National Informa

Exchange Mod

Patrice A. Yuh Federal Bureau of InCJIS Division 
 ORIGIN 

 DOMAINS  GOVERNANCE  WHY NIEM  ANSI-NIST PROCESS  NEXT STEPS 

Topics for Discussio
NIEM Origin 

 NIEM is a partnership of the U.S. DO

DHS 

 NIEM enables information sharing fo

on information exchange among organizations 

 NIEM builds on the demonstrated su

the Global Justice Data Model 

 NIEM exchange development metho

results in a common semantic unders

 NIEM will standardize content, provid

and manage processes 
NIEM Domains 

 Provide content to NIEM  Provide domain subject-matter 

expertise to support content development 

 Have existing COIs or the ability 

enroll or formulate COIs 

 Possess the ability to perform ou

to relevant COIs 

 Support their own governance 
NIEM Domains, cont.

 Participate in NIEM governance 

appropriate 

 Agree to the principles and pract

NIEM (including conformance to 

 Maintain alignment with the NIEM 

taxonomy 

 Authoritatively support internal a

external harmonization 

 NIEM currently has 7 domains: 
NIEM Domains, cont. 

Emergency Management Immigration Infrastructure Protection Intelligence International Trade Justice Person Screening 
NIEM Domain Layout 

Border Security, Intelligence, etc. 

Justic

Immigration 

NIEM 

Immigration, Border Security, Intelligence 

Core 

Niem 

Courts, ProbatioCorrections, etc

Core 

NIEM NIEM 

Core Core 

Other Domains 

Immigration, JuvenPublic Health, etc. Educa
NIEM Governance 

 The ESC (Executive Steering Committee) p

strategic direction to the PMO 

 Policy Advisor Panel  The NIEM PMO (Program Management Off

oversees the implementation and developmNIEM 

 Stakeholder Committee 

 NBAC responsible for advising and supp

the NIEM PMO on operational and busineissues 

 NTAC structured to coordinate closely w

NBAC and to provide the technical suppoand methodologies to implement exchang
WHY NIEM? 

 DOJ, DHS EA – NIEM is the standard 

information exchange 

 DOJ, DHS Grants – Use of NIEM is a 

Condition 

 CJIS Division APB approved EBTS 8

implemented using NIEM in Fall of 20

 Updates to GJXDM were to be made 

NIEM 

 Including ANSI-NIST/ITL XML 1-20

extension request 
Participants 

Terri Ast Gerry Coleman Paul Embley Mike Garris Dale Hapeman Tom Hopper Mark Kindl Mike McCabe Christina Medlin Ross Michaels Elaine Newton Shahram Orandi Scott Swann Patrice Yuh 

terri.ast@imts.us 

coleman@doj.state.wi.us 

pembley@ghinternational.com 

mgarris@nist.gov 

dale.hapeman@dodbfc.army.mil 

thopper@leo.gov 

mark.kindl@gtri.gatech.edu 

mccabe@nist.gov 

christina.medlin@gtri.gatech.edu 

rossm@nist.gov 

enewton@nist.gov 

sorandi@nist.gov 

bswann@leo.gov 

pyuh@leo.gov 

FBI/CJIS 

XML Workgroup 

NBAC Chair 

NIST Biometrics Fusio

FBI/CJIS 

GTRI 

NIST 

GTRI 

NIST 

NIST 

NIST 

FBI/CJIS 

FBI/CJIS 
ANSI-NIST XML Proces

 Creation of ANSI-NIST/ITL XML Lead

Team 

 Team Goals 

 Represent ANSI-NIST/ITL XML el

according to recommended NIEM N

 Submit Biometric elements (includ

codes) to NIEM for adoption 

 Present this work to the communit Put the draft specification through 

community adoption process 
ANSI-NIST XML Process Co

 NBAC approval of proposed ANSI-NIST 

XML structures and recommendation to NTAC for NIEM inclusion 

 NTAC recommended that FBI Rep. and 

NBAC Chair work with GTRI to include ANSI-NIST into NIEM 

 Leadership Team reviewed and provided 

updates to model after NIEM Alpha Releasin February 07 

 All ANSI-NIST recommended elements we

adopted in NIEM under ANSI-NIST namespace 
Next Steps 

ANSI-NIST/ITL Specificatio

Maintenance 

ANSI-NIST/ITL XML 

Versioning 

Minor correction needed by 

some of the structures 

Strict Schema? 
Recommended Sites 

Official NIEM Website 

http://www.niem.gov 

FBI Biometric Specification 

Website 

http://www.fbibiospecs.org 

Current XML Draft NIST-IT

1-2007 Part 2 Website 

http://www.doj.state.wi.us/les/NIST-ITL/index.ht
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