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SS  &XGfXX&X =jXGfXX&XGf  ݛ&XGfXXXGf  SVS  ReportofSeptemberMarchX3L8SpecialInterestGroupMeeting =jS =  1[      1[S# s  1[  MeetingReport 1[S c  1[NationalCommitteeforInformationTechnologyStandards,L8,SpecialInterestGroup 1[SI F  1[HeldattheBattelleNationalINsnstituteofStandardsandTechnology 1[S,   1[September25&26,1997  Attendees: 1[S \  1[ӹ  1[SB? 1[  BruceBargmeyer,U.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgencyBruceBarrow,DepartmentofDefensePhilDiamond,VeteransAdministrationLarryFitzwater,U.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgencyDanGillman,BureauofCensusBeckyHarris,DepartmentofDefenseHenryHeffernan,EDPNSMichaelHuhns,UniversityofSouthCarolinaWilliamH.Kenworthey,Jr.,SelfChrisE.Kyaff,NISTDouglasMann,BattelleJudithNewton,NationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnologyPhongNgo,ScienceApplicationsInternationalCorporationBurtonParker,PaladinIntegrationEngineeringDanSchneider,DepartmentofJusticeAndySchoka,MITRETEKJudithNewtonandDanGillmanchairedthemeetings.Thefollowingreportstheissuesraisedanddecisionsmade:1.DiscussionofworkunderwayinAIIM ,>( ЇDanSchneider,ChairofStandardsCommitteeC22oftheAssociationforInformationandImageManagementInternational(AIIM)describedthebackgroundandworkofthiscommittee.AIIMisaccreditedbyANSIandisalsoaUSTAGtoISOcommittees.AIIMhasbroadglobalparticipation.AIIMhasalonghistoryofstandardsdevelopment.Aneffortinrecentyearsisto#XGfXX&XGf#&XGfXXXGfstandardizemetadatarelatingtodataandinformationinterchanges.Thisisworkunderwayinthe   ТC22standardsgroupunderAIIM..TheworkaddressestheReliabilityofElectronicBusinessInformation(REBI).Thisincludesmetadatatoestablishtheprovenanceofdata objects(text,sounds,numbers,...)#XGfXX&XGfa#&XGfXXXGf,withoutregardtocontentorlanguage.TheITmarketiscurrentlyobsessed d  withdigitalsignatureissues.Whenthosearesolved,attentionmayturnbacktokeepingtrackoftheoriginofobjectsandandactionstakenonobjects.Dan,inhiscapacityascochairoftheInteragencyElectronicRecordsManagementWorkingGroupisnowworkingwiththeFederalϢWebmastersForumtocreatea cookbookforrecordkeepingofWebsiteactivitiesandinformation.TheC22worktodatehasclearlyidentifiedtheneedformetadataregistriesandthereforeacommoninterestwiththeworkofL8.2.ISO/IEC11179andrelatedSC14standardsprojects(NowSC32projects)DanGillmansaidthatthechangestoPart1(resolutionofballotcomments)willbecompletebytheendofnextweek.HewillforwardthefinisheddocumenttoRonnyElofssontosendoutforfinalCDballot.BruceBargmeyerreportedthatPart2passeditsJTC1CDballot.Nocommentswerereceivedontheballots,butsomewerereceivedinemailmessages.Thesecommentsareeditorial.Thegroupagreedthatminoreditsshouldbemade.Afinalversion(instrikeoutform)willbesentout.Iftherearenoobjections,itwillbesent,withappropriatecommentresolutiondocumentation,forfinalCDballoting.JudithNewtonreportedthatshesentanelectroniccopyoftheDataValueDomainstandardproposaltoRonnyElofssontobesentoutforCDballot.Ronnyindicatedthathehaswhatheneedstosenditout.3.ANSIX3.50RepresentationsforU.S.Customary,SIandOtherUnitstobeUsedinSystemswithLimitedCharacterSetsWediscussedthisstandard,whichiscomingupforfiveyearreview.Twospecialistsjoinedusforthisdiscussion:BruceBarrow,DoD,theChairofIEEEStandardsCoordinatingCommittee14(quantities,unitsandlettersymbols),andChrisKuyattff,NIST,SecretaryofIECTC25,Quantities&UnitsandTheirLetterSymbols.WediscussedtheworkdoneinthisareabytheIEEE,IECTC25andISOTC12,Quanties,Units,SymbolsandConversion.Forexample,theIEEEdevelopsastandardforSIunits.TheL8standard(X3.50)specifieshowtorecordtheunitsinsystemswithlimitedcharactersets.E.g.,theGreekcharactersOmega(Ohm)andlowercaseMu(micro)are 