Re: [ciq] Another potential use of CIQ

["Ram Kumar" <kumar.sydney@gmail.com>]

Hi Fulton,

We did think about this couple of times. But given that CIQ is now a
brand and given that public have been living with it over 7 years now,
a name change could have implications as Colin says. This is the reason
why we have to make sure that the specs., should be clear on what CIQ
is and what CIQ is not. It will be great of CIQ members can read the
introduction
document on CIQ and come up with some clear statements.

Other views welcome.

Regards,

Ram

On 6/1/07, Fulton Wilcox <fulton.wilcox@coltsnecksolutions.com> wrote:
> Ram,
>
> Well let's hope they do. Does the qualifier "international" mean that USPTO
> is unable to also consider it for domestic addresses?
>
> Also, as probably applies to the USPTO, is there an opportunity to consider
> renaming CIQ (customer information quality) or at least give it a public
> alias for the sake of adoption discussions?
>
> I have tested the adoption waters a bit with some people involved in law
> enforcement and anti-terrorism, and one difficulty is that the CIQ name
> somewhat retards the discussion. Not only do many groups not think of
> themselves as having "customers" (or if they do, it is not these customers
> that they track), but CIQ really covers various categories of party "master
> data."  It of course does not cover transactional "customer information" -
> recent purchases, payment history, etc., but the name might lead people to
> think it does.
>
> With respect to the "Q" in CIQ, clearly CIQ is not itself a
> quality-enhancing process as commonly understood nor akin to a certificate
> of test results against some objective specification. The CIQ "quality" trio
> (Valid, InValid, blank) is perhaps better thought of as testimonials to
> handoff "authorativeness." Again, that Q plays into a lot of preconceptions.
>
> Much of the value of CIQ is in the relationships it supports - e.g., human
> person to employing entity to jurisdiction and entity license to do
> business. The CIQ name does not in itself highlight the relationship data
> supported in CIQ.
>
> It probably would be better to have a meaningless public name (such as
> "Cairo" although it's been used) than to build meaning into yet another
> acronym.
>
>                                        Fulton Wilcox
>                                        Colts Neck Solutions LLC
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ram Kumar [mailto:kumar.sydney@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 5:31 AM
> To: ciq@lists.oasis-open.org; liz.kolster@ssc.govt.nz; Max Voskob;
> Bruehlmeier,David
> Subject: [ciq] Another potential use of CIQ
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just to let you know that the US Patent and Trademark Office is
> investigating the use of CIQ for international name and address
> representation.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ram
>
>