCDregistrationpassed.PhongNgowillreviewthisdocumentinmoredetail.Ifhefindsanythingrequiringoutcomment,hewillcirculateitviathereflectorandtakingintoaccountanycomments,willforwardourcomments.8.DiscussionofMetamodelforDataRepresentation̜Weresolvedseveralissuesandcreatedafew.Fortheparticulars,seethefile issuesmm.wp6(orl.wp5or.txt)ontheX3L8FTPserver.SeeendofmessagereportforinfoonX3L8FTPserver.Inattemptingtoquicklyresolvethe easierissues,wekeeprunningintomorefundamentalissues.Wedecidedtoprioritizetheissues.Todothis,wefirstreviewedthepurposeanduseofthemetamodel.ThefollowingarestatementsbymembersoftheSIGastotheirinterests.0  A.Whatisthescope,purposeanduseofthemetamodel? (#(# 0  1)Thescopeandpurposeis: (#(# 0  0` (#(#a)Schemaforadataregistry(runbyregistrationauthority ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#b)SystemEngineering ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#c)FacilitationofhumanunderstandingD-(1` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#d)Facilitationofintelligentdataprocessing ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#e)DataStandardization,i.e.,metadatamanagement ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#f)Datamodeling(commonunderstandingofessentialDEstructures)(dataelementincontext) ` (#` (#    ` g)Schemaintegration0  0` (#(#h)Supportfederateddatabases ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#I)Supportwarehouse ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#j)Dataelementconceptualization(howyouthinkaboutdataelementsinacommonway) ` (#` (#    ` k)Facilitationofdatainterchange0  0` (#(#l)Metadataanalysis(e.g.,aplacetofindthingsaboutthedesignofasurvey;theabilitytodoqueriesmetadatainarepository) ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#m)Provideroutineentrypointstometadata ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#n)Routineacquisitionofsupportingmetadata ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#o)Scopeofmetamodel:metadataroutinelyrequiredtocharacterizedata ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#p)Redundancyequivalencyanalysis ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#q)Structureforrecordingwhatweknowaboutdata ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#r)FacilitateexchangeofmetadatabetweenCASEtoolsandrepositories. ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#s)Maintenanceofmeaningovertimeanddistance ` (#` (# 0  2)Usersof񛜛instantiationsofthemetamodel: (#(# 0  0` (#(#a)EDIdataelementdesigner ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#B)ApplicationSystemDevelopers ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#c)Casetooldevelopers ` (#` (#    ` d)Dataregistrydevelopers   ` e)Dataelementdesigners0  0` (#(#f)Softwaretryingtodoschemaintegration ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#g)Peopletryingtofinddata ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#h)Peopletryingtounderstanddata ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#I)People/systemstryingtoformulatequeries ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#j)Peoplewhosharedatawithinandamongorganization ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#k)dataAdministrators ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#l)Datamodelers ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#m)Enterprisedataarchitects ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#n)Endusersofdata ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#o)Subjectmatterexperts(e.g.,capturingtheknowledgeof) ` (#` (# 0  0` (#(#p)Datastewards ` (#` (# Suggestedcategoriesofusers:  Designingdata  Findingdata  Understandingdata  ...Threebroadscopesweredefined:  0 `  Abstractmetadataaboutdataelementsconsideredattheschemalevel.Atthislevelthedescriptionscanbeusedinmanyapplications. ` (#` (#   0 `  Applicationmetadataaboutdataelementsandthedatacollectedinparticularapplications.Thisincludestheabstractscopeandaddsaddtionaladditionalmetadatacoveringsuchthingsasthepurposeforcollectingthedata,the D-(1 statisticalmethodologyused,andotherinformationneededtounderstandandusethedataelementvaluesfoundinoneormoreparticularapplications. ` (#` (# Ѐ  0 `  Repositoryamorecompletesetofmetadataincluding `"&  directory(locational)information,structureinformationneededforformulatingqueries,etc.Thisscopeincludesmetadata(relatedtodataelements)thatconformstobroadernotionsofrepositorytechnology. ` (#` (# Paulwillusethisinformationtoprioritizetheissuesandtowritethefrontmatterdescribingthemetamodel.X3L8willaddresstheissuesinthepriorityorderestablishedbyPaul.0  0` (#(# ` (#` (# 9.FutureworkPhongNgoleadadiscussiontoelicitfromSIGmemberstheirinterestsinfuturework.Interests: .h)5 Ї0  DatadisseminationontheInternet(capturingthemetadata  thatneedstobedisseminatedwiththedata) (#(# Ѐ0  Systeminteroperabilitydatasharing@(#(# Ѐ0  EDIdevelopingEDIdataelements,transactionsetsand X representingthetelecommunicationindustry (#(# Ѐ0  Efficiencyinsoftwaredevelopmentthroughmetadatareuse(#(# Ѐ0  FurtherworkonObjecttaxonomy` (#(# Ѐ0  FurtherworkonPropertytaxonomy( x(#(# Ѐ0  Furtherworkonqualifiers @(#(# Ѐ0  Furtherworkonconnectors(relationships)  (#(# Ѐ0  Multimediaaccommodation(representation)  (#(# Ѐ0  DataElementConceptattributionH  (#(# Ѐ0  Domainresearch` (#(# Ѐ0  Upgradingofmetamodel( (#(# Ѐ0  G7datainterchange(BruceandJudywillsendPhongsome   paperstodistribute) (#(# Ѐ0  Domain0 (#(# Ѐ0  OntologyconceptandcreationH (#(# Ѐ0  Morefullydescribethestructureandcontentofdatabases  (extendbeyonddataelement) (#(# Ѐ0  Underpinningsformessagestandardization(semanticsand P fundamentalstructureofcontent) (#(# Ѐ0  FederateddatabaseandIntelligentIntegrationof 0 Information (#(# Ѐ0  Datawarehousep(#(# Ѐ0  Toxicsitecleanupdatainterchange8(#(# Ѐ0  Extendintodomains,understandingofdomainsP(#(# Ѐ0  Metadataattributesbeyondthedataelement(datasets,  subjectareas,subdataelement) (#(# Ѐ0  Basicresearchindatastructurebreakintodiscreteareas X inwhichacommonsetofrulesandattributescanbeusedandpropagated(analogs:musicnotation,blueprints) (#(# Ѐ0  Developingrulesforcommonsocialaggregatesofdata(e.g.,   health,environment) (#(# Ѐ0  Interconnectingheterogeneousdatabases(federation,common @" schema,I3) (#(# Ѐ0  Migratingdatafromlegacytotargetsystems $(#(# Ѐ0  Constructingintelligentcommandandcontrolsystems(C4)!%(#(# Ѐ0  Fusingthedisparateresultsofqueriestovarieddatabases`"&(#(# Ѐ0  EDI,BSR,(#x'(#(# Ѐ0 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(#(# Ѐ0  Warehouseh)$/(#(# Ѐ0  EDI0*%0(#(# Ѐ0  IntelligentIntegrationofInformation/Intelligent *H&1 InformationServices (#(# Ѐ0  Standardizeddomains(codesets),'3(#(# Ѐ0  DynamicmetamodelP-(4(#(# Ѐ0  Objectorientedextensions.h)5(#(# Ѐ0  Permissiblevaluesindomains(#(# 10.NewworkitemsPhongNgowilldevelopthetwoworkitemsdiscussedatthelastSC14meeting.HewillbringthemtothenextX3L8meetingandsendthemoutontheX3L8reflector.ThesearetobenewandnotpartofISO/IEC11179.VolunteersfordataelementconceptPhongNgo.ForDomains,JudyNewton.11.DescriptionofEDIorganizationsIndiscussinginterests,wediscussedEDIstandardsactivities.BillKenwortheydescribedthefollowingEDIefforts.ThestructurethatBilllaidoutontheboardisnotpreservedbelow:Oneeffort:UnitedNations,WorkingParty4,EDIFACTWorkingwithISOHeadquartersCentralSecrettohelponEDI>BSRRelatedeffort:ISO/IECJTC1SC30EDIUSTAGtoSC30OpenEDIRelatedeffort:X12EDI12.FutureX3L8SIGMeetingsandX3L8Plenarymeetings:Meetingsmarked NISTareheldattheNationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnologyGaithersburg,MarylandMeetingsmarkedITIareheldattheInformationTechnologyIndustry(ITI)CouncilSecondFloor1250EyeStreetWashington,D.C.񜛜Note:ThefollowingmeetingwaslistedasbeingatITI.It,buttheroomslistedwereatNIST.ThemeetingistobeatNIST.SeptemberSIGandX3L8PlenarymeetingsatITINIST:X3L8SIGMeetings:Wednesday,September13̀Building225,RoomB157,9:00a.m.to4:30p.m.̀NodiningroomforlunchThursday,September14̀Building225,RoomB157,9:00a.m.to4:30p.m.̀Admin.Bldg.,DiningRoomAX3L8Plenary: .h)5 Friday,September15̀Building225,RoomB157,9:00a.m.to4:30p.m.̀Admin.Bldg.,DiningRoomAX3L8SIG:October1011atITISC14andSC14/WG4October2327atParis,FranceX3L8SIG:November30December1atNISTX3L8SIG:February78,1995atNISTX3L8Plenary:February9,1995atNIST񄄄X3L8documents,includingthismeetingreport,areavailableviaAnonymousFTPfromspeckle.ncsl.nist.gov.Changedirectorytox3l8(X3L8inlowercaseletters)andcheckthe"readme"filefordetails.