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notavailableinstandardASCII.TheIEEErecentlypublishedtheAmericanNationalStandardforSI,QuantitiesandUnits.IEEEwillmakeaproposalaboutX3.50atthenextL8meeting.Inessence,theproposalisexpectedtobethattheIEEEtakeoverthisstandard.L8wouldliketoworktogetherwithIEEEtoenablethestandardforInformationTechnology.ThisincludeshowtorecordtheSIunitsinametadataregistry.4.ISO/IECJTC1IssuesBruceBargmeyerreportedontheJTC1meetingheldinOttawa.SC14isnowmergedwithSC30andpartsofSC21.ThenewTechnicalDirectioniscalledSC32,DatabaseManagementServices.Overthenextyearwewillworkwiththeotherstoformthenewcommittee.InOctober,ameetingwillbeheld,inconjunctionwithanSC30meetinginParis,toinitiateplanningforthenewSC.TheUShasagreedtoactastheinterimsecretariatforSC32andSC33.MarisaToppingwasappointedthisweekastheinterimsecretariatforSC32.ShewillmeetwithRonnyElofssoninParistobeginanorderlytransitiontothenewSubcommitteestructureBrucealsoreportedontheJTC1&SC14sponsoredJointWorkshoponMetadataRegistration.ThereportisontheweWebathttp://www.lbl.gov/~olken/EPA/Workshop/JTC1willsendoutaletterballotontheResolutionaddressedtoJTC1.#XGfXX&XGf #&XGfXXXGf  5.Z39.50DanGilmanraisedtheissuethattheZ39.50communityhasaneedtoregisterdataelements.IntheApril1998timeframewewillhaveanopportunitytotalktorepresentativesoftheZ39.50communityaboutourdataregistrystandards.6.DateandTimestandardBurtParkerandPhongNgoreportedthestatusoftheDatestandard.NCITSsentoutaballotfortheDatestandard.Theballotpassed,withsomenegativevotes.Committeeresponsestothenegativevotecommentshavebeenpreparedandsentoutforcommitteeballot.BurtreportedthestatusoftheTimestandard.Alleditshavebeenmade,includingthepreliminaryeditsbytheANSIseniortechnicaleditorexceptdevelopmentofaforwardtothestandard.Burtaskedforsuggestionsforthecontentoftheforward.HewilldraftaforwardandplacethenewversionoftheTimestandardontheL8FTPsitebyMonday,29SeptemberatwhichtimePhongwithputoutaballotforcommitteedraft. -(& 7.HealthCaredataregistry.DougMandemonstratedaninitialversionofadataregistrythathehasdevelopedforthefieldofhealthcare.HedrewuponexistingimplementationsofISO11179asabasisforhisdevelopmentwork.Thisisaninitialsteptowardengagingtheverylargehealthcareinformaticsarea.8.DPAnsX3.285MetamodelfortheManagementofSharableDataDougMannpresentedanewversionofthemetamodel.HehasincludedrepresentationsinModifiedChen(EntityRelationship),IDF1x,NIAM(ObjectRoleModeling)andUnifiedModelingLanguage(UML).Mostoftheissuesarenowresolvedordeferedforlaterconsideration.Wemadesomeeditstotheformandcontentofthedocument.Weagreedtogivemembersatwoweekperiodforpublicreview.WewillthensendaversiontotheCDIFcommitteewithourrecommendationthatitisaworkinprogressthatcouldserveasthedatarepresentationsubjectareaforCDIF.WeunderstandthatCDIFiscurrentlyengagingdevelopmentofadatarepresentationsubjectarea.ItwasagreedthatwewillputthemetamodelontheX3L8plenaryOctoberagendaforapprovaltosubmititforNCITSpublicreview.#XGfXX&XGfl#&XGfXXXGf   WealsodiscussedthepotentialfortakingthisworktotheISOlevelforfasttrackorotheraction.̀TherewasageneralexpressionofaccoladesandapplauseforthesuperbworkthatDougMannhasaccomplishedinthisdraft.Weareallimpressedbytheexcellentproductthathehasproduced.9.DefinitionsDougMannpresentedapapershowingtheusageoftermsthroughoutourstandards.Thereareinconsistencies.Someoftheinconsistenciesareinconsequentialandneednotbeaddressed.SomeinconsistenciesareduetoadvancementsintheMetamodelandthereforeshouldremain.Therearesomeinconsistenciesthatcanberesolvedwiththedraftsinprogress.DanGillmanandDougMannwillworktogetheronterminologyissuesforPart1.DougMann,MikeHuhnsandBruceBargmeyerwillworktogetherondefinitionsforPart2.#XGfXX&XGf_"#&XGfXXXGf 0+&#  1[  A&  S,(p,' =j10.Futuremeetingschedule =jS-f(,(B.` hp x (#XB 1[A&\&݌ -f($ Ќ  1[SS 1[X3L8SIGandPlenarymeetings9AM,October2224,1997,Battelle 1[SC 1[X3L8SIGandPlenarymeetings,February1820,1988atITI 1[SS 1[ӄ 1[SC 1[X3L8documents,includingthismeetingreport,areavailableviaAnonymousFTPfromspeckle.ncsl.nist.gov.Loginasanonymous,useyouremailaddressforapassword,ChangedirectorytoX3L8(X3L8inlowercaseletters).Readthe"readme"fileforalistingoffilenamesandabriefdescriptionofeachfile.ManyoftheX3L8andSC14documentsarealsolistedontheX3L8HomePagehttp://www.lbl.gov/~olken/X3L8 1[#XGhXX&XGh##