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SS  (XIfXX(X =jXIfXX(XIf    SVS  ReportofAprilX3L8SpecialInterestGroupMeeting V  =jSF 1[   F  1[S6 1[  MeetingReport 1[S l  1[L8SpecialInterestGroup 1[S \  1[HeldattheNationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnology 1[SB  ? 1[April10&11,1997 1[S%   1[  Ӂ 1[Sh e  1[Attendees: 1[SK   1[BrentArchinal,U.S.NavalObservatory 1[S; 1[BruceBargmeyer,U.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgency 1[S!q 1[LarryFitzwater,U.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgency 1[Sa 1[DanGillman,BureauoftheCensus 1[SGD 1[AlanGoldfine,NationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnology 1[S* 1[HenryHeffernan,EDPNS 1[Smj 1[LoriHentz,InternalRevenueService 1[SP 1[MichaelHuhns,UniversityofSouthCarolina 1[S@ 1[WilliamKenworthey,Jr.,Self 1[S& v# 1[DouglasMann,Battelle 1[S! f! 1[JohnMcCarthy,LawrenceBerkeleyLaboratory 1[SL#"I 1[JillMiller,InternalRevenueService 1[S$/ $ 1[JudithNewton,NationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnology 1[Sr&!&o! 1[PhongNgo,ScienceApplicationsInternationalCorporation 1[S(U#'# 1[  BurtonParker,PaladinIntegrationEngineering 1[S)$E)$ 1[AndySchoka,MitretekSystems 1[S++{&*(& 1[  Ӂ 1[S,(k,' 1[DanGillmanchairedthemeeting.Thefollowingreportstheissuesraisedanddecisionsmade: ,(  1[SS 1[Ӂ  X  S 1[5+ ` hp x (#5  1...Responsetocommentsonpublicreviewperiodfor"date"standard,X3.30   ,  S 1[8.` hp x (#8Thepublicreviewperiodhasendedforthisstandard.Onecommentwasreceived.BurtParkercirculatedadraftresponsebyemail.Inthismeeting,heledadiscussiontofinalizetheresponse.Wemadesomerevisionstothedrafttext.Burtwillprepareafinalversionandsenditout.Thepersonoriginallymakingthecommenthas20daystorespond.Concurrently,BurtwillforwardtoPhongthefinaltextofthestandard.PhongwillsenditoutforX3L8ballot.Uponapproval,PhongwillforwardthedatestandardtoANSIforpublishing.  X  S 1[5+ ` hp x (#5Ӂ  S 1[  1...JTC1issues    S 1[PhongNgoreportedonthestatusofseveralJTC1actions.HehassentoutballotsandrequestsspeedyresponsesfromX3L8members.  S 1[TheSC14NewWorkItemsarecurrentlyoutforballot.JudyNewtonhassentoutemailandFAXestocountries,encouragingthemtoindicatethattheywillactivelyparticipateinthework.Shewillalsomaketelephonecontacttobesurethatatleastfivecountrieswillactivelyparticipate.  S 1[Ӂ  S 1[  2...Timestandard    S 1[BurtParkerreviewedthestatusofthecurrentdraftofthisstandard.Allcommitteecommentshavebeenincorporated.Burtrequestedthecommittee'sguidanceonwhethertoincludetwoinformativeannexes:oneexplainingthetermDesignatedCivilTime,theotherprovidingorganizationalnamesandaddresseswhereUTCtime,USTimeZones,andleapsecondscanbeobtained.Thecommitteeresolvedthattheseannexesshouldbeadded.Burtwillfinalizethedraftstandard,includingthetwonewinformativeannexes.BurtwillforwardthedrafttoPhong,whowillsenditoutforX3L8ballot.  