# Presentation: 949079

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

- Owen Ambur, Co-Chair Emeritus
- xmlCoP/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

## 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](http://xml.gov/documents/completed/history.htm)_

## 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](http://xml.gov/documents/completed/genesis.htm)_

## 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](http://xml.gov/documents/completed/charter1st.htm)_

## 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](http://xml.gov/documents/completed/bah/registryBusinessCase.htm)_

## 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

## 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](http://xml.gov/documents/completed/charter.htm)_

## Accomplishments

- Education & Outreach
- _[xml.gov](http://xml.gov/)_ site
- Meetings/briefings virtually every month for 6 years
- See _[Agendas](http://xml.gov/agendas.asp)_, _[Minutes](http://xml.gov/minutes.asp)_ & _[Presentations](http://xml.gov/presentations.asp)_
- ET.gov _[Site](http://et.gov/)_/Process
- About 80 components/specifications so far
- See search results _[screen](http://et.gov/component_search.aspx)_ & i411 & BTS _[prototype](http://etgov.i411.com/)_
- 14 CoPs at _[Stage 2](http://et.gov/stage2.htm)_
- 5 at _[Stage 3](http://et.gov/stage3.htm)_
- 2 have “graduated” at _[Stage 4](http://et.gov/stage4.htm)_
- PDF-A & X3D included in the FEA TRM

## Most Recent ET.gov Submissions

## I411 Prototype

## Stage 2 ET CoPs

## Stage 3 CoPs

## 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

## 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](http://xml.gov/registries.asp)_ on xml.gov site

## 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](http://et.gov/history/enhancementrequirements.htm)_

## 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](http://xml.coverpages.org/FEA-DRM-SchemaDraftV04-20060103.xsd)_
- Not yet “authoritative”

## 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](https://collab.core.gov/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=2234)_

## 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

## 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