to enable full reporting of information (for example, able to accommodate reporting of data produced prior to entry into force of the Protocol, such as risk assessments conducted outside the annex III format; able to accommodate data reported through product-based regulatory models), while maintaining backwards compatibility with existing information-exchange partners. Main actor: Secretariat, with input from Governments and relevant organizations. Timeframe: annual review of common formats. Expand controlled vocabularies as required to reflect changing technologies and types of information that are being reported to the Biosafety Clearing-House . Main actor: Secretariat, with input from other organizations maintaining multilingual thesauri. Timeframe: annual. Differentiate between null responses where information is not available because it does not exist, versus information that has not been reported on. Main actor: Secretariat, with input from Governments and relevant organizations. Timeframe: December 2005. Maintain support for interoperability options with partner Governments and organizations. Main actor: Secretariat with input from Governments and relevant organizations. Timeframe: ongoing. Programme element 2: Information content and management Objective: Increase the amount of information that is currently being reported to the Biosafety Clearing-House, and ensure it is provided in a timely manner. Possible activities: Appoint national focal points (or, where appropriate, institutional focal points) for the Biosafety Clearing-House, to actively make information available through the Biosafety Clearing-House. Main actor: Governments. Timeframe: To be appointed by mid-2005. Collate information relating to obligations of Governments to provide certain data within particular time-limits and make this more visible through the Biosafety Clearing-House. Main actor: Secretariat. Timeframe: