Title: Report
from the meeting of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC32/WG2
Jan 27 - Feb 4, 2003 in Santa Fe, NM, USA
Source: Ray
Gates, Canadian Delegate
Status: Delegates report
Action: For information
Date: 06 March 2003
SC32/WG2 Working Group and Ballot Resolution
Meetings
Progression
of Work during the meeting
Project 1.32.10.02.00.00 ISO/IEC FCD 5218 (2nd
Edition) Codes for Human Sexes
Project 1.32.15.02.01.00 AWI ISO/IEC 11179-1
(2nd Edition) MDR Framework.
Project 1.32.15.02.02.00 AWI ISO/IEC 11179-2
(2nd Edition) MDR Classification
Project 1.32.15.02.03.00 AWI ISO/IEC 11179-3
(2nd Edition) Registry Metamodel
Project 1.32.15.02.04.00 AWI ISO/IEC 11179-4
(2nd Edition) MDR Data Definitions
Project 1.32.15.02.05.00 AWI ISO/IEC 11179-5
(2nd Edition) MDR Naming
Project 1.32.15.02.06.00 AWI ISO/IEC 11179-6
(2nd Edition) MDR Registration
Project 1.32.15.03.03.00 AWI ISO/IEC WD
11179-3 (3rd Edition) MDR Metamodel
Project 1.32.16.01.01.00 AWI ISO/IEC FPDTR
20943-1 Content Data Elements
Project 1.32.16.01.02.00 AWI ISO/IEC PDTR
20943-2 Content XML Structures
Project 1.32.16.01.03.00 AWI ISO/IEC PDTR
20943-3 Content Value Domains
Project 1.32.16.01.04.00 AWI ISO/IEC PDTR
20943-4 Content Overview
Project 1.32.17.01.00.00 ISO/IEC WD 20944 MDR
interoperability and bindings
Project 1.32.18.01.00.00 ISO/IEC 18022
IT-enablement of Coded Domains
Project 1.32.19.01.00.00 ISO/IEC 14957 Data
Element Values - Notation of Format
Project 1.32.22.01.00.00 AWI 19763 Framework
for metamodel interoperability
Project 1.32.23.01.00.00 AWI 19773 Metadata
registries (MDR) -- {module name}
NWI on
Registration Authority procedures for 11179-3 reference implementation
This document is based on a delegate report written by Mr. Ray Gates for Standards Council of Canada following the SC32 and WG2 meetings in Santa Fe, NM, USA:
It is made available for others who were unable to attend the meeting. This is not an official report from WG2, but contains more detail than the official WG2 report.
Please bring any errors to the author's attention at mailto:gatesray@rogers.com .
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Date |
Meeting |
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2003-01-27 |
SC32 Opening Plenary |
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2003-01-31 |
SC32 Closing Plenary |
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2003-01-27 to 2003-01-31 & 2003-02-03 to 2003-02-04 |
SC32/WG2 Metadata Working Group Meeting |
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Ballot resolution meeting for CD 11179-1 |
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Ballot resolution meeting for CD 11179-5 |
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Ballot resolution meeting for PDTR 20943-3 |
The working group meeting and the ballot resolution meetings were scheduled around each other.
The WG2 Meeting Report is SC32 N0944. The meeting document register is WG2-SAF2-001 available in the WG2 Document Library.
The resolutions from the SC32 WG2 meeting are available as SC32 N943. All formal decisions were taken in the first week. The final two days were used to progress working drafts.
The list of the delegates to the SC32 meeting is included in document SC32 N0935.
Neither the WG2 Meeting Report nor the WG2 Meeting Resolutions lists the delegates to the WG2 meeting. The following is an unofficial tally. For the first week, the following countries were represented: Australia (1), Canada (2), China (1), Japan (2), Korea (2), UK(1), USA (10). Some delegates were present only part of the time. For the two days in the second week, the following countries were represented: Australia (1), Canada (1), UK(1), USA (5).
The updated WG2 programme of work is documented in WG2-SAF2-021.
The WG2 Master Document Register is available as WG2 SD01. (To be updated.)
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Related documents |
SC32 N0734 ISO/IEC FCD 5218 Codes for the representation of human sexes SC32 N0777 Summary of Voting and Table of replies on ISO/IEC FCD 5218 |
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Progress at meeting |
Dr. Jake Knoppers reported on his success
in getting descriptions for the codes in various languages from SC32 P-member
bodies. These will form an Annex to
the standard. |
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Next steps |
The Project Editor (Dr. Jake Knoppers) was requested to produce an FDIS version for ballot by 2003-03-31. |
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Related documents |
SC32 N0877 CD 11179-1 Metadata registries Part 1: Framework SC32 N0924 Summary of voting on SC32 N0877 ISO/IEC CD 11179-1:200x(E) |
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Progress at meeting |
The majority of ballot comments were accepted without discussion. The remainder were discussed and satisfactorily resolved. |
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Next steps |
Editor to publish the resolution of comments and an FCD for ballot by 2003-04-30. |
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Related documents |
WG2-SAF2-024 Presentation on Classification Schemes by Jim Carpenter. WG2-SAF2-053 WD 11179-2 Metadata registries Part 2: Classification |
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Progress at meeting |
A new working draft was presented by Jim Carpenter and Nancy Lawler. There was discussion and general agreement to rename the Classification Schemes in the model to Conceptual Schemes, with Classification Schemes being a specialization. This will allow the generic structures to be used for other purposes, such as representing XML or database schemas. |
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Next steps |
More discussion is expected within NB committees and via the email reflector. Editor to issue CD by 2003-09. |
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Related documents |
SC32 N0841 ISO/IEC FDIS 11179-3 Information Technology Metadata registries (MDR) Part 3: Registry metamodel and basic attributes. SC32 N0842 Disposition of comments on FCD 11179-3. WG2 SD16 Possible problems with ISO/IEC 11179-3:2002 |
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Progress at meeting |
The editor, Ray Gates,
identified some possible problems with ISO/IEC 11179-3:2002. Resolutions to the problems were agreed. |
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Next steps |
Editor to prepare a technical corrigendum. |
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Related documents |
SC32 N0909 ISO/IEC FCD 11179-4 Information technology Metadata registries (MDR) Part 4: Formulation of data definitions |
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Progress at meeting |
The FCD ballot is not due to close till 2003-04, so no progression of the document was possible at the meeting. However, there was some discussion of issues with the document, with the objective of harmonizing NB ballot comments. |
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Next steps |
NBs to respond to the FCD ballot. |
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Related documents |
SC32 N0754 ISO/IEC CD 11179-5 Information Technology Metadata registries (MDR) Part 5: Naming and identification principles SC32 N0794 Summary of Voting on ISO/IEC CD 11179-5 WG2-SAF2-002 Editor's latest draft of ISO/IEC CD 11179-5 incorporating the resolution of ballot comments. |
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Progress at meeting |
The editor provided a revised draft incorporating the resolution of ballot comments as determined at the Seoul meeting. However, that meeting had recognized the resolutions were not adequate. There was a lot of disagreement on the direction this document should be taking, and agreement that more work is needed before another draft is published. |
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Next steps |
NBs should submit contributions to the interim meeting in Melbourne in 2003-10. A 2nd CD is expected out of that meeting. |
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Related documents |
WG2-SAF2-011 WD 11179-6 Information Technology Metadata registries (MDR) Part 6: Registration |
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Progress at meeting |
The editor (Doug Mann) presented the changes that had been made in the latest WD. The editor was given guidance on further changes to be made |
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Next steps |
The editor is to publish a CD by 2002-03-31. |
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Related documents |
WG2-SD14 Open Issues for 11179-3 (3rd Edition) |
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Progress at meeting |
The editor (Ray Gates) led a review of the open issues, which were prioritized as 1-High, 2-Medium, or 3-Low. |
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Next steps |
The editor is to produce an annotated WD by 2003-03-31, identifying the clauses impacted by each of the open issues. NBs are to provide proposals to resolve the issues as input to the interim meeting in Melbourne in 2003-10. It is hoped to be able to produce a CD out of that meeting. |
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Related documents |
JTC1 N6823 DTR 20943-1 Information Technology Achieving metadata registry content consistency Part 1: Data Elements JTC1 N6977 Summary of Voting for JTC 1 N 6823: ISO/IEC DTR 20943-1 |
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Progress at meeting |
The DTR ballot has passed. |
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Next steps |
None. The project is complete. |
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Related documents |
WG2-SAF2-004 XML Tag and Schema Registration - Presentation to OpenForum2003 WG2-SAF2-005 XML in Environmental Data Registry - Expert contribution from Shawn Jones, US Environmental Protection Agency WG2-SAF2-006 Representing XML in 11179-3 Metadata Registry - Expert contribution from Ray Gates WG2-SAF2-007 Comments on Aspects of WG2-SAF2-006 - Expert contribution from Shawn Jones and Ray Gates WG2-SAF2-027 Comparison of Mappings of XML Artifacts to 11179 Expert contribution from Ray Gates |
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Progress at meeting |
There was discussion of alternative approaches to representing XML artifacts in a 11179 metadata registry. The US EPA approach heavily uses Classification Schemes. Ray Gates' contribution was based more on Derivation Rules. It was agreed that since XML artifacts are not explicitly supported, there is more than one way to map them to the metadata model. Each approach has pros and cons. Since the current editor, Bruce Bargmeyer, had made no progress on this project, Ray Gates agreed to assume the editorship. |
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Next steps |
The editor to synthesize the above documents to describe the possible approaches and their pros and cons, to circulate this document prior to the interim meeting, and to submit a WD to the interim meeting. |
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Related documents |
SC32 N0870 PDTR 20943-3 Achieving metadata registry content consistency Part 3: Value Domains SC32 N0925 Summary of Voting and Table of replies on PDTR 20943-3 |
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Progress at meeting |
The majority of ballot comments were accepted without discussion. The remainder were discussed and satisfactorily resolved. |
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Next steps |
The editor to publish a DTR for ballot by 2003-04-30. |
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Related documents |
WG2-SAF2-055 Candidate topics to be included in TR 20943-4 Overview - Expert contribution from Ray Gates, project editor. |
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Progress at meeting |
We had originally hoped to number this document TR 20943 Part 0, so it would precede the other parts, but ISO-CS will not permit a part 0. Therefore, it will become Part 4. The editor presented a list of candidate topics to the meeting, which was discussed and edited to produce WG2-SAF2-055 as a record of the discussion. |
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Next steps |
Editor to produce a first working draft by 2003-06-01. |
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Related documents |
Working drafts of several of the parts were provided at the Seoul meeting see document register. SC32 N0929 Need for Higher-level MDAS Functional Services Candidate WD 20944-60 Metadata registry interoperability and binding Part 60: Protocol binding overview from Ray Gates, Canada. |
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Progress at meeting |
This project has multiple parts, all of which were originally being edited by Frank Farance, who is working on revised and new working drafts, but has yet to shared these latest versions with the group. Prior to the meeting, Ray Gates had reviewed several of the available drafts for consistency with ISO/IEC 11179-3:2002. Several inconsistencies have been identified because the WDs were based on an earlier draft of ISO/IEC 11179-3. This review helped to identify problems with ISO/IEC 11179-3 itself. Ray Gates also submitted a candidate working draft for ISO/IEC 20944-60 Protocol Binding Overview. This candidate draft was accepted by the working group, and as a result, Ray Gates has assumed editorship for Part 60, and also Part 62: WSDL Binding. A new Part 65: LDAP Binding was approved, with Frank Farance as editor. |
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Next steps |
Ray Gates will continue his review of the available drafts and pass comments to Frank Farance. The editors are to publish revised WDs as soon as possible, to provide adequate time for review prior to the interim meeting. It is hoped to have CDs out of the interim meeting for all parts for which WDs now exist. |
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Related documents |
SC32 N0695 ISO/IEC WD 18022:200x - IT-Enablement for Widely-Used Coded Domains WG2-SEL-002 Progress on the work on ISO/IEC 18022 |
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Progress at meeting |
