Re: [election-services] Fw: TR: E-voting: Fichier de rsultats enEML

election-services message

Subject: Re: [election-services] Fw: TR: E-voting: Fichier de rsultats enEML

From: Craig Burton <craig@everyonecounts.com>

To: "David RR Webber (XML)" <david@drrw.info>

Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:25:49 +1100

All, off topic but excited to report currently in a meeting with the Aust Electoral Commission and they have just finished their first use of EML in division data and detailed results schemas. The former drove a blind e-voting pilot, the latter the live website for results of fed election provided at vtr.aec.gov.au
Perhaps its old new. I am getting in contact details from AEC as they have extended some schemas!

David RR Webber (XML) wrote:

20071203153846.dc066b1d4d2e0a1a65719ae85a8071e6.35fd6d12e1.wbe@email.secureserver.net" type="cite">

John,

Dev list is very good idea.

Look forward to having that available.  We can also link to it from the wiki et al.

Thanks, DW

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Subject: RE: [election-services] Fw: TR: E-voting: Fichier de rsultats
en EML
From: "Mary McRae" <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>
Date: Mon, December 03, 2007 12:24 pm
To: "'John Borras'" <johnaborras@yahoo.co.uk>,  "'EML TC'"
<election-services@lists.oasis-open.org>

Hi John,

  No one is "required"; however it's a place for TC members as well as non-OASIS
members to "hang out" and promote the spec. Typically consultants are more than
happy to do this since it provides name recognition and hopefully leads to
contract dollars.

Mary

From: John Borras [mailto:johnaborras@yahoo.co.uk] 
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 11:31 AM
To: mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org; EML TC
Subject: Re: [election-services] Fw: TR: E-voting: Fichier de résultats en EML

But who is expected to answer the enquiries posted on the dev list, the TC or
other subscribers?

Regards
John 

M. +44 (0)7976 157745
Skype: gov3john 

----- Original Message ----
From: Mary McRae <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>
To: John Borras <johnaborras@yahoo.co.uk>; EML TC
<election-services@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Monday, 3 December, 2007 2:39:30 PM
Subject: RE: [election-services] Fw: TR: E-voting: Fichier de résultats en EML

Hi John et al,

  Once a spec reaches OASIS Standard status a -dev list is created for exactly
these kinds of discussions. I will be requesting establishment of the -dev list,
and Carol Geyer will include it in the press release. Inquiries such as this
should be forwarded to the eml-dev list and people should be encouraged to
subscribe.

Regards,

Mary

From: John Borras [mailto:johnaborras@yahoo.co.uk] 
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 4:40 AM
To: EML TC
Subject: [election-services] Fw: TR: E-voting: Fichier de résultats en EML

Could someone provide me with the answers  to the questions below from contacts
in Switzerland.  

It's good to see that the use of EML is spreading but it does leave us with the
problem of responding to enquiries like this.  A topic for discussion at
tomorrow's TC meeting.

Regards
John 

M. +44 (0)7976 157745
Skype: gov3john 

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Warynski Michel (CHA) <michel.warynski@etat.ge.ch>
To: John.Borras@e-Envoy.gsi.gov.uk
Cc: Acevedo Manuel (DCTI) <manuel.acevedo@etat.ge.ch>
Sent: Friday, 30 November, 2007 5:34:11 PM
Subject: TR: E-voting: Fichier de résultats en EML

Hello John, 

We are trying to implement EML in our e-voting system. We first start with the
output of the e-voting system (schema 460).

Here is the result with some questions of my colleagues. 
Can you tell is if we are on the good track and help us going further ? 

If you are not any longer involved in this subject, could you tell me whith whom
I should work that on.

Best regards 

Michel Warynski 
______________________________________________ 
De :    Steiner Jean-Luc (DCTI)  
Envoyé :        vendredi, 16. novembre 2007 17:15 
À :     Acevedo Manuel (DCTI) 
Objet : EML 

Dear sir, 

We have been trying to improve our system with the eml standard. In simple
terms, we try to: 

Generate an eml output file for our e-voting system containing all the casted
votes of a referendum. 
In this first iteration, we are trying to generate the simplest set of results. 

Let's assume the following referendum operation: 
(I'm sorry the questions are in french, but I thought it was interesting to use
a real world example that has already happened in Geneva)

17 juin 2007 
Votation fédérale (1 question) 
Fed-Q1 : Acceptez-vous la modification du 6 octobre 2006 de la loi fédérale sur
l'assurance-invalidité (5e révision de l'AI) ?

Votation cantonale (2 questions) 
GE-Q1 : Acceptez-vous la loi constitutionnelle modifiant la constitution de la
République et canton de Genève (Propriété et responsabilité des Services
industriels de Genève), du 25 janvier 2007 (A 2 00 - 9825) ?

GE-Q2 : Acceptez-vous la loi d'aliénation et d'investissement découlant
d'opérations de transfert d'actifs entre l'Etat de Genève et l'Aéroport
International de Genève, du 16 novembre 2006 (9827) ?

Votation locale 
Meyrin  (1 question) (Meyrin is a city in geneva canton) 
Meyrin-Q1 : Acceptez vous le trajet gouvernemental du tram? 

