XML Working Group Strategic Planning
Session
What: Session to develop cohesive federal strategic
plan for XML implementation
When: 16 November 2001
Where: Logistics Management Institute, 2001 Corporate
Ridge, McLean, Va 22102
Background:
The Federal CIO Council’s Enterprise Interoperability
and Emerging Information Technology Committee has formed an XML Working
Group. The Charter of this group includes the following four focus
areas:
- 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, and
- Conduct
"results-oriented" education and outreach
The XML Working group has established a federal XML web
page (
http://xml.gov/) and conducts
monthly meetings to address XML areas of interest. Under Objective 2.2,
Initiative 3, of the CIO Council's Strategic Plan, the XML Working Group is also
charged with developing an online information resource (at xml.gov) defining and
documenting an evolving strategy and a set of tasks for the effective and
well-coordinated usage of Extensible Markup Language (XML) to support
governmental functions.
Discussion:
To meet the challenge of developing an XML strategic
plan, the XML Working Group will hold a one-day planning meeting on 16
November. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the relevant issues
that must be addressed to meet the challenge of Objective 2.2, Initiative
3. At the end of this meeting we expect to have defined an agreed upon
list of key issues for XML implementation in the federal government, an outline
for our strategic plan, and a list of tasks and action items to complete the
plan. Key issues to be addressed include:
- XML
Implementation and Use Policies and Guidelines
- XML
Registries and Repositories
- Coordinating
Federal involvement in Commercial Standards
- Federal
XML Naming Conventions and Design Guidelines
- Approach
to Capturing Best Practices
- Establishing
Partnerships
Who
should attend:
Each Federal Agency is encouraged to identify a single XML
lead for attendance who can speak on behalf of the agency and function as the
liaison with the XML working group as the plan moves forward.
Agenda:
|
8:00 |
Welcome and Introductions |
Owen Ambur & Marion Royal
Co-Chairs, Federal XML Working Group |
|
8:15 |
Meeting the XML Interoperability Challenge |
Mary Mitchell, Program Executive
Office of Electronic Government |
|
8:30 |
Forming the Strategy Discussion |
Mark Crawford, LMI |
|
9:00 |
Discussions |
|
|
noon |
Lunch |
|
|
1:00 |
Discussions |
|
|
3:00 |
Agreement on Key Issues |
|
| 3:30 |
Action Items and Next Steps |
|
| 4:00 |
Adjourn |
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