WPC gjI-yB/BBGط3t䗂xyN OtƲ$D2X͂$0sW$q-sNjj.tR[w Kâ,5U?x-Fsߩ_׸Jj#nVdshFydO7^dJ@{T>7"h7jcuwYPJ Z*Q#aM3ն`_ZQ?7Iv[xQJ{N+#D9 fSY4_CésgL\.`ak-O?uLoZi N>()HSR1$0\4 0r 0<  0<\ 01 09 0U, 0V  Bc D3 D+ 0 0\b 0  U*G 0q  U.v 1U(i          1 0~A#!UN %.N4 1u6^ w4 m\  `&Times New Roman86Heading 1 h    . 8.` hp x (#8  XXX      8.` hp x (#8  XXX  . <:Default Para<:Footnote Ref*(H5 86Body Text 2Al0pbllt_ A (\ Y`SymbolAS\  `&Times New RomanS(\ Y`Symbol<|:Body Text 2 3 $Jd3  >4` hp x #(#>-  -  e[X` hp x (#e d 'dxd'dxd8&&6Hyperlink             <:FollowedHype    &$1 X 5+ ` hp x (#5  ?%2A`Arial?   8.` hp x (#8  S\  `&Times New RomanS  %2A`Arial<:Body Text In X 5+ ` hp x (#5  ?%2A`Arial?  8.` hp x (#8  S\  `&Times New RomanS' Meeting Report This PC 0 .   \  `Tms Rmn$359AM]q211.11.1.11.1.1.11.1.1.1.11.1.1.1.1.11.1.1.1.1.1.11.1.1.1.1.1.1.1%2A`Helv_Hlt435144172_Hlt435147205_Hlt435146227_Hlt435146273_Hlt435153848#|x(V$    XXXXX6XXXHP LaserJet 5Si/5Si MX PS0(9 Z6Times New Roman RegularX3#37=CIQYag1.a.i.(1)(a)(i)1)a)Ae%8%dSTANDARDU !    XXXXX6XXX  _XXXX6    B.` hp x (#XBMeetingReport  NationalCommitteeforInformationTechnologyStandards(_NCITS_)L8,DataRepresentation,SpecialInterestGroupMeetingsNovember19&20,1998atNISTinGaithersburg,MD  JudithNewtonchairedabriefL8fullSIGmeeting.Mostofthetwodayswasspentonprojectmeetings.Mostprojectmeetingslastedafullday.Themeetingstookplaceconcurrentlyduringthetwodays.1.TasksforprojectmeetingsforNewWorkItemStudyPeriodEachprojectgroupwasaskedtoaddressthefollowingitems.Theresultingdocumentsaretobeplacedontheproject_website_. X?+ ` hp x (#X? XBXXX  XXXXB  XB.` hp x (#XBX6XXXB݌   Ќ  XX XXXX  1.1Refinethewrittendescriptionofthe_NWI_Ԁ!result:produceadocument    X?+ ` hp x (#X? XBXXX  XXXXB>  X6XXXB1.2ProduceadraftWorkPlanestablishtheanticipatedtasksnecessarytoaccomplishthe_NWI_, p scheduletasks,determinemodeofoperation!result:produceadocument> ݌̌ X XX XXXX  1.3Engageinternationalparticipation H  X?+ ` hp x (#X? XBXXX  XXXXB  X6XXXB1.4MakeplansfortheOpenForumPanelonthe_NWI_Ԁtopic,reviewthetextforthepanelas 4 foundinthecurrentdraftoftheOpenForumcallforparticipation,specifyspeakers!result:SendspeakerslisttoBruceBargmeyerandEliotChristian. ݌̌ X XX XXXX   X?+ ` hp x (#X? XBXXX  XXXXB   X6XXXB1.5Draftafirstversionofastandard!result:produceadocument(thisisanongoingeffort) ݌ H Ќ X XX XXXX  1.6Prepareareportofthemeeting,includingalistofparticipants. 4 Projectdocumentsareavailableat.2.NationalandinternationalparticipationinmeetingsWewouldliketoengageinternationalparticipants(aswellasparticipantsacrosstheUS)inthiseffortateverystepalongtheway.Tohelpaccomplishthis,wearetakingthefollowingactions.2.1WebsiteforeachprojectA_website_Ԁwascreatedforeachproject.See<      http://sdctsunsrv1.ncsl.nist.gov/~ftp/l8/sc32wg2/projects/>      . $D # Wewillpostdescriptionsofthework,thetaskstobeperformed,alistofparticipants,draftsofthestandard,meetingreportsandrelatedsubmissions.2.2AnemailreflectorforeachprojectAlistwascirculatetoconfirmproposednamesforeachreflectorandforpeopletosignupforanyliststhattheyareinterestedin.Thelistsare: @-(, _XXXX62.2.1.ReviseISO/IEC11179,Part3(fiveyearrevision)withamendmentstootherpartsof11179tomakeallpartsconsistentReflectorname:11179part3@nist.gov2.2.2.ObjectspecificationsforISO/IEC11179Reflectorname:11179objectspecification@nist.gov2.2.3XMLextensionsforISO/IEC11179Reflectorname:11179xml@nist.gov2.2.4.ExtendISO/IEC11179forComplexdataPeopleworkingonthisprojectdesiretocombineitwiththeregistrycontentproject,sonoreflectorwillbecreatedatthistime.2.2.5.ISO/IEC11179MetamodelissuesNotElsewhereClassifiedReflectorname:[heldonthisoneuntillater]2.2.6.TechnicalReportonISO/IEC11179MetadataRegistryContentReflectorname:11179registrycontent@nist.gov2.2.7.TerminologyextensionsforISO/IEC11179Reflectorname:11179terms@nist.govX6XXXC  $3"C-- ,B.` hp x (#XB 2  1  .  3  3  Useofteleconferencespeakerphonesandvideoconferencefacilitiesformeetingsofeachprojectthatneed X  these.  ,E.` hp x (#XE    Wehadproblemswithboththeteleconferenceandvideoconferenceconnections.Effortsareunderwaytoeliminatetheproblems.  ,B.` hp x (#XB 2  1  .  4  3  Collaborativesoftware %0!$   ,E.` hp x (#XEWemaybeabletousesomerealtimecollaborationsoftwareduringmeetings(e.g.,netmeeting)andpossiblydiscussiondatabasesforongoingdialogue(e.g.Domino).Noprogresswasmadeonthis.2.5.Distributemeetingreportswidely  T,'+ BruceBargmeyerissendingreportsoftheL8SIGmeetingstoareflectorthatisheldoverfrom SC14,withsomenamesaddedtoit.Assoonasitisoperational,reportswillbesenttotheWG2informalreflector.Ifanyonecanthinkofotherwaystofacilitatenationalandinternationalcollaboration,pleasemakeaproposal.3.ReportsfromprojectgroupsProjectsarerequestedtomaintaintherelevantdocumentsontheirprojectwebsite.ReportsofthemeetingsweretobesenttoBruceBargmeyer,butnoreportswerereceived.Someofthereportswereputdirectlyontotheprojectwebsite.Seeeachwebsiteforthereportsandotherprojectdocuments.3.1ReviseISO/IEC11179,Part3(fiveyearrevision)withamendmentstootherpartsof11179tomakeallpartsconsistent[JoeChristenseneditor]ThisisalreadyanapprovedSC32project.TheobjectiveistoupdateISO/IEC11179,SpecificationandStandardizationofDataElements,Part3,BasicAttributes.Thisworkistheresultofthe5yearreviewofPart3.ThisprojectwillalsodevelopcorrigendaorchangesintheotherpartsofISO/IEC11179tomaketheseparatelydevelopedpartsconsistentbetweenthemselvesandtomakethemconsistentwiththerevisedPart3.TherecentlycompletedANSX3.285incorporatesvirtuallyallof11179,Part3,extendsthelistofattributes,andpresentstheinformationintheformofamodel.Itincludesaninformativeannexwithtranslationstoseveralpopularmodelingnotations.X3.285istoserveasabasisforrapidlyupdatingPart3.DougMannwillserveastheleadfortheUSworkonthisproject.JoeChristensen,inAustralia,istheWG2editorforthisproject.WetalkedwithJoeChristensenNovember19thearlyEasternStandardTimeandlateintheeveningAustraliantime