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S 1[S TheL8SIGmeetingwasheldonJun1012,1998.AnL8PlenarywasheldonJune12;theSIGMeetingresumedafterthePlenarywasadjourned.  S 1[SӁ  S 1[SDanGillmanandJudithNewtonchairedtheL8SIGmeetings.  S 1[S  X  S 1[S5+ ` hp x (#5  1...ReviewofSIGagenda     S 1[S8.` hp x (#8 Tohelppeopledialintothemeetingsandtoscheduletheattendanceofspecialists,itisdesirabletoworkoutanagendawithtimesattachedtotopics.Thiswillbehardtodoforsomeoftheitems,butmaybemorestraightforwardfortheproposednewworkitems.     &     S 1[S2.JTC1Directivesversion4 XXXS\  `&Times New RomanS S 1[SXXX?%2A`Arial?ThenewJTC1DirectiveswereapprovedattheJTC1Sendaimeeting.'      &     S 1[S3.ISO/IEC11179,SpecificationandStandardizationofDataElements,Part1FrameworkResolutionofComments XXXS\  `&Times New RomanS S 1[SXXX?%2A`Arial?DiscussedtherevisionasaresultoftheCanadiancomments.Discussedthecoordinationofdefinitionsamongstandards.Wefeelthatdefinitionsshouldbecoordinatedwithinthe11179andX3.285.CoordinatingwithallofstandardssuggestedbyCanadacouldbeaddressedinnewwork.DanhasresolvethePart1definitionswiththeotherpartsastheynowexist.'   S 1[SDanGillmanwillgetitupontheNISTFTPsite.DougMannwillget,thenewPart1,Canada'scomments,editorsresponseoutontheSC32andSC32WG2websites.DanwillcontactJakeKnoperstogetanelectroniccopyofCanada'scomments.  S 1[SPart1requiresaFCDballot(4months)thenaFDISballot(2months).     &     S 1[S4.ISO/IEC11179,Part2Classification XXXS\  `&Times New RomanS S 1[SXXX?%2A`Arial?ThisisoutforFCDballotanddueinbeforetheSC32meeting.WewouldliketogetitoutbyOctoberforFDISballot.'   X  S 1[S5+ ` hp x (#5  5...ISO/IEC11179Part3Fiveyearreview     S 1[S8.` hp x (#8 L8,togetherwithJoeChristensenproposetorevisePart3,usingANSIX3.2851998asthebasedocumentfortherevision.ThedefinitionsofX3.285needtobevalidatedtomakesuretheyarecompleteforPart2.AttheMaymeetingitwassuggestedthatJoeChristensenbetheeditorfortherevisionofPart3.JoehaswrittenaNewWorkItemproposal.Seebelow.     &     S 1[S6.ANSIX3.285,MetamodelfortheManagementofSharableData XXXS\  `&Times New RomanS S 1[SXXX?%2A`Arial?NASAfolksbroughtinsomepapersthatTC20SC13isworking.Theseareusing11179and285asabasisforregisteringmetadata.TheyareinterestedinworkingwithL8ondimensionalityandunitspossibleextensionsto11179.'   S 1[SAllL8folksareinvitedtocommentontheNASAdocument.  S 1[SANSIwasgivenanelectroniccopyofX3.285onMay28thsothattheymaypublishthestandard.     &     S 1[S7.NewWorkItems XXXS\  `&Times New RomanS S 1[SXXX?%2A`Arial?ThefollowingnewworkitemscouldbecomeamajorpartoftheL8WorkPlanforthecomingyear.Wewouldliketoworktheprojectsattheinternationallevel,ifthereissufficientinternationalinterest.Thefollowingisabriefdescriptionofpotentialnewworkitems.L8membersvolunteeredtowritediscussiondraftsofNWIs.WehopetodiscussthemattheBrisbaneWG2meeting.Theproposednewworkitemsmayberecast,clumped,splitorotherwiserevisedbeforesendingthemoutforballot.'   S 1[SAdiscussionofnewworkidentifiedthefollowingitems:  X  S 1[S5+ ` hp x (#5  A...ReviseISO/IEC11179,Part3(fiveyearrevision)withamendmentstootherpartsof11179tomakeallpartsconsistent[JoeChristenseneditor]    S 1[SUpdateISO/IEC11179,SpecificationandStandardizationofDataElements,Part3,BasicAttributes.