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Ó€ÌÌAttendees:ÌBruce€Bargmeyer,€Environmental€Protection€AgencyÌLarry€Fitzwater,€Environmental€Protection€AgencyÌHenry€Heffernan,€EDPNSÌWilliam€Kenworthey,€Jr.,€SelfÌDoug€Mann,€Pacific€Northwest€LaboratoryÌJohn€McCarthy,€Lawrence€Berkeley€National€LaboratoryÌJudith€Newton,€National€Institute€of€Standards€and€TechnologyÌPhong€Ngo,€Science€Applications€International€CorporationÌRevere€D.€Perkins,€Meta4,€Inc.ÌÌJudith€Newton€chaired€the€meetings.ÌThe€following€reports€the€issues€raised€and€decisions€made:ÌÌ1.€Status€of€ISO€11179€partsÌCommittee€work€on€ISO€11179€parts€1€and€2€is€complete€for€the€current€drafts€and€the€editors€areÏforwarding€the€documents€to€the€SC32€Secretariat€for€circulation€on€Final€CD€ballot.ÌÌ2.€Date€StandardÌThe€Department€of€Defense€is€concerned€about€the€Date€standard.€A€meeting€will€be€set€up€toÏattempt€to€resolve€the€issues.€The€proposed€date€is€Dec€12,€1997.€We€would€like€to€add€some€topicsÏto€the€meeting:€Working€together€with€DoD€on€data€registry€standards,€particularly€gainingÏinteroperability€between€the€DoD€Defense€Data€Dictionary€System€(DDDS)€and€collaborating€onÏdevelopment€of€registry€contents.€Environmental€data€and€healthcare€data€are€two€areas€of€content€inÏwhich€collaboration€on€data€standards€could€be€very€fruitful.ÌÌ3.€MetamodelÌÌMetamodel€database€was€updated€with€11179€Part€1€and€Part€2€and€Metamodel€term€changes.€SomeÏminor€changes€were€made€to€the€documents.€Doug€sent€the€draft€to€NCITS.€A€press€release€has€beenÏprepared€and€should€be€sent€out€by€NCITS€next€week.€This€will€be€the€2òòndóó€public€review€period€(DecÐ ¬&ü!$ Ð5,€1997€„€Feb€5,€1998).ÌÌ4.€Social€event€for€L8ÌKaren€Kirkbride€will€organize€a€session€at€for€December€12,€spouses€included.€A€message€will€beÏsent€out€describing€where€and€when.ÌÌ5.€Report€on€K5Ð =-(+ ÐDoug€Mann€reported€on€the€latest€meeting€of€K5,€Terminology.€The€group€is€editing€about€eightÏsections€of€ISO€2382,€a€37€Part€international€standard€on€Terminology.€They€will€review€Part€5,ÏRepresentation€of€Data,€this€week.€Doug€provided€them€with€our€terms€and€definitions.€K5€wouldÏlike€to€put€the€ANDIS€and€ISO€2382€up€on€the€web.€We€hope€to€help€them€put€it€up.€They€have€anÏISO€directive€"Drafting€and€Presentation€of€Terms€and€Definitions"€available€on€the€Internet.€ÌFTP://ftp.iec.ch/pub/directives/dirp3e.pdfÌÌ6.€Medical€data€registryÌHealth€Care€Financing€Administration€(HCFA)€has€the€responsibly€to€develop€a€registry€to€supportÏthe€Healthcare€Insurance€Portability€and€Accountability€Act€(HIPAA).€€HCFA€desires€to€developÏinternal€registries€to€support€their€internal€functions.€€HCFA€influences€the€directions€of€DHHS€inÏtheir€registry€directions€and€with€publishers€of€X12N„Insurance€standards.€ÌA€meeting€will€be€held€December€10€with€HICFA,€health€affairs,€EPA,€and€others€to€discuss€registryÏuse€for€the€healthcare€industry.€The€purpose€of€the€cooperative€work€is€to€share€experiences,€toÏpartition€the€future€development€among€the€participants.€We€will€look€into€the€possibility€forÏcooperative€work€between€registry€developers.