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( Shealsosentoutmessageswithinformationnecessaryforattendingthemeetingviaconference  call.Ateleconferencebridgewasavailableeachofthemeetingdaysfornationaland  internationaldialincalls.Allpersons,fromanycountry,whoareinterestedintheprojects,are   invitedtocallduringthemeetings.AnyonefromoutsidetheUS,whowantstocallin,should p!  sendamessagetoJudithNewton(       jnewton@nist.gov  (      )orcallherat+13019753256sothatany V"! specialarrangementscanbemade.Wecanphoneouttointernationalparties,whowishto <#" participateinthemeeting.Forexample,weoriginatethecalltoJoeChristensenathishome,in "$r# themiddleoftheAustraliannight,sothathecanparticipate. %X $ Wealsosetup"NetMeeting",asameansofmakingdocumentsvisibletopersonswhodialin. &$"& Documents,suchasthemetamodel,whichweprojectonascreeninthemeetingroom,canbe ' #' viewedsimultaneouslytoanyoneloggedintoNetMeeting.LBNLprovidedtheNetMeeting (#( serversite.NetMeetingisfreesoftwaredistributedwithInternetExplorer.Allareinvitedtoboth )$) phoneinanduseNetMeeting,ifyoucannotattendinperson. l*%* 1.AdministrativeIssues 8,',  -n(- 1.1WG2Convener  Atthetimeofthemeeting,EliotChristianwasmeetingwiththeW3CXMLQueryWorkGroup | asliaisonfromSC32/WG2.However,hewillnotbeabletocontinueactingasWG2convener. b TheSC32chairwillnameaninterimconvenerfortheupcomingWG2meetings.Theissueof H selectinganewconvenerwillbeplacedontheappropriatemeetingagendasforthecomingSC . ~ 32andWG2meetings.  d 2.Websites  0 InearlySeptember,theNISTFTP/HTTPserverusedforL8andsomeSC32/WG2materials    wentbehindafirewall.Allofthefileshavenowbeenmovedoutsidethefirewall.Someofthe   oldaliasesURLswork,butsomeoftheURLlinksembeddedindocumentsnolongerwork. x  Theseorwillbefixed,butitwilltakeawhile. ^  ThealiasURL       http://www.nist.gov/L8 \(      ݀stillworks,showingthedirectoriesonthewebsite. *z  TheanonymousFTPaddressis:       www.sdct.itl.nist.gov o(      ݀username:anonymous,password:your ` emailaddress.WhenconnectedviaFTP,changeworkingdirectorytoL8andreadthereadme F file. , ThetransferoftheWG2websitetotheNISTcomputerhasnottakenplace.Contractassistance  isbeingsoughtanditistakingalongtimetogetthecontractinplace.Wearestilllookingforan  easywaytoassigndocumentnumbers,sothatthiscanbedoneautomatically. t 3.OpenForum @ ArrangementsareinplacefortheOpenForumonMetadataRegistries,whichwillbeheld  \ January1721,2000inSantaFe,NewMexico,USA.ThewebsitefortheOpenForumis: B        http://www.nist.gov/openforum2000 %(      ݀Registrationisnowopen.BruceBargmeyerpassedouta ( copyofthedraftagenda.Theimmediateactionisforpeopletodistributethecallfor  participationtogroupswhomaybeinterestedinattending.PublicityfortheOpenForumshould  besentoutquickly,sothatpotentialparticipantshavetimetomakeplans.Severalpeopleagreed   tosendthecalltovariouslists. p!  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R+&+ JoeChristensen,ofAustralia,reportedonprogresswiththenewdrafttextforPart3.Heis -n(- workingonanewversion.LarryFitzwaterreportedonseveralinterimmeetingsthatwereheld  toreviewtheattributenamesanddefinitionsforthemetamodel.Larrypassedoutadocument  thatwillbediscussedatthenextmeeting.Itwillalsobecirculatedbyemail.DougMann | describedtherevisionsinthemetamodelthatwouldbecausedbythecommitteeproposed b resolutionstoissuesontheissueslist.RayGates,ofCanada,ledthegroupthroughdiscussionof H severalissuesraisedas"expertcontributions"fromCanada.Thegroupproposedresolutionsto . ~ manyoftheseissues.Raywillupdatethestanding"issues"documentsforPart3revision.  d Eachissue/proposalasaseparatefileislocatedat:  0 http://www.nist.gov/L8/sc32wg2/projects/11179p3r/Proposals/    Theindividualissues/proposalsareallcombinedintotwostandingdocuments.Thefirststanding x  documentlistsbriefdescriptionsofeachissueintabularform.Thesecondstandingdocument ^  containsacompilationofthefullinformationabouteachissue,includingproposedresolution D  andstatus. *z  ̀TheWG2standingdocumentsforthisprojectcanbefoundinadirectoryatthefollowing F location: ,        http://www.nist.gov/L8/sc32wg2/projects/11179p3r/standingdocuments/ #(        AdocumentthatcontainsatabularlistingoftheidentifiedissuesforthePart3revision(inMS t WordFormat)isnamed: Z   K7 "#x(s+n.j1e4XKQXXd)Q  n%         XGXXd)XXXGwg2sd11aissuelistp3rtable.wd6.doc =&(      n%&݌ @ Ќ  ? 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