Prior to the meeting, Dr. Jake Knoppers (joint editor with David Clemis) had sent an email apologizing for the lack of progress on this document. At the meeting, Dan Gillman (USA) suggested that this project be moved to WG1, since that is where it will have most use. However, because of the need to align the standard with ISO/IEC 11179, a majority of those present voted to keep the project in WG2. |
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Next steps |
The editors are targeting a second WD for 2003-03-31, which will be circulated for comment followed by a CD by 2003-06-30 to give the CD ballot time to close before the interim WG2 meeting in Melbourne in October. |
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Related documents |
ISO/IEC 14957:1996 Representation of data element values Notation of the format |
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Progress at meeting |
No progress has been made on this project. |
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Next steps |
A working draft for the revision is targeted for 2003-08-31, with a CD for 2003-12-31. |
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Related documents |
WG2-SEL-016R1 Project Plan for Framework for metamodel interoperability |
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Progress at meeting |
This project has four-sub-projects: Part 1: Reference model (Editors: H. Horiuchi (JPN), T. Bourne (GBR)) Part 2: Core (MOF/XMI Extensions) (Editors: M. Obayashi (JPN), D-K. Baik (KOR) Part 3: Metamodel for Ontologies (Editor: J. Bιrubι (CAN)) Part 4: Metamodel for model mapping (Editor: Y. Fujikawa (JPN)) Working drafts were presented for parts 1 and 2. |
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Next steps |
We need to review the working drafts of parts 1 and 2 and provide feedback to the editors. Working drafts for parts 3 and 4 are targeted for 2003-09, in time for the interim meeting in Melbourne in October. CDs for parts 1 and 2 are also targeted for 2003-09, though it might make more sense for these to be second WDs and for the CDs to be output from the meeting. |
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Related documents |
SC32 N0854 NP Information technology -- Metadata registries (MDR) -- {module name} information module for metamodel |
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Progress at meeting |
This is a new project consisting initially of three-sub-projects. Frank Farance is editor for all 3 parts. Part 1: Contact information for metamodel Part 2: Relations information for metamodel Part 3: Security information for metamodel The initial working drafts for these projects were taken from existing SC36 work, and only minimally changed to adapt to this new project. A lot of work will be required to bring them into line with the 11179-3 metamodel. There was discussion of how these modules should relate to 11179, and whether in fact they should be made parts of 11179, but no conclusion was reached. |
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Next steps |
We need to provide feedback to the editor on what needs to be changed to align the modules with the 11179-3 metamodel. In addition, we need to use this project to develop a framework for extending the 11179-3 metamodel. |
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Related documents |
SC32 N0917 US contribution in reference JTC1 Sophia-Antipolis Resolution #25 on "Standards Metadata" |
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Progress at meeting |
Bob Hager of ANSI was present to give an overview of the intent of the standard for Standards metadata. There was support from at least five national bodies present to proceed with the NWI. Bob stated that ANSI may not allow him to be editor, though he is willing to participate in the work. He suggested Ray Gates as editor. Ray is hesitant to assume this role given his other commitments, but has not ruled out being editor in name if it was clear someone else would do the work. Ray has suggested Bob look for a volunteer within INCITS L8. |
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Next steps |
The NWI ballot will be issued. Discussions on the role of editor will continue with the objective of getting at least one nomination for the ballot. |
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Related documents |
SC32 N0956 Common Logic NWI WG2-SAF2-014 Common Logic Presentation WG2-SAF2-016 Common Logic Candidate Working Draft |
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Progress at meeting |
John Sowa made a presentation on the common logic (CL) framework. This work has been repositioned since the last presentation in Victoria. It is now being positioned as a framework for a family of logic-based languages, with an abstract syntax and three concrete syntaxes: KIF, CG and a new XML-based Common Logic Markup Language (CLML). One of the developers of CL, Pat Hayes, has worked with W3C to make RDF and OWL consistent with CL. |
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Next steps |
The NWI ballot will be issued, and a complete working draft prepared by 2003-07-31. |
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Related documents |
SC32 N0919 US contribution on the use of a registration authority to maintain on-line access to ISO/IEC 11179 attributes |
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Progress at meeting |
The proposal to establish a reference implementation of a 11179 metadata registry, for use |