ANSI/AIIM 21:2009 2009-12-16 Data ANSI/AIIM 21: 2009, Standard Recommended Practice - Strategy Markup Language - Part 1: StratML Core, is an XML vocabulary and schema specifying the elements that are commonly included in strategic plans, such as those required by the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Consistent with the President's Open Government directive, which calls for the use of open formats, StratML: - Facilitates the sharing, referencing, indexing, discovery, linking, reuse, and analyses of the elements of strategic plans, including goal and objective statements as well as the names and descriptions of stakeholder groups and any other content commonly included in strategic plans. - Enables the concept of "strategic alignment" to be realized in literal linkages among goal and objective statements and all other records created by organizations in the routine course of their business processes. - Facilitates the discovery of potential performance partners who share common goals and objectives and/or either produce inputs needed or require outputs produced by the organization compiling the strategic plan. - Facilitates stakeholder feedback on strategic goals and objectives. - Facilitates updating and maintenance of discrete elements of strategic plans without requiring review and approval of the entire plan through bureaucratic channels, thereby helping to make the strategic planning process more agile and responsive to stakeholder feedback and changing circumstances, thus helping to overcome the tendency of strategic plans to become outdated "shelfware". - Reduces the needless time, effort, inconsistencies, and delays associated with maintaining data redundantly in myriad "stovepipe" systems rather than referencing the authoritative sources. - Enables agencies to comply with the provisions of subsections 202(b)(4) & (5) and 207(d) of the eGov Act, which respectively require agencies to: * Work together to link their performance goals to key groups, including citizens, businesses, and other governments, as well as internal Federal Government operations; and * Adopt open standards (e.g., StratML) enabling the organization and categorization of Government information in a way that is searchable electronically and interoperably across agencies. Organizational Management Service Interface and Integration Interoperability Data Format / Classification eXtensible Markup Language (XML) Service Interface and Integration Interoperability Data Format / Classification ANSI/AIIM 21:2009