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ÐNational€Committee€for€Information€Technology€Standards€(NCITS)ÌL8,€Data€Representation,€Special€Interest€Group€MeetingsÌApril€8€&€9,€1999€at€NIST€in€Gaithersburg,€MDÌÓ  ÓÌÌAttendees:ÌBruce€Bargmeyerà ¸ àà  àEnvironmental€Protection€AgencyÐ + { ÐJim€Carpenterà ` àà ¸ àà  àBureau€of€Labor€StatisticsÐ  h ÐJoe€Christensenà ¸ àà  àAustralian€Institute€of€Health€and€WelfareÐ  U  ÐEliot€Christianà ` àà ¸ àà  àUnited€States€Geological€SurveyÐ ò B  ÐTom€Culpepperà ¸ àà  à3MÐ ß/  ÐTommie€Curtisà ¸ àà  àSystem€Development€CenterÐ Ì  ÐLarry€Fitzwaterà ¸ àà  àEnvironmental€Protection€AgencyÐ ¹  ÐSheila€Frankà ` àà ¸ àà  àHealth€Care€Finance€AdministrationÐ ¦ö  ÐDan€Gillmanà ` àà ¸ àà  àBureau€of€the€Census€Ð “ã  ÐBeverly€Hackerà ¸ àà  àEnvironmental€Protection€AgencyÐ €Ð ÐHenry€Heffernanà ¸ àà  àEDPNSÐ m½ ÐJudy€Griffinà ` àà ¸ àà  àHAZMEDÐ Zª ÐMichael€Huhnsà ¸ àà  àUniversity€of€South€CarolinaÐ G— ÐWilliam€H€Kenworthey,€Jr.à  àSelfÐ 4„ ÐFritz€Lehmannà ` àà ¸ àà  àCycorpÐ !q ÐJudith€Newtonà ` àà ¸ àà  àNational€Institute€of€Standards€and€TechnologyÐ ^ ÐDouglas€Mannà ` àà ¸ àà  àBattelle€Ð ûK ÐJohn€McCarthyà ¸ àà  àLawrence€Berkeley€National€LaboratoryÐ è8 ÐMatthew€Morgensternà ¸ àà  àCornell€UniversityÐ Õ% ÐFrank€Olkenà ` àà ¸ àà  àLawrence€Berkeley€National€LaboratoryÐ Â ÐKy€Ostergaardà ` àà ¸ àà  àScience€Applications€International€CorporationÐ ¯ÿ ÐGenevieve€Speierà ¸ àà  àHealth€Care€Finance€AdministrationÐ œì ÐLinda€Spencerà ` àà ¸ àà  àEnvironmental€Protection€AgencyÐ ‰Ù ÐÌJudith€Newton€chaired€the€full€SIG€meeting,€held€at€the€start€of€the€first€day.€Project€leadersÏchaired€the€meeting€for€each€project.€ÌÌA€teleconference€bridge€was€available€each€of€the€meeting€days€for€national€and€internationalÏdial„in€calls.€Teleconference€numbers€were€sent€out€before€the€meetings€and€videoconferenceÏarrangements€were€made.€The€teleconference€phone€was€defective€and€was€replaced€during€theÏfirst€morning.€The€videoconference€capability€worked€fine,€given€considerable€technicalÏassistance€before€the€meeting€started.€All€persons,€from€any€country,€who€are€interested€in€theÏprojects,€are€invited€to€call€during€the€meetings.€Anyone€from€outside€the€US,€who€wants€to€callÏin,€should€send€a€message€to€Judith€Newton€(Ý‚ÿÿÿÝÔ  ÔÔ  ÔòòÔÿÔÝ  Ýjnewton@nist.govÝ‚ÿÿÿ­ ƒÝóóÔÿÔÔ  ÔÔ  ÔÝ  Ý)€or€call€her€at€+1€301€975€3256Ð ¸)%( Ðso€that€any€special€arrangements€can€be€made.ÌÌÌFull€SIG€meeting:Ð l-¼(, Ї1.€Name€of€CommitteeÌÌIn€discussions€prior€to€the€merger€of€L8€and€T2,€people€noted€a€need€revise€both€the€name€and€scope€of€L8.€Dan€Gillman€proposed€changing€the€name€of€L8€from€"Data€Representation"€to€"Metadata".€We€had€a€straw€vote€and€unanimously€agreed€to€recommend€this€change€to€the€L8€Plenary.€We€agreed€that€we€should€change€the€scope€as€well.€Doug€Mann€will€prepare€a€draft€version€of€a€new€scope,€based€on€the€SC€32/WG€2€scope.€He€will€send€it€out€on€the€L8€reflector€for€comment.€We€will€discuss€it€at€the€next€meeting.ÌÌ2.€Open€Forum€on€ISO/IEC€11179€Metadata€RegistriesÌÌThe€next€Open€Forum€on€ISO/IEC€Metadata€Registries€will€be€held€during€the€week€of€January€11,€2000€in€Santa€Fe,€New€Mexico,€USA.