History, Charter & Challenges Facing the XML Community of Practice (xmlCoP) Owen Ambur, Co-Chair Emeritus xmlCoP/XBRL CoP Forum @FOSE March 20, 2007.

History, Charter & Challenges Facing the XML Community of Practice

(xmlCoP)Owen Ambur, Co-Chair EmeritusxmlCoP/XBRL CoP Forum @FOSE

March 20, 2007

Presentation Outline

• xmlCoP History• Original Motivations• 1st Charter• 2nd Charter• 3rd Charter• 4th Charter• Accomplishments

• Recent ET Submissions• I411 & BTS Prototype

• Stage 2 CoPs• Stage 3 CoPs• Remaining Challenges

• XML Registry Services• ET.gov Enhancements• XSD for DRM• XML NDRG• XML for Forms & Records

• Contact Info

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History

• Chartered by CIO Council in 2000• 1st Charter Expired on September 30, 2002• Now Operating under 4th two-year Charter

– Expiring November 30, 2008• New Co-Chairs:

– Ed Coia, Treasury’s Financial Management Service– Kirk Keller, Missouri’s Department of Conservation

http://xml.gov/documents/completed/history.htm

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Original Motivations

• Render all .gov forms in XML & gather the data from them in XML

• Specify a core set of XML metatags for the classification & management of records governmentwide

My E-mail message: http://xml.gov/documents/completed/genesis.htm

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Originally Chartered Activities1) Develop XML Best practices and Recommended Standards

2) Develop Partnerships with Key Industry and Public Groups Developing XML Standards and Specifications

3) Develop Partnerships with Existing Federal "Vertical" Communities to Accelerate the Delivery of XML Benefits

4) Conduct "Results-Oriented" Education and Outreach

http://xml.gov/documents/completed/charter1st.htm

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Additional Activity in 2nd Charter

5) Propose for consideration by the AIC specific projects and products benefiting stakeholders of multiple Federal agencies

• CIOC intended to take more “operational” role• Subsequently found resources lacking• Congress cut cross-agency funding

– Including $2.1 million requested by the President for the XML Registry

• Business Case estimated ROI ranging from 500 – 1400%http://xml.gov/documents/completed/bah/registryBusinessCase.htm#_Toc19694635

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Additions in 3rd CharterContinue previously authorized activities while focusing

on:a) Assisting with implementation of the emerging

technology (ET) life-cycle management processb) Facilitating collaboration on and review of XML-based

"components" within that process

The XML Working Group (XML WG) was renamed as the XML Community of Practice (xmlCoP)

http://xml.gov/documents/completed/charter3rd.htm

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Addition in 4th & Current CharterContinue previously chartered activities while:• Coordinating with and supporting the activities of the Data

Architecture Subcommittee (DAS) and Services Subcommittee, as well as the Governance Subcommittee of the AIC

The CIOC/AIC• Created the DAS to emphasize data architecture as a

priority, and• Renamed the Services S/C to focus on services already

available for reuse

http://xml.gov/documents/completed/charter.htm

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Accomplishments• Education & Outreach

– xml.gov site– Meetings/briefings virtually every month for 6 years

• See Agendas, Minutes & Presentations• ET.gov Site/Process

– About 80 components/specifications so far• See search results screen & i411 & BTS prototype

– 14 CoPs at Stage 2– 5 at Stage 3– 2 have “graduated” at Stage 4

• PDF-A & X3D included in the FEA TRM

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Most Recent ET.gov Submissions

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I411 Prototype

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Stage 2 ET CoPs

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Stage 3 CoPs

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Remaining Challenges

• XML Registry Services• Emerging Technology Process Enhancements• XML Schema for Data Reference Model• XML Naming & Design Rules & Guidelines • Original Motivations:

– XML schemas & data from all .gov forms– XML metatags for records management/sharing

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XML Registry Services

• Collaborative development/use of XML schemas• Still too hard to discover & reuse

– Centralized registry has highest ROI– Distributed set of interoperating registries preferred– Posting XSDs on Web with appropriate metadata may

be best alternative• Build registries from the bottom-up

– See Registries page on xml.gov site

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ET.gov Site/Process Enhancements

• More effective & well-coordinated consideration of ET by .gov agencies– Dampen hype cycle– Accelerate maturation & adoption

• Enhancement of ET.gov site & process– See proposed enhancement requirements

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XSD for DRM

• One of “Key Indicators” in CIO Council’s Strategic Plan is:– All of the e-Gov and Lines of Business (LoB)

project management offices have fully documented data architectures in conformance with the XML schema for DRM 2.0

• Problem:– XSD for DRM is merely in draft form

• http://xml.coverpages.org/FEA-DRM-SchemaDraftV04-20060103.xsd

– Not yet “authoritative”

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XML NDRG

• Various groups specifying own XML naming & design rules (NDR)

• Not all make sense in all contexts• Guidelines may be more appropriate than rules in

some instances• Difficult & complex to apply• Tool support required

– NIST & XML Schema Interoperability Work Group• https://collab.core.gov/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=2234

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XML for Forms & Records

A couple hopeful signs:• FIRM’s forum this morning

– http://xml.gov/documents/completed.asp#20070320pechakucha

• XBRL/XForms presentation at this meeting– http://xml.gov/presentations.asp#20070320

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Contact Information

• My E-mail Address:– [email protected]

• Web Sites:– http://xml.gov– http://et.gov/– http://mysite.verizon.net/ambur/

• This Presentation:– http://xml.gov/presentations/xmlCoPhistory.htm – http://xml.gov/presentations/xmlCoPhistory.ppt

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