(Part3isupfor5yearreviewnextyear).RelatedtothiswouldbeanefforttodevelopcorrigendaorchangesintheotherpartsofISO/IEC11179tomaketheseparatelydevelopedpartsconsistentbetweenthemselvesandtomakethemconsistentwiththerevisedPart3.ThiswouldpreservethenamerecognitionofISO/IEC11179,whileupdatingittodealwithnewtechniquesandtechnologies.TherecentlycompletedANSX3.285incorporatesvirtuallyallof11179,Part3,extendsthelistofattributes,andpresentstheinformationintheformofamodel.Itincludesaninformativeannexwithtranslationstoseveralpopularmodelingnotations.ThisworkcouldserveasabasisforrapidlyupdatingPart3.JoeChristenseniswillingtobecometheeditorforthisworkandpreparedadraftNWIfordiscussionatthecomingSC32/WG2meeting.  S 1[S  B...Extend11179forDataElementObjectAttributes[RobertMayes&AndySchokadraftNWI]    S 1[SThebasicnotionofthisproposalisthatthecurrentISO/IEC11179coversthepassiveattributesofdataelements,butdoesnotaddresstheactiveattributesobjectbehaviorsandmethods.Thisprojectwouldexplorethisareaandupdatethestandardtomakeitmoreusefulforobjectorientedsystemanalysis,designanddevelopment.BobMayesandAndySchokawilldevelopadiscussiondraftofthisNWI.  S 1[S  C...4.GlobalInformationLocatorService[EliotChristianeditor]    S 1[SThisprojectwillexamineinformationtechnologycharacteristicsofanextgenerationsearchinterfacethatwouldfurtherenablethedeploymentofaglobalinformationlocatorservice.Withinspecificdomains,standardmechanismstolocateinformationresourcesarebeingdeployed,butthefewcrossdomainstandardsareprotocolspecific(e.g.,SQL,ISO23950).Asemanticallybasedobjectinterfaceforsearchwouldfurtherenableaglobalinformationlocatorservice.Suchastandardinterfaceisanincrementalstepfromcurrenttechnology.Theinterfacecouldbequicklyappliedonpeercomputernetworksandotherarchitectures,totheimmediatebenefitofthepublic,government,industry,andallothersectorsthatneedinformationdiscoveryandretrievalfacilities  S 1[S  D...Extend11179forXML[FrankOlken,JohnMcCarthycoeditors].    S 1[SWecoulddevelopasetofmetadatatagsbasedonXMLDataand/orXML/ResourceDescriptionFramework(RDF).ThiscouldmakeISO/IEC11179usefulinthenewXMLenabledtechnologies.Onegoalofthiseffortwouldbetoenableinteractionamongmetadataregistries.AnothergoalwouldbetoenableXMLapplications(suchasXMLEDI)todirectlyaccessmetadataregistries.FrankOlkenandJohnMcCarthypreparedadraftNWIforthiswork.  S 1[S  E...MetamodelissuesNEC(notelsewhereclassified)[DougManndraftNWI]    S 1[SL8hasalistofissuesthatwerenotresolvedduringthedevelopmentofX3.285.Manyoftheseareimportantissues.Forexample,howtohandleunitsofmeasure,dimensionalityandunitsofcount;howtoattributeapplicationvs.(generic,transfer,reference)dataandotherissues.Foralistoftheissues,see:xx.DougMannwilldevelopadraftofthisNWIfordiscussionatBrisbane.  S 1[S  F...Extend11179foranObjectQueryService[TomCulpeper&HaroldSolbrigcoeditors]    S 1[SThisisanobjecttechnologyextensiontoISO/IEC11179andfocusesupontheneedtoexploitthebehavioroftheexistingstandardthroughawelldefinedinterface.Thisstandardwouldspecifythebehavioralaspectsofadataregistry.ThebehaviorisstatedintheformofaninterfacespecificationbetterknownasaMetadataQueryService.TheMetadataQueryServiceprovidesawaytoaccesstheinformationinadataregistryinawelldefinedway.Thisinterfacewillbeaspecificationoftheboundaryofmetadataregistriesintermsofthepossibleinteractionsandpropertiesthatarevisibleacrossthemetadataregistryboundary.Aparticularapplicationwillthenbeabletointeroperatewithanotherapplicationbycallingtheservicesnamedintheinterface.  