€EPA€has€obtained€the€services€of€a€contractor,€the€Marasco€Newton€Group,€to€help€organize€the€Open€Forum,€SC€32€and€SC€32/WG€2€meetings,€which€will€be€held€at€the€same€place€during€January,€2000.€An€initial€meeting€will€be€held€with€the€contractor€on€next€Wednesday.€Then€the€contractor€will€work€with€persons€organizing€the€Open€Forum€and€other€meetings.€A€request€was€made€for€volunteers€to€help€plan€the€agenda€and€prepare€the€documents€for€the€Open€Forum.€The€next€Open€Forum€will€focus€on€ISO/IEC€11179€as€before,€but€will€also€include€implementation€tracks.€The€proposed€schedule€includes:ÌDay€1,€Optional€tutorials„„beginner€and€advanced€ÌDay€2,€ImplementationsÌDay€3,€TerminologyÌDays€4€&€5,€Tracks:Ìà..àHealthcareÌà..àEnvironment€(especially€hazardous€waste€cleanup)Ìà..àStatistics€(especially€census)Ìà..àElectronic€Commerce/Electronic€Data€InterchangeÌà..àTerminologyÌIf€you€are€interested€in€helping€to€organize€the€Open€Forum,€please€contact€Bruce€Bargmeyer€at€Ý‚ÿÝÔ US ÔÔ€ôôôÔÔS€ô\  `&Times New RomanSÔòòÔ ÿ ÔÝ  Ýbargmeyer.bruce@epa.govÝ‚ÿÝÝ  ÝÔ  ÔÌÌ3.€Preparations€for€WG€2€meetings€in€Matsue,€JapanÌÌEach€of€the€projects€is€requested€to€make€available€the€key€documents€about€the€project€as€far€in€advance€of€the€Matsue€meeting€as€possible.€Each€project€is€to€create€one€or€more€new/revised€documents€for€review€at€Matsue.€The€work€is€expected€to€continue,€but€international€members€of€WG€2€need€to€be€able€to€review€documents€in€advance.€The€person€creating€the€document€is€to€put€it€on€the€project€website€and€announce€that€it€is€available€by€sending€a€message€to€the€Ô  ÔSC€32/WG€2€informal€email€reflector:€€sc32wg2„news@nist.govÔ  ÔÌÌTo€retrieve€the€documents,€see€the€project€reports,€below,€for€the€URL€to€each€project€website.ÌÌIt€is€desired€to€do€as€much€of€the€work€by€email€as€possible.€The€reflector€addresses€are€as€follows:ÌÔ  ÔÌObject€Specificationà..à11179„objectspecification@nist.govÌ11179„3€Revisionà..à11179„part3@nist.govÌRegistry€Contentà..à11179„registrycontent@nist.govÌTerminologyà..àà..à11179„terms@nist.govÌXMLà..àà..àà..à11179„xml@nist.govÌÌTo€see€if€you€are€on€any€of€the€above€lists,€see:€Ý‚ÿÝÔ US ÔÔ€ôôôÔÔS€ô\  `&Times New RomanSÔòòÔ ÿ ÔÝ  Ýhttp://www.sdct.itl.nist.gov/~ftp/l8/maillist.txtÝ‚ÿÝÝ  ÝÌNote€that€to€keep€duplicate€entry€of€names€to€a€minimum,€some€lists€refer€to€other€lists,€so€you€need€to€follow€all€references€to€see€if€you€are€on€the€list.€E.g.,€the€sc32wg2„news@nist.gov€list€sends€the€message€to€everyone€on€the€Ý‚ÿÝÔ US ÔÔ€ôôôÔÔS€ô\  `&Times New RomanSÔòòÔ ÿ ÔÝ  Ýl8„news@nist.govÝ‚ÿÝÝ  Ý€list.ÌÌSee€the€project€meeting€notes,€below€for€links€to€the€project€sites€where€documents€to€be€discussed€in€Matsue€are€being€made€available.€ÌÌ4.€Ô  Ô€Project€meetingsÌÌThe€rest€of€the€two€days€were€spent€on€project€meetings.€The€projects€are€part€of€an€SC€32/WG€2€study€period,€which€is€preliminary€to€development€of€proposals€for€New€Work€Items€that€revise€and€extend€ISO/IEC€11179.€The€projects€relate€to€metadata€registration€and€the€functions€of€metadata€registries.€The€full€group€met€for€each€project€meeting€(not€concurrent€meetings€as€in€some€previous€meetings).ÌÌThere€is€a€web€accessible€directory€for€each€of€the€projects.