S 1[Ӂ  S 1[  3...TheANSIHealthInformationSystemsBoard(HISB)    S 1[DougMannreportedthathepresentedanintroductionofL8totheANSIHISBmeetingonMarch27,1997.HISBisANSI'scoordinatingboardofhealthcarestandardsdevelopmentorganizations.HISBincludesSDOssuchasHL7(clinical),MD156(dental),NCPDP(pharmacy),X12N(insurance),andASTM.Theyareallinterestedindevelopingadictionaryoftheirdataelements.ThereisapressurefromalawforDeptofHealthandHumanServicestospecifystandardsforhealthcaredatainterchange.TheL8workwasunknowntoHISBmembers.TheMayoclinicexpressedaninterestingettingadditionalmembersforL8.  S 1[Ӂ  S 1[  4...JointMeetingwithX3T2    S 1[DougManndiscussedthepossibilityofhavingajointmeetingbetweenX3L8andX3T2.AproposedtimeforajointmeetingisAugust14&15inSeattle.Weneedtoseewhocouldattendatthatplaceandtime.  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S 1[DougMannreceivedfromPaulHawesthematerialdocumentingthecurrentversionofthemetamodel.DougistranslatingthematerialintoaformeditablewiththesoftwarepackagesthatDoughasavailable.Hehasrecreatedthegraphicforthemetamodel,usingPowerPoint.Insodoing,heraisedanumberofissuestoberesolved.Heisalsotranslatingthetextandgraphicsofthepublicreviewdocument.DouginvitescommentsfromtheX3L8membersasinputtohisefforttopreparethismaterialforthesecondpublicreview.DougpassedoutcopiesofhisnewmaterialandisputtinghisversionsupontheX3L8FTPserver.  S 1[HenryHeffernanagreedtodevelopsomeintroductorymaterialfortheMetamodelfortheManagementofSharabledata.Thisintroductorymaterialwillprovidesomehistoricalcontextandhelppeopletounderstandtheusefulnessofthemetamodel.AndySchokaandBurtParkerwillprovideHenrysomepotentiallyusefulmaterial.  S 1[DougMannwillprepareMSWord,HTML,andPDFversionsoftheApril1stversionofthedraftMetamodelfortheManagementofSharableData.HewillputtheseversionsandthePowerPointversionofthemetamodelgraphicontheFTPserver.HewillthensendamessagetoFrankOlkenrequestingthatitbeputupontheWebpagetofacilitateitsuseintheJTC1SC14WorkshoponMetadataRegistration.  S 1[Ӂ  S 1[  6...Useof11179byISOTC204,TransportInformationandControlSystems    S 1[AndySchokadescribedthepotentialuseoftheSC14andX3L8standardsforIntelligentTransportationSystems,whichisSchokaDepartmentofTransportationinitiative.Attheirlastmeeting,TC204madeanumberofresolutionsandactionitemsrelatingtotheuseoftheX3L8andSC14standards.AndywillsendouttheresolutionsontheSC14Newsemailreflector.DOTisworkingwithstandardsdevelopmentorganizationssuchastheIEEEtostandardizekeyaspectsofthiswork.TheIEEEeffortsaredrawingheavilyontheSC14andX3L8work.WebelievethatthereismuchtobeaccomplishedbycollaborationbetweenX3L8andtheIntelligentTransportationSystemseffort.  S 1[Ӂ  S 1[  7...JointWorkshoponMetadataRegistration    S 1[JohnMcCarthygaveanupdateonarrangementsfortheworkshop.AmeetingoftheprogramcommitteewillbeheldonApril14,1997.Thecommitteewillcompleteorganizationalitemsaboutthecontentandorganizationoftheworkshop.  S 1[Ӂ  S 1[  8...OntologyWorkshop    S 1[JudyNewtonsaidthatTomKuriharaisproposingtoorganizeaworkshoptodiscussthecomponentsandotheraspectsofOntologydevelopment.HeisconsideringthepotentialdatesofJuly2324orJuly2930,1997atNIST.  S 1[Ӂ  S 1[  9...Metamodeldiscussion   ,  S 1[8.