.Joehascreatedanewdraft.Wereviewedthedraftandmadesuggestions.Joewillcontinuework.About10peoplesatinonthetelephonecall.Anattendancelistwasnottaken.3.2ObjectinterfaceextensionstoISO/IEC11179TheObjectExtensionsgroupmetforafulldayonNovember19,1998.TomCulpepperaddedthefollowingdocumentstotheprojectwebsite:XXXX6Minutes19981119.htmlLexiconQueryService.docLexiconQueryService.psObjectSpecificationNWI.docStewardship.docStewardship.mdlX6XXX́ @-(, Thereportofthemeetingandrelateddocumentsareavailableat:      http://sdctsunsrv1.ncsl.nist.gov/~ftp/l8/sc32wg2%  /%$projects/11179obj/$        Documentsavailableonthe11179objectinterfaceprojectwebsiteincludetheNWIproposal,tasks,theWorkPlan,andtheminutesofthismeeting.3.3XMLextensionsforISO/IEC11179ThiswasscheduledforavideoconferenceintheafternoonofNovember20.Technicalproblemsleadthegrouptouseaspeakerphone.ThisprojectinvolvesdevelopmentofasetofXMLmetadatatagsbasedonXMLDataand/ortheXML/ResourceDescriptionFramework(RDF).ThiswouldmakeISO/IEC11179usefulinthenewXMLenabledwebtechnologies.Anotherobjectiveinthiseffortwillbetoenablemetadatainterchangeamongmetadataregistries.AthirdobjectiveistoenableaccesstometadataregistriesfromXMLbasedwebpages,includingpagesgeneratedfromdatabasequeries.AfourthobjectiveistoenableXMLapplications(suchasXMLEDI)todirectlyaccessmetadataregistries.Inordertoaccomplishtheseobjectives,requirementswillbegeneratedforXMLsyntaxandschemaworkunderwayintheWorldWideWebConsortium.WeareworkingonarrangementsforliaisonwiththerelevantW3Cworkgroups.FrankOlkenandJohnMcCarthyareleadingtheUSworkonthisNWI.Documentsaboutthisproject,includingthedocumentsresultingfromthetopicsdiscussedatthismeetingareavailableat:      http://sdctsunsrv1.nc%  s%~*l.nist.g%  o%*v/~ftp/l8/%  s%*c32wg2/projects/11179xml/"*       4 DocumentsattheXMLsiteincludetheNWIproposal,anattachmenttotheNWIproposalandtheWorkPlanforthisproject.3.4ExtendISO/IEC11179forComplexdataTheparticipantsinthisprojectdecidedthatitwouldbebesttocombinethisworkwiththeworkoftheregistrycontentgroup.3.5.ISO/IEC11179MetamodelissuesNotElsewhereClassifiedNoactionwastakenonthisproject.Itmayincludeworkonunitsanddimensionality,butnoleaderhassteppedforward.Documentsaboutthisproject,includingthedocumentsresultingfromthetopicsdiscussedatthismeetingareavailableat:      http://sdctsunsrv1.ncsl.nist.gov/~ftp/l8/sc32wg2/projects/11179xtnd/-       |*%) DocumentsatthewebsiteincludetheNWIproposalandanattachmenttotheNWIproposal.3.6TechnicalReportonISO/IEC11179MetadataRegistryContent @-(, ЇTheexchangeofmetadatabetweenISO/IEC11179metadataregistriesdependsnotonlyonregistrysoftwarethatconformstothestandard,butalsoonmetadatacontentsthatarecompatiblebetweenregistries.Whilethe11179standardhasgeneralcoveragefordataelementspecificationandregistration,therearepragmaticissuespertainingtopopulatingtheregistrieswithcontent.Basedontheexperiencesoforganizationsthatareimplementingthestandard,atechnicalreporttoexplorecontentissuescouldhelpcurrentandfutureusers.Thiscouldalsopossiblybeanimplementationguide.ThisgroupmetthefulldayofNovember20,1998.Therewassubstantialdiscussionaboutthepotentialscopeofthisproject.Thelistoftaskswasorganizedandrefined.PreparationsweremadefortheOpenForumpanelonthisproject.JudithNewtonandKathleenGundrypresenteddraftmaterial.ContributionsbyJudithNewtonandKathleenGundryarebeingplacedontheprojectwebsite.Documentsaboutthisproject,includingthedocumentsresultingfromthetopicsdiscussedatthismeetingareavailableat:      http://sdctsunsrv1.ncsl.nist.gov/~ftp/l8/sc%  3%.42wg2/projects/11179content/3       \ DocumentsatthewebsiteincludetheNWIproposalandanattachmenttotheNWIproposalandaWorkPlanforthisproject.3.7TerminologyextensionsforISO/IEC11179Thisworkwillfocusonextendingthe11179tobetteraccommodatesemanticmanagementofconceptsandthetermsbywhichconceptsarereferenced.Animportantfoundationforsemanticsmanagementistheabilitytospecifyconceptsandtoassociatetheeachconceptwiththelinguisticexpressions(termsorunintelligentidentifiers)usedtonameorreferencetheconcept.Conceptsmaybeexpressedasdefinitionsandeachlinguisticexpression(term,identifier)fortheeachconceptshouldbeinacontext.Forexample,thecontextforatermmaybeaspecificlanguage(French,English,8)oraspecificscientificdiscipline(chemistry,materialsengineering,8).Onceconceptsandtermsarespecified,theymaybeorganizedavarietyofstructuredsetssuchascontrolledvocabularies,keywords,dataelementvalues,dataelementcomponents,thesauri,themes,topictrees,taxonomies,orontologies.Eachofthesestructuredsetsofconcepts/terminologycanbedeployedinvarioustechnologies.Forexample,topictreesandthesauricanbedeployedinsearchenginestofacilitatediscoveryofrelevantdocumentsanddata,ontologiescanbedeployedinintelligentinformationservices(requestbrokers,queryagents,resourceagents,etc.),anddataelementscanbedeployedinDBMStechnology.Extensionsto11179arerequiredtoestablishameansforspecifyingconceptsandtermsandtoestablishameansfororganizingconcepts/terminologyintostructuredsets.Referenceimplementationswillbeusedtodemonstratethepracticalutilityoftheproposedstandardsandtechnology.BruceBargmeyerplacedonthewebsiteadraftofmaterialthatcanberefinedintoaterminologyframework. @-(, ЇDocumentsaboutthisproject,includingthedocumentsresultingfromthetopicsdiscussedatthismeetingareavailableat:      http://sdctsunsrv1.ncsl.nist.gov/~ftp/l8/sc32wg2/projects/11179term/termhome.htm<        DocumentsatthewebsiteincludetheNWIproposalandanattachmenttotheNWIproposalandaWorkPlanwithassignmentsforthisproject.4.FuturemeetingscheduleDecember:12/10/19989AM5PMNISTAdministrationBuildingLectureRoomE,RoomsB111̀&B113(LREislocatedinthebasementofAdministrationBuilding)!SIGmeetings.MeetfirstinLectureRoomE.12/11/19989AM5PMNISTAdministrationBuildingLectureRoomE,RoomsB111̀&B11312/10/199812/1011/1998DiningRoomCEvening,121198,HolidayPartyattheTivolirestaurantJanuary:1/6/989AM5PM,NIST,L8SIGmeeting1/7/989AM5PM,NIST,L8SIGmeeting1/8/989AM5PM,NIST,L8PlenarymeetingFebruary:2/812/1999BLSConferenceCenterSC32/WG2Plenaryandeditingmeetings2/1619/1999BLSConferenceCenterSC32/WG2OpenForumonMetadataRegistries h  ..B.