Re: [legalxml-legislative] Draft of Potential Part 1 of Replacement forWashington DC Meeting in September - Part 2 in November

[kelly.d.ray@us.pwc.com]

Don - 

I thought this looked good, but then
got carried away with editing.  I really only have a couple of items
that I'm wedded to.

1) I have a little bit of concern with
the "greeting" segment.  Coming from the business side of
the house, I read "legislative community" narrowly as just originators
and so think rather quickly that this does not apply to me before I get
to the body near the end where you describe the term legislative community
as including originators, distributors, and consumers.  I think the
easiest fix is to just eliminate the greeting phrase.  The style of
the document is more toward announcement which needs no "greeting"
to the addressee rather than a letter.

2) I suggest spelling out the NCSL and
NALIT