` hp x (#8Wediscussedareasthatwemaynothaveadequatelyaddressedintheworktodateonthemetamodel.Theseinclude:  S 1[ӁoMetamodelextensionsforapplicationdataelements  X  S 1[5+ ` hp x (#5BillKenwortheyhaslongtalkedabout"attributesteaming"theadditionofattributesaswegothroughprogressivestepsfromdesignofa"generic"or"abstract"dataelementtodesignofadataelementactuallyusedinaparticularapplication.Attheabstractlevel,adataelementcouldbeusedinmanyapplicationsandisdocumentedwithasetofattributes.Foradataelementisusedinanapplication,wecanspecifyadditionalattributesdescribing,forexample,howandforwhatpurposetheapplicationcollectsvaluesforthedataelement.Wehavenothavenotspecifiedtheadditionalattributesinthecurrentmetamodel.Nowthatwehavereferenceimplementationsofthemetamodelinplace,wemaybeinabetterpositiontoaddressthistopic.    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S 1[8.` hp x (#8oCapturingdifferentclassificationsystems  X  S 1[5+ ` hp x (#5Weneedtoexploretheuseofourclassificationstructuresforcapturingdifferenttypesofclassificationstructures.IfERDscanbeconsideredasatypeofclassificationstructure,itshouldbepossibletocapturethismodelinformationaboutanydataelement.Alternatively,sometaxonomiesorontologiesmight"classify"thedataelementquitedifferently.ThiscouldresolvedifferentviewsofwhatinformationiscontainedintheObjectClass,PropertyandRepresentationattributesofthecurrentmetamodel.    S 1[8.` hp x (#8ӁTopicstobeexploredatthenexttwomeetings:  X  S 1[5+ ` hp x (#5  a...LookatsomedataelementsorgroupsofdataelementsintheEnvironmentalDataRegistry.Theseareatarecorded"level.Weshouldreviewfor"CertifiedStatus".Dowehaveitrightsofar?Possibledataelementstoreviewinclude:politicalgeography(state,county),addressgroup,date.ThismayalsorelatetotheJuneWorkshop.    S 1[  b...Theissueofestablishingthe"Universe"relevanttothedataelement.The"universe",maynotbeexplicitlyrecordedincurrentattributes,butmayimpactthedataelementsematics.Thisissuemayrelatetodataelementrelationshipsandmetadatalevel.     S 1[8.` hp x (#8WewillexplorethesetwotopicsattheMayandJuneSIGmeetings.InOctober,wewouldliketoinviteoutsideparticipantstocontributetothereviewanddiscussion.JudyNewtonwillhelptoorganizetheOctobermeeting.  S 1[Ӂ  S 1[8.Datestandard,X3.30:  S 1[PhongNgoreportedthatthepublicreviewperiodforthestandardhasended.Nocommentswerereceived.ThenextstepistoreceivethepreeditedversionfromANSI.L8istoreviewthisandprepareafinalversion.ThenX3L8votes(letter/email)tosendittotheNationalCommitteeforInformationTechnologyStandards(NCITS,formerlyX3),whichconductsasixweekballot.Uponapproval,NCITSsendsittoANSIforpublication.      S 1[Ӂ XXXQ\  `$Times NewRomanQ     S 1[12.Futuremeetingschedule XXXQ\  `$Times NewRomanQ S 1[X3L8SIGmeeting9AM,April10&11,1997atNISTAdministrationBuilding,LectureRoomC  S 1[X3L8SIGmeeting9AM,May22&23,1997atNISTAdministrationBuilding,LectureroomF  S 1[X3L8SIGmeeting9AM,September25&26,1997atNIST,AdministrationBuilding,LectureroomC  S 1[X3L8SIGandPlenarymeetings9AM,October2224,1997,Battelle  S 1[X3L8SIGandPlenarymeetings,February21820,1988atITI  S 1[ӄ  S 1[X3L8documents,includingthismeetingreport,areavailableviaAnonymousFTPfromspeckle.ncsl.nist.gov.Loginasanonymous,useyouremailaddressforapassword,ChangedirectorytoX3L8(X3L8inlowercaseletters)andcheckthe"readme"filefordetails.ManyofthedocumentsarealsolistedontheX3L8HomePagehttp://www.lbl.gov/~olken/X3L8