S 1[S  G...Extend11179forComplexdata[DanGillmaneditor]    S 1[STheprojectwouldexaminetheinformationtechnologycharacteristicsofdatathatarederived,aggregated,composed,orgroupedfromotherdataorthathavecomplexstructure.Currentstandardsfordataelements(ISO/IEC11179)addressthestructureandattributesofdataelementsatthefundamentallevel,andthestandardproposesadataelementregistrytostorethisinformation.Adataelementregistryisdesignedtoenablemanaging,understanding,andsharingofdataoverthelifetimeofthatdata.However,muchdataisgeneratedfromothersbymeansofcalculation,aggregation,composition,grouping,orotherderivationmethods.Inaddition,newcomplexdatatypesinmultimediaandadvancedscientificapplicationsareincreasinglyused.Thecurrentstandarddoesnotaddressthesecomplexities.Asanincrementalsteptowardacompletedescriptionofthedataaregistrydescribes,thespecificationofcomplexdatawillenableadeeperunderstandingforusersofdata.Thisdeeperunderstandingwillbenefitprivateindustry,governments,thepublic,andallothersectorsthatneedtomanage,understand,andsharedata.  S 1[SӁ  S 1[S  H...TechnicalReportonRegistryContentpossiblywithanimplementationguide[LarryFitzwaterdraftNWI]    S 1[STheexchangeofmetadatabetweenISO/IEC11179metadataregistriesdependsnotonlyonregistrysoftwarethatconformstothestandard,butalsoonmetadatacontentsthatarecompatiblebetweenregistries.Whilethestandardhasprovisionsfordataelementspecificationandregistration,therearepragmaticissuespertainingtopopulatingtheregistrieswithcontent.Basedontheexperiencesoforganizationsthatareimplementingthestandard,atechnicalreporttoexplorecontentissuescouldhelpcurrentandfutureusers.  S 1[SӁ    S 1[S8.` hp x (#8Discussedtheproposaltorevise111793thatwasdraftedbyJoeChristensen.TheproposalshouldbeclarifiedtorecognizetheothernewworkitemproposalsforComplexdata,DataElementObjectAttributes.WewouldliketoseethisproposalputupontheWG2website.  S 1[SJohnMcCarthypresentedtheXMLschemaorRDFschemanewworkitemrequest.ThepotentialoverlapwiththeObjectQueryServicewasdiscussed.Wefeelthesemaynotconflict.TheSIGsuggeststhatL8shouldsendthe"XMLRepresentationforDataRegistryMetadataExchange"proposalontoSC32WG2.ItisalreadypostedontheWG2website.  S 1[SDiscussedtheGlobalInformationLocatorService,ServiceInterfacenewworkitemrequest.TheSIGsuggeststhatL8shouldsendthe"GlobalInformationLocatorService,ServiceInterface"proposaltoSC32WG2.  S 1[SDiscussedtheMetadataQueryServicenewworkitemrequest.Somesuggestionsweremadeforrevision.E.g.,theterm"ANSI"withintheattachmentshouldberemoved.Thisversionoftheproposalseemstobedifferentthe"objectextensionstodataelementmetadata".ThisproposaladdressedtheOMG,CORBA,DCOMenvironments.BrucewillworkwithTomtorevisetherequestandthenitwillbepassedontoWG2.  S 1[SBrucewillworkwithallofthepeoplewritinguptheNWIsandwillputthemontheL8FTPsite.BruceandDougwillworkwithJoeChristensentogettheproposalsupontheWG2website.Theseareallconsidered draftsfordiscussion,     &     S 1[S8.Relatedstandardsefforts!IntelligentTransportationSystems XXXS\  `&Times New RomanS S 1[SXXX?