History, Charter & Challenges Facing the XML Community of Practice (xmlCoP)

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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Originally Chartered Activities • Develop XML Best practices and Recommended Standards • Develop Partnerships with Key Industry and Public Groups Developing XML Standards and Specifications • Develop Partnerships with Existing Federal "Vertical" Communities to Accelerate the Delivery of XML Benefits • Conduct "Results-Oriented" Education and Outreach http://xml.gov/documents/completed/charter1st.htm

6. Additional Activity in 2nd Charter • 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

7. Additions in 3rd Charter Continue previously authorized activities while focusing on: • Assisting with implementation of the emerging technology (ET) life-cycle management process • 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

8. Addition in 4th & Current Charter Continue 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

9. 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

10. Most Recent ET.gov Submissions

11. I411 Prototype

12. Stage 2 ET CoPs

13. Stage 3 CoPs

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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”

18. 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

19. 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

20. Contact Information • My E-mail Address: • Owen.Ambur@verizon.net • 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