Hereafter, you will find our best effort files: 

<<Eml_ElectionEvent_V1.xml>> 
Eml_ElectionEvent_V1.xml is generated in advance and essentially links the
election/contest ids with the official question formulation.

<<Eml_votes_V1.xml>> 
 The Eml_Votes_V1.xml is the e-voting output containing the casted votes, ready
to be counted. 

We have several questions about these files. Essentially regarding the choice of
the ids. 

 - Are the ids of the ElectionIdentifiers optimal ? 
 - Are the ids of the ContestIdentifier optimal ? 
 - Could these results be considered as a first version of valid and correct eml
files ? 

Best regards 
Manuel Acevedo 

-----Inline Attachment Follows-----

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--Sample XML file generated by XMLSpy v2008 sp1 (http://www.altova.com
<http://www.altova.com/> )-->
<EML Id="NMTOKEN" SchemaVersion="V_0.1"
xsi:schemaLocation="urn:oasis:names:tc:evs:schema:eml
110-electionevent-v5-0.xsd" xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:evs:schema:eml"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <TransactionId>2007_06_17_1</TransactionId>
    <ElectionEvent>
        <EventIdentifier Id="12.11.2007"/>
    <Election>
        <ElectionIdentifier Id="Federal"/>
        <Contest>
            <ContestIdentifier Id="Fed-Q1"/>
            <Description>
                <Message>
                    Acceptez-vous la modification du 6 octobre 2006 de la loi
fédérale sur l'assurance-invalidité (5e révision de l'AI) ?
                </Message>
            </Description>
            <VotingMethod>AMS</VotingMethod>
            <MaxVotes>1</MaxVotes>
        </Contest>
    </Election>
    <Election>
        <ElectionIdentifier Id="Cantonal_Geneva"/>
        <Contest>
            <ContestIdentifier Id="GE-Q1"/>
            <Description>
                <Message>
                    Acceptez-vous la loi constitutionnelle modifiant la
constitution de la République et canton de Genève (Propriété et responsabilité
des Services industriels de Genève), du 25 janvier 2007 (A 2 00 - 9825) ?
                </Message>
            </Description>
            <VotingMethod>other</VotingMethod>
            <MaxVotes>1</MaxVotes>
        </Contest>
        <Contest>
            <ContestIdentifier Id="GE-Q2"/>
            <Description>
                <Message>
                    Acceptez-vous la loi d'aliénation et d'investissement
découlant d'opérations de transfert d'actifs entre l'Etat de Genève et
l'Aéroport International de Genève, du 16 novembre 2006 (9827) ?
                </Message>
            </Description>
            <VotingMethod>other</VotingMethod>
            <MaxVotes>1</MaxVotes>
        </Contest>
    </Election>
    <Election>
        <ElectionIdentifier Id="Local_Meyrin"/>
        <Contest>
            <ContestIdentifier Id="Meyrin-Q1"/>
                <Description>
                    <Message>
                        Acceptez vous le trajet gouvernemental du tram? 
                    </Message>
            </Description>
            <VotingMethod>other</VotingMethod>
            <MaxVotes>1</MaxVotes>
        </Contest>
    </Election>
    </ElectionEvent>
</EML>

-----Inline Attachment Follows-----

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--Sample XML file generated by XMLSpy v2008 sp1 (http://www.altova.com
<http://www.altova.com/> )-->
<EML Id="NMTOKEN" SchemaVersion="V_0.1"
xsi:schemaLocation="urn:oasis:names:tc:evs:schema:eml 460-votes-v5-0.xsd"
xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:evs:schema:eml"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <TransactionId>2007_06_17_2</TransactionId>
    <Votes>
    <CastVote>
        <EventIdentifier Id="17.06.2007"/>
        <Election>
            <ElectionIdentifier Id="Federal"/>
            <Contest>
                <ContestIdentifier Id="FederalQ1"/>
                <Selection>
                <ReferendumOptionIdentifier>NO</ReferendumOptionIdentifier>
                </Selection>
            </Contest>
        </Election>
        <Election>
            <ElectionIdentifier Id="Cantonal_Geneva"/>
            <Contest>
                <ContestIdentifier Id="GE-Q1"/>
                <Selection>
                <ReferendumOptionIdentifier>YES</ReferendumOptionIdentifier>
                </Selection>
            </Contest>
        </Election>
        <Election>
            <ElectionIdentifier Id="Cantonal_Geneva"/>
            <Contest>
                <ContestIdentifier Id="GE-Q2"/>
                <Selection>
                <ReferendumOptionIdentifier>BLA</ReferendumOptionIdentifier>
                </Selection>
            </Contest>
        </Election>
        <Election>
            <ElectionIdentifier Id="Local_Meyrin"/>
            <Contest>
                <ContestIdentifier Id="Meyrin-Q1"/>
                <Selection>
                <ReferendumOptionIdentifier>YES</ReferendumOptionIdentifier>
                </Selection>
            </Contest>
        </Election>
        <ReportingUnitIdentifier>05/01</ReportingUnitIdentifier>
    </CastVote>
</Votes>
</EML>

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