€Documents€related€to€each€project€are€being€placed€in€the€project€directories.€You€can€access€all€of€the€directories€at€Ì<€Ý‚ÿÝÔ US ÔÔ€ôôôÔÔS€ô\  `&Times New RomanSÔòòÔ ÿ ÔÝ  Ýww.nist.gov/L8/sc32wg2/projectsÝ‚ÿÝÝ  ÝÔ  Ô>.ÌÌSome€of€the€projects€have€home€pages€that€list€or€describe€documents€on€the€project€website.€See€below€for€project€level€URLs.ÌÔ  ÔÌProjects€are€requested€to€maintain€the€relevant€documents€on€their€project€website.€See€each€website€for€the€reports€and€other€project€documents.€The€following€lists€each€project€and€the€URL€for€the€project.ÌÌIf€you€have€comments€on€any€of€the€documents,€please€send€the€comments€to€the€email€reflector€for€the€project.€See€above€for€a€list€of€email€reflectors.ÌÌ4.1€Ô  ÔRevise€ISO/IEC€11179,€Part€3€(five„year€revision)€with€amendments€to€other€parts€of€11179€to€make€all€parts€consistent€[Joe€Christensen,€Australia,€editor]ÌÌJoe€Christensen€led€the€discussion€while€he€was€on€the€phone,€Doug€Mann€led€the€discussion€of€the€metamodel€during€the€afternoon€of€the€second€day.ÌÌThis€is€already€an€approved€SC€32€project.€The€objective€is€to€update€ISO/IEC€11179,€Specification€and€Standardization€of€Data€Elements,€Part€3,€Basic€Attributes.€This€work€is€the€result€of€the€5„year€review€of€Part€3.€This€project€will€also€develop€corrigenda€or€changes€in€the€other€parts€of€ISO/IEC€11179€to€make€the€separately€developed€parts€consistent€between€themselves€and€to€make€them€consistent€with€the€revised€Part€3.€ÌÌOn€the€first€day,€we€had€a€teleconference€with€Joe€Christensen.€The€teleconferences€began€at€8:15€AM,€before€the€regular€meeting,€since€Joe€is€16€hours€ahead€of€Eastern€Standard€Time.€Joe€is€working€on€revisions€of€ISO/IEC€11179€Part€3.€We€also€met€the€afternoon€of€the€second€day€to€review€the€metamodel€and€to€decide€upon€proposed€changes.€Doug€Mann€presented€the€metamodel€and€led€the€discussion€of€changes.€ÌÌWe€discussed€the€inclusion€of€XML€in€Part€3.€See€the€XML€project€report,€below.ÌÌWe€discussed€the€latest€draft€of€Part€3.€We€have€removed€some€annexes,€which€will€be€included€in€the€Content€report.€Joe€will€delete€these€and€make€other€changes€to€produce€a€new€version.€He€will€put€the€revised€version€on€the€project€website€and€Joe€will€send€a€message€to€the€Ý‚ÿÝÔ US ÔÔ€ôôôÔÔS€ô\  `&Times New RomanSÔòòÔ ÿ ÔÝ  ÝSC32WG2„News@nist.govÝ‚ÿÝÝ  ÝÔ  Ô€email€reflector€announcing€its€availability.€ÌÌDoug€Mann€led€a€discussion€of€the€UML€metamodel.€He€reviewed€changes€made€per€agreements€at€the€last€meeting.€We€walked€through€the€classification€area€of€the€metamodel€and€found€a€way€to€reduce€then€number€of€administrative€attributes€to€record€for€the€content€of€classification€schemes.€Doug€will€prepare€a€new€version,€reflecting€this€change.€He€will€send€out€a€notice€to€SC32/WG2€stating€how€to€access€the€new€version.ÌÌInterest€was€expressed€in€holding€the€whole€of€the€next€SIG€meeting€on€the€metamodel.€We€need€to€finalize€any€revisions.€Unless€there€is€objection,€we€will€reduce€the€other€project€meetings€to€a€bare€minimum€next€time€and€will€allocate€almost€all€of€the€time€to€the€UML€model€in€Part€3.€We€will€get€as€much€input€during€the€Matsue€meeting€as€possible€and€include€these€comments€in€our€work.ÌÌDocuments€about€this€project€can€be€found€at€two€sites.