€The€purpose€of€the€cooperative€work€is€to€shareÏexperiences,€to€partition€the€future€development€among€the€participants.€€€Bob€Mayes,€of€DoD,Ïwants€to€change€the€Washington€Publishing€Company€PDF€data€dictionary€document€of€X12NÏstandards€into€a€full€data€registry€based€upon€ISO/IEC€11179.ÌÌ7.€JTC1€ballot€on€BSR.ÌL8€members€developed€a€position€on€the€JTC€N5041.€We€support€the€resolution€as€made€at€theÏBerkeley€Workshop.ÌÌ8.€Learning€Object€Metadata€Group€(LOMG)ÌThe€L8€SIG€met€jointly€with€the€LOMG€group€on€the€afternoon€of€the€first€day.€Phong€NGO€andÏDoug€Mann€gave€presentations€of€L8€material.€The€group€has€included€the€ISO€11179€concepts€inÏtheir€work.€We€also€engaged€LMOG€workgroups€in€the€afternoon.€€ÌOracle€presentationÌReusable€Content€Objects€(RCO)€has€hierarchy€of€granular€content„„Topic€Group,€Topic,€RCO€andÏComponent.€ÌSee€http://ola.oracle.comÌÌEducational€Object€Economy€Project€PresentationÌKeeping€track€of€Java€educational€objects.ÌÌSteve€White,€MicrosoftÌÌChair,€P1484€Learning€Object€Study€GroupÌÌ9.€Revision€of€x3.145,€Hydrologic€Unit€CodesÌÌWe€reviewed€the€SD3€prepared€by€Phong€Ngo€and€accepted€Phong€as€editor.€Phong€will€make€theÏrevisions€and€send€out€for€ballot.ÌÐ 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Ð10.€Symposium€on€Metadata€RegistrationÌThe€Bureau€of€the€Census,€EPA€and€NIST€would€sponsor€this€symposium.€Judith€Newton€scheduledÏNIST€conference€rooms€for€April€15€„€17.€We€can€hold€about€60€participants,€this€probably€meansÏthat€we€need€to€limit€participation€to€"invitation€only".€We€believe€that€about€a€third€of€theÏparticipants€would€be€participants€of€various€standards€bodies.€We€would€like€to€have€NCITS€&€L8Ïsponsorship€of€this€meeting€to€broaden€the€range€of€participants€in€L8€activities.€However,€if€theÏ"invitation€only"€aspect€is€not€acceptable€to€NCITS,€we€would€proceed€without.€We€would€like€toÏattract€people€outside€the€current€standards€community.ÌÌGoals:ÌFirst€symposium:€Information€exchange,€introduce€concepts€to€new€usersÌSecond€symposium?:€Consolidation€of€ideas,€set€directionsÌÌTopics:ÌMetadata€registration€„€Day€1ÌMetadata€registries€„€D1ÌData€registry€operations€„€D2ÌMetadata€Standards€„€D1ÌStewardship€„€D2ÌData€Standards€„€D1ÌClassification,€terminology€management,€keywords,€thesauri,€controlled€vocabularies,€taxonimies,Ïontologies€„€Panel€D?ÌInterfaces€„€D2ÌMetadata€registry€interoperation€„€D2ÌMetadata€registry€transfer€standards€„€D2ÌMetadata€registry€Application€Program€Interface€(API)€„€D2ÌMetadata€registry€metamodel€„€D1ÌDomain€Management€„€D2ÌXML„Registry€relationship€„€D2ÌElectronic€Data€Communication,€EDI,€edi,€X12,€Electronic€CommerceÌRegistration€of€metamodels€„€GILS,€FGDC,€DIF,€...€„€D2ÌRegistry€use€by€Agents/Mediators€„€D2ÌISO/IEC€11179€&DpANS€X3.285€„€D1ÌRegistry€as€tool€for€data€standardization€„€Panel€D?ÌImplementation€Experience€„€D3ÌÌ2.€Who€attend?€ÌRegistry€implementersÌEnvironment€(Bruce€Bargmeyer)Ì„„EPAÌ„„States?Ì„„DOD/DESCIMÌÌDemographics€(Dan€Gillman,€Bill€LaPlant)Ð 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