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Ó€ÌÌAttendees:ÌBruce€Bargmeyer,€€Environmental€Protection€AgencyÌEliot€Christian,€US€Geological€SurveyÌLarry€Fitzwater,€Environmental€Protection€AgencyÌWilliam€Kenworthey,€Jr.,€SelfÌBill€LaPlant,€Jr.,€Bureau€of€the€CensusÌDoug€Mann,€€Pacific€Northwest€LaboratoryÌJudith€Newton,€€National€Institute€of€Standards€and€TechnologyÌPhong€Ngo,€€Science€Applications€International€CorporationÌMarilyn€Slater,€Department€of€DefenseÌÌJudith€Newton€chaired€the€meetings.ÌThe€following€reports€the€issues€raised€and€decisions€made:ÌÌ1.€Metamodel€for€the€Management€of€¢Sharable£€Data,€DpANS€X3.285ÌÌPhong€Ngo€and€Doug€Mann€have€completed€the€work€necessary€to€get€this€out€for€public€review.ÏThe€review€period€is€from€Dec€5,€1997€to€Feb€3,€1998.ÌÌ2.€Discussion€of€SC32ÌThe€SC32€Secretariat€has€called€for€comments€on€the€name,€scope€and€organization€for€SC32.ÏDoug€Mann€prepared€a€draft€response.€We€reviewed€the€document€prepared€by€Doug€and€madeÏcomments.€He€is€adding€material€as€suggested.ÌEliot€Christian€discussed€the€possible€development€of€standards€that€could€support€globalÏinformation€locator€services.€He€expressed€a€desire€to€engage€this€at€a€level€higher€than€theÏprotocol€level€addressed€in€efforts€to€date.€There€is€a€need€to€standardize€a€common€interface€thatÏcould€be€used€by€searchers€to€present€their€search€patterns€(any€multimedia€search€pattern)€andÏhave€information€providers€respond€appropriately.€Some€standard€interfaces€(Z39.50,€MARC,Ï¢LDAP£/X.500,€EDI,€etc)€already€handle€registered€semantics.€How€the€semantics€could€beÏregistered€in€common,€made€interoperable,€and€extended€through€automated€processes€needs€toÏbe€established€ÌThis€would€include€raising€the€current€protocol„level€standard€to€an€interface„level€standard€forÏthe€semantic€interoperability€of€networked€information€discovery€and€retrieval.€For€example,€anÏobject€interface€could€be€specified€in€Interface€Definition€Language€rather€than€the€ANSI€Z39.50Ïsearch€protocol.€In€addition,€a€more€general€solution€to€semantic€interoperability€could€make€useÏâ âof€the€work€on€new€metadata€registries€while€preserving€interoperability€with€traditionalÐ W,§') Ðbibliographic€semantics.€For€more€information€see:€URL:€¢www.g7£.¢fed.us£/¢gils£€and€the€relatedÏinformation€about€Environment€and€Natural€Resource€Management€(ENRM).Ìâ âThis€work€is€closely€related€to€data€semantics,€a€major€area€of€work€proposed€for€SC32.€WeÏdecided€to€include€some€material€about€this€potential€work€in€L8's€response€to€the€SC32ÏSecretariat.€Elliot€Christian€will€prepare€a€page€of€descriptive€material.€It€will€be€sent€to€DougÏMann€for€inclusion€in€the€response€to€the€SC32€Secretariat.€Doug€Mann€will€complete€theÏrevisions€and€Phong€Ngo€will€send€out€an€email€ballot,€so€that€we€can€quickly€get€the€responseÏback€to€the€SC32€secretariat.ÌWe€discussed€the€potential€inclusion€of€other€interests€in€the€work€plan€of€SC32.€Of€particularÏinterest€is€the€work€of€the€former€SC18/WG8.€Their€work€in€SGML/HTML/XML€is€particularlyÏrelevant€to€the€area€of€data€semantics.€Bill€LaPlant€will€check€with€the€convener€Dr.€James€MasonÏof€JTC1/WG4€(formerly€SC18/WG8)€to€see€if€they€are€interested€in€joining€SC32.€If€so€we€willÏsee€if€we€can€get€an€invitation€issued€to€them€to€participate€in€the€February€1998€meeting€SC32.€ÌWe€discussed€the€possibility€of€a€number€of€government€agencies€going€together€to€support€theÏSecretariat€for€SC32.€There€appears€to€be€interest€in€this€and€we€will€pursue€it.ÌThe€interim€SC32€chair€is€Joel€¢Urman£.ÌÌ3.€Discussion€of€April€Metadata€Registration€workshopÌÌWe€will€hold€a€workshop€to€discuss€implementations€of€ISO/IEC€11179€and€ANSI€DpANSÏX3.285.€A€tentative€set€of€topics€and€an€agenda€was€set€out€in€the€last€L8€SIG€meeting.€WeÏrevisited€the€purpose€and€decided€the€primary€focus€should€be€on€information€exchange€andÏestablishing€areas€of€collaboration.€Workshop€themes€would€include.ÌInformation€exchange,€introduce€concepts€to€new€(or€potential)€implementersÌEstablish€a€collaboration€between€registry€efforts.ÌExtend€and€harmonize€of€standards€and€contentÌExtend€the€utilization€of€11179€to€new€universes€of€discourse.€ÌGet€a€few€data€registries€underway€with€efforts€to€exchange€metadata€between€them.ÌIdentify€areas€where€one€organization€can€take€a€lead€in€developing€particular€capabilities€that€canÏbe€shared€with€othersÌBill€LaPlant€and/or€Dan€Gillman€will€look€into€getting€rooms€at€the€BLS€conference€center€forÏthis€meeting.€Judith€Newton€has€reserved€rooms€at€NIST€as€a€fallback.ÌÌ4.€BSR€meetingÌWe€discussed€a€proposed€meeting€with€BSR€folks.€The€proposed€meeting€date€is€the€week€ofÏMarch€2,€1998€in€the€Washington€D.C.€area.€We€would€work€on€EDI€transaction€sets.€Select€1€orÏmore€to€work€on.€We€need€to€develop€an€agenda.€All€are€invited€to€send€proposed€topics€to€BruceÏBargmeyer.€Goal:€get€1€or€more€transaction€sets€into€a€data€registry.€We€could€break€intoÏworkgroups€to€address€more€than€one€transaction€set.€Potential€participants€are€invited€to€proposeÏa€transaction€set€for€their€area€of€€interest.ÌÌ5.€DoD€Environmental€Security€information€and€the€Defense€Data€Dictionary€System€(DISA)ÌMarilyn€Slater€described€the€content€and€procedures€for€standardizing€environmental€data€in€theÏ¢DDDS£.€This€helped€to€advance€the€understanding€of€the€committee€members€in€the€operations€ofÐ 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