1. Introduction To Data Standards eRA SBIR Public Briefing March 4, 2002 paul.markovitz@nih.gov

2. Concept of operations –Data (i.e., the what) –Interface (i.e., the how)

3. Prerequisites Applicant/Grantee is registered with the NIH Commons –Electronic registration available Each key person on a grant application is known (i.e., has an account) on the NIH Commons –Electronic account creation available to registered organizations

4. Conceptually... NIH University/ 3 rd Party Vendor

5. Data (i.e, the What) University/ 3 rd Party Vendor NIH

6. Data - Transactions Core transactions –Grant application –Submission acknowledgment –Business acknowledgment –Notice of grant award Other transactions –Professional profiles? –Invention reporting? –Financial reporting?

7. Data - Content Grant application –PHS 398 Notice of grant award –NIH notice of grant award email Acknowledgments –To be defined...

8. Data - Standards Data syntax –XML –DTD for grant application and award available fedcommons.gov/Docs –EDI to XML translations via Federal Commons –EDI mappings for grant application and award http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/era/era.htm Will provide similar XML mappings –XML Schema in future? –Enhancements to data syntax?

9. Data - Issues Support test and live transactions Expect “complete” transactions –Binary data embedded in XML document Binary Data Components –Project description –Professional profiles (Biosketch)? –Project title? –Project abstract? –Others? Linking grant applications with professional profiles residing on the NIH Commons

10. Conceptually... University/ 3 rd Party Vendor NIH

11. Interface (i.e., the How) University/ 3 rd Party Vendor NIH

12. Interface - Timing Grant application –Application due date Submission acknowledgment –Immediate or near immediate response to grant application submission Business acknowledgment –When NIH assigns grant application number Notice of grant award –Day of or day after NIH awards grant

13. Interface - Submission Issues XML submission protocol –Web (HTTP)? –Secure email (S/MIME)? –Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)? –Others?

14. Interface - Security Issues User authentication (protocol dependent) –Passwords? –Electronic (non-cryptographic) signatures? –Digital signatures? When “signed” (protocol dependent) –Prior to submission? –At the time of submission? –After submission? What signatures are required –Authorized university official –Principal Investigator?

15. Interface - Acknowledgments & Awards Delivery mechanism (depends, in part, on submission protocol) –Web? –Email? –Email with URL? –Others? Email preferences maintained in organizational profile Content of acknowledgments Security requirements

16. Other Considerations OMB e-Gov initiatives –e-authentication –e-grants CIO Council XML Working Group Deployments at other agencies