` hp x (#XB XXXX    A  hH1` hp x (#XH AA AԌ  Ќ   $ XX$ XXXX ..     B.` hp x (#XB3/17/989AM5PM,NIST,L8SIGmeeting  3/18/989AM5PM,NIST,L8SIGmeeting3/19/989AM5PM,NIST,L8Plenarymeeting4/8/989AM5PM,NIST,L8SIGmeeting4/9/989AM5PM,NIST,L8SIGmeeting5/2128/98,MatsueJapan,SC32andSC32/WG2meetings.̄DirectionstoNISTAdministrationBuilding:FromInterstate270,drivingNorth,takeExit10.Theexittakesyouunderthefreeway.TakealeftintotheNISTcampusatthefirststoplight.TheAdministrationBuildingisthelargestbuildingonthecampus.VisitorparkingisinthelargeparkinglotinfrontoftheAdminBuilding.Otherparkinglotsnearbyarereservedforpermitholders.DirectionstoNISTNorth:NISTNorthisBuilding820.Theaddressofthisbuildingis820WestDiamondAvenue.Notethatthebuildingislocatedacrossthestreetfromthemaincampusof @-(, NIST.InsteadofturningontoBureauDrivetowardthemainGateofNIST,turntheoppositedirection(North)ontoBureauDriveandtakethesecondpossiblerightturntogettotheNISTNorthbuilding,Thebuildinghasthename"NIST"onitinlargeletters.(FromInterstate270,drivingNorth,takeExit10,whichloopsunderthefreeway,andthenturnRIGHTatthefirststoplightthisistheintersectionofWestDiamondAvenueandBureaudrive.)̄NCITSL8documents,includingthismeetingreport,areavailableviaAnonymousFTPfromsdctsunsrv1.ncsl.nist.gov.Changedirectorytol8(L8inlowercaseletters)andcheckthe"readme"filefordetails.TheFTPsiteisalsoavailableonthewebat:      http://sdct  L  sunsrv1.ncsl.nist.gov/~ftp/l8I      ݀ManyofthedocumentsarealsolistedontheL8HomePage.The  8  URLishttp://www.lbl.gov/~olken/X3L8".Ifyouhavequestionsorcommentsonthisdocumentsendemailto      bargmeyer.bruce@epamail.epa.govK      .   ̄Attendees:BruceBargmeyer   EnvironmentalProtectionAgency H JimCarpenter `    BureauofLaborStatistics 4 EliotChristian `    UnitedStatesGeologicalSurvey  p TomCulpepper   3M  \ LarryFitzwater   EnvironmentalProtectionAgency H SheilaFrank `    HealthCareFinanceAdministration 4 LenGallagher `    NationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnology   DanGillman `    BureauoftheCensus   MichaelGorman   Whitemarsh  JudyGriffin `    HAZMED  HenryHeffernan   NationalInstitutesofHealth  PatHeinig `    DepartmentofEnergy l WilliamHKenworthey,Jr.  Self X  TomKurihara `    NationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnology D! JudithNewton `    NationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnology 0"  DouglasMann `    Battelle #l! RobertMayes `    HealthCareFinanceAdministration $X" PhongNgo `    ScienceApplicationsInternationalCorporation $D # JohnRyabik `    MarascoNewtonGroup %0!$ GenevieveSpeier   HealthCareFinanceAdministration &"% LindaSpencer `    EnvironmentalProtectionAgency '#& GlennM.Sperle   DepartmentofDefense/HealthAffairs (#'   #X6XXXv#