1. History, Charter & Challenges Facing the XML Community of Practice (xmlCoP) Owen Ambur, Co-Chair Emeritus xmlCoP/XBRL CoP Forum @FOSE March 20, 2007

2. Presentation Outline xmlCoP History Original Motivations 1 st Charter 2 nd Charter 3 rd Charter 4 th 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 2

3. History Chartered by CIO Council in 2000 1 st Charter Expired on September 30, 2002 Now Operating under 4 th 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 3

4. 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 4

5. Originally Chartered Activities 1)Develop XML Best practices and Recommended Standards 2)Develop Partnerships with Key Industry and Public Groups Developing XML Standards and Specifications 3)Develop Partnerships with Existing Federal "Vertical" Communities to Accelerate the Delivery of XML Benefits 4)Conduct "Results-Oriented" Education and Outreach http://xml.gov/documents/completed/charter1st.htm 5

6. Additional Activity in 2 nd Charter 5)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 6

7. Additions in 3 rd Charter Continue previously authorized activities while focusing on: a)Assisting with implementation of the emerging technology (ET) life-cycle management process b)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 7

8. Addition in 4 th & 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 8

9. Accomplishments Education & Outreach – xml.gov site xml.gov – Meetings/briefings virtually every month for 6 years See Agendas, Minutes & PresentationsAgendasMinutesPresentations ET.gov Site/ProcessSite – About 80 components/specifications so far See search results screen & i411 & BTS prototypescreenprototype – 14 CoPs at Stage 2Stage 2 – 5 at Stage 3Stage 3 – 2 have “graduated” at Stage 4Stage 4 PDF-A & X3D included in the FEA TRM 9

10. Most Recent ET.gov Submissions 10

11. I411 Prototype 11

12. Stage 2 ET CoPs 12

13. Stage 3 CoPs 13

14. 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 14

15. 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 on xml.gov siteRegistries page 15

16. 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 requirementsenhancement requirements 16

17. 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 – Not yet “authoritative” 17

18. 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 18

19. XML for Forms & Records A couple hopeful signs: FIRM’s forum this morning – http://xml.gov/documents/completed.asp#20070320pechakucha http://xml.gov/documents/completed.asp#20070320pechakucha XBRL/XForms presentation at this meeting – http://xml.gov/presentations.asp#20070320 http://xml.gov/presentations.asp#20070320 19

20. Contact Information My E-mail Address: – Owen.Ambur@verizon.net Owen.Ambur@verizon.net Web Sites: – http://xml.gov http://xml.gov – http://et.gov/ http://et.gov/ – http://mysite.verizon.net/ambur/ http://mysite.verizon.net/ambur/ This Presentation: – http://xml.gov/presentations/xmlCoPhistory.htm http://xml.gov/presentations/xmlCoPhistory.htm – http://xml.gov/presentations/xmlCoPhistory.ppt http://xml.gov/presentations/xmlCoPhistory.ppt 20