%2A`Arial?AndySchokareportedthattheIEEEP1489IntelligentTransportationSystem(ITS)isgoingoutforballot.Part1issimilartothe111793.APart2thatspecifiestheregistrywillfollow.ThereisaJuly8thduedatetogetontheIEEEballotgroup.TheballotwillbeissuedinJulywithcommentsduebackafter30days.Andywillworkgetuscopiesforcomment.'       S 1[S 9NewRegistryWorkshop XXXS\  `&Times New RomanS  S 1[SXXX?%2A`Arial?BruceBargmeyerledadiscussionaboutholdinganotherMetadataRegistriesWorkshop.Herearetopicsandissuesraised.  X  S 1[S5+ ` hp x (#5  A...PurposeInformationExchange  11179focusandvisibilitywithnewworkitems  Whatisgoingonin  ..STEP  ..MSrepository  ..W3C  ..OMG  Day111179tutorials  Day2NWItopicspanelpresentationsconcurrenttracks  ..expertcontributions(Helppublicizethenewworkitemsandgainparticipationindevelopmentoftheworkingdrafts)  Days3and4presentationswithconcurrenttracts"Issuecallforpresentationson11179topicssuchasimplementations,useintovariousapplicationareas8  ..withrequiredabstract  ..acceptall?  ..putontheweb  Day41/2DayWrapup    S 1[S  B...Topics:11179implementations,applicationsandnewworkitems    S 1[S  C...When:PerhapsinconjunctionwithnextWG2meetinglatefallorearlywinter.    S 1[SD.Where:OutsideofDC  S 1[SE.Attendance:PossiblyhaveSC32sponsortheworkshop"invitestandardspeople,practitioners,otherusers,andotherinterestedparties  S 1[SF.Output:Somedebateastowhetherornottopreparerecommendationsorotheroutputreports  S 1[SG.Web:Makefulluseofthewebinadvanceof,duringandaftertheworkshop,       8.` hp x (#8&      S 1[S10.PositionsonL8andT2 XXXS\  `&Times New RomanS ,  S 1[S8.` hp x (#8XXX?%2A`Arial?BrucesummarizedMaymeetingofT2andL8inPennsylvania.Adiscussionoftheprosandconsofcombiningthecommittees.ThereisaworryofhavingtomeetoutsideofDC,havingtoparticipateinalloftheprojects.Thecombinedcommitteewouldonlyneedtomeetaboutthreetimesayear,whichcouldbeaccomplishedbyvideoand/orvoiceteleconferenceandperhapsonephysicalmeeting.Havingonesetofofficerswouldbeanadvantage.Theworkofthetwocommitteesiscomplementaryandcoulddrawadditionalexpertisefortheexistingprojects.IfthetwogroupsoperatedasSIGSunderonecommittee,theimpactofmergingcouldbeminimized.'     S 1[S8.` hp x (#8 11.OntologyTutorial  ,  S 1[S8.` hp x (#8 TheSIGparticipantsattendedthe"BuildingOntologies:AnAxiomaticApproach"presentationatNISTbyMichaelGruningeroftheDepartmentofMechanicalandIndustrialEngineering,UniversityofToronto.    S 1[S8.` hp x (#8 12.ISO/IECPDTR15452Specificationofdatavaluedomains  ,  S 1[S8.` hp x (#8 ThiswasdiscussedonWednesdayandcontinuedonintotheThursdaySessionoftheSIG.  S 1[SJudymadechangesasrecommendedintheU.S.comments.Suggestionsfortheeditingmeetingwereprepared.  X  S 1[S5+ ` hp x (#5  XXXA)(\ Y`SymbolA'   ..'   US XXX?%2A`Arial?Section4Paragraph1Sentence2:Theuseof"Object"wasuncomfortable.Asuggestion:[Thedataelementconceptiscomposedofthingsillustratedinfigure1intheboxlabeled"dataelementconcept."]    S 1[S  XXXA)(\ Y`SymbolA'   ..'   US XXX?%2A`Arial?Section4Paragraph1Sentence3:Asuggestion:[8theobjectclassandproperty,andrelatedtotheconceptualdomain8]    S 1[S  XXXA)(\ Y`SymbolA'   ..'   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