€The€WG€2€„€Metadata€website€is:Ìhttp://metadata.aihw.gov.au/ÌÌA€copy€of€the€most€recent€draft€is€also€available€at:ÌÌÝ‚ÿÝÔ US ÔÔ€ôôôÔÔS€ô\  `&Times New RomanSÔòòÔ ÿ ÔÝ  Ýhttp://sdct„sunsrv1.ncsl.nist.gov/~ftp/l8/sc32wg2/projects/11179p3r/Ý‚ÿÝÝ  ÝÔ  ÔÌÌÔ  Ô4.2Ô  Ô€Object€Specifications€for€ISO/IEC€11179ÌÔ  ÔÌÔ  ÔWe€discussed€scope€and€packaging€of€this€New€Work€Item.€We€will€try€to€progress€it€as€a€separate€NWI.€Dan€Gillman€will€present€this€at€Matsue.€Tom€Culpepper€will€prepare€a€draft€of€the€standard€and€will€review€the€NWI€that€was€previously€developed.€ÌÌTom€will€also€work€with€Dan€in€preparation€for€the€Matsue€meeting,€this€may€include€some€power€point€presentation€and€some€strategy.ÌÌTom€would€like€to€rename€this€to€Metadata€Query€Service€(MQS)€for€ISO/IEC€11179€.Ì€ÌIDL€for€the€Stewardship€region€has€been€completed€and€is€in€review.€Tom€will€place€this€on€the€ftp€site€as€soon€as€he€makes€a€few€changes.ÌÌThe€report€of€previous€meetings€and€related€documents€are€available€at:ÌÝ‚ÿÝÔ US ÔÔ€ôôôÔÔS€ô\  `&Times New RomanSÔòòÔ ÿ ÔÝ  Ýhttp://sdct„sunsrv1.ncsl.nist.gov/~ftp/l8/sc32wg2Ô% ‡ Ô/Ô% † Ôprojects/11179obj/ÌÝ‚ÿÝÝ  ÝÔ  ÔÌ4.3€XML€extensions€for€ISO/IEC€11179ÌÔ  ÔÌThe€project€group€met€via€videoconference.€Ô  ÔThis€project€involves€development€of€a€set€of€XML€metadata€tags€for€accessing€11179€metadata€registry€content€and€for€import/export€of€registry€content.€This€would€make€ISO/IEC€11179€useful€in€the€new€XML€enabled€web€technologies.€Ô  ÔCollaborative€efforts€with€the€World€Wide€Web€Consortium€(W3C)€have€shifted€from€the€Resource€Description€Framework€working€group€to€the€XML„schema€working€group€within€the€W3C.ÌÌFrank€Olken€and€John€McCarthy,€the€project€leaders,€described€progress€in€the€W3C€work.€Frank€and€JohnÔ  Ô€worked€with€other€members€of€the€XML„Schema€Working€Group€to€propose€standards€for€representing€datatypes€in€XML€and€worked€through€ISO€to€make€it€possible€to€include€ISO€11404€language€independent€datatypes€(i.e.,€vendor€independent).€Although€the€schema€and€datatype€specifications€were€not€in€the€original€XML€proposals,€the€major€players„„Microsoft,€IBM,€Oracle,€etc.€„„€are€now€fully€engaged€in€adding€these€specifications,€so€that€the€work€for€the€SC€32/WG€2€project€is€to€make€sure€the€specifications€are€adequate€to€support€metadata€registries.€Work€on€the€XML„Schema€committee€also€helps€influence€participants€from€major€database€management€software€vendors€(including€Oracle,€Sybase,€IBM€and€Microsoft),€whose€products€are€may€be€used€for€creating€and€accessing€metadata€registries.€The€XML„Schema€Working€Group€hopes€to€release€a€first€public€draft€by€May,€and€to€complete€a€Proposed€Recommendation€for€W3C€approval€by€the€end€of€1999.€ÌÌThe€SC€32/WG€2€XML€activities€have€led€to€two€sets€of€important€contacts:€the€Electronic€Commerce€and€Object€Management€communities.€In€January,€1999€Bruce€Bargmeyer€and€John€McCarthy€made€a€web€seminar€presentation€on€metadata€registries€and€related€topics€to€the€eCo€Framework€Working€Group,€a€CommerceNet€activity.€L8€members€also€are€working€with€developers€of€XMI€(from€Unisys€and€IBM)€to€use€software€tools€they€have€developed€to€automatically€translate€the€Universal€Modeling€Language€(UML)€version€of€the€metadata€registry€standard€into€XMI€„„€an€XML€representation€of€UML,€which€is€becoming€a€new€standard€for€interchanging€information€between€different€CASE€and€data€modeling€tools.€Using€XML€and€XMI€will€facilitate€such€information€flows€in€the€future.€ÌÌFrank€and€John€have€been€working€during€the€past€year€to€develop€prototype€demonstrations€of€how€XML€can€be€used€integrate€data€exchange€and€metadata€access.€They€have€already€developed€an€initial€demonstration€that€retrieves€selected€data€from€the€a€database€and€encapsulates€it€in€XML€tags,€using€a€skeletal€XML€Document€Type€Definition€(DTD).€Once€the€data€elements€are€included€in€a€metadata€registry,€Frank€and€John€will€extend€this€initial€capability€for€web€users€to€select€data€elements€and€create€self„describing€XML€datasets.€These€XML€files€will€include€selected€database€data€along€with€corresponding€metadata€(in€a€11179€metadata€registry)€that€pertain€to€those€particular€data€elements€„„€and/or€XML€links€back€to€more€extensive€metadata€in€the€metadata€registry.€Plans€are€underway€to€demonstrate€this€capability€during€meetings€in€September,€1999€and€at€the€SC€32/WG€2€Open€Forum€on€Metadata€Registries€to€be€held€in€Santa€Fe,€New€Mexico,€USA€during€January€2000.€ÌÌProject€participants€agreed€that€the€XML€work€is€an€automatic€transformation€of€the€UML€model€to€form€the€XML€tags.€During€the€project€meeting€in€March,€we€agreed€to€include€the€ISO/IEC€11179€metadata€registry€tags€as€an€annex€to€Part€3,€with€the€agreement€of€Joe€Christensen,€editor€of€the€Part€3€revision.€At€this€meeting,€we€had€considerable€discussion€of€whether€or€not€to€make€the€Annex€normative.€There€is€some€doubt€about€whether€or€not€the€W3C€XML„Schema€recommendation€and€the€OMG€XMI€conversion€will€be€stable€enough€to€support€a€normative€version.€This€remains€an€open€topic.ÌÌÔ 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ÔÌÌ4.4€Technical€Report€on€ISO/IEC€11179€Metadata€Registry€ContentÌÌThis€project€group€met€most€of€the€day,€April€8,€1999.€The€exchange€of€metadata€between€ISO/IEC€11179€metadata€registries€depends€not€only€on€registry€software€that€conforms€to€the€standard,€but€also€on€metadata€contents€that€are€compatible€between€registries.€While€the€11179€standard€has€general€coverage€for€data€element€specification€and€registration,€there€are€pragmatic€issues€pertaining€to€populating€the€registries€with€content.€Based€on€the€experiences€of€organizations€that€are€implementing€the€standard,€a€technical€report€to€explore€content€issues€could€help€current€and€future€users.€This€could€also€possibly€be€an€implementation€guide.€ÌÌJudith€Newton€presented€a€revised€draft€of€the€document€including€material€from€Lois€Fritts.€€Lois€was€on€vacation,€but€revisions€to€her€material€were€presented€by€Tommie€Curtis.€Given€comments,€Lois€will€make€some€revisions.€In€Matsue,€Lois€will€lead€the€discussion€on€this€part€of€the€document.€Judith€Newton€will€make€revisions€and€will€lead€the€discussion€of€this€material€at€Matsue.€Lois€and€Judith€will€make€their€revised€drafts€available€on€the€project€web€site€and€will€send€an€announcement€to€the€SC32WG2„News€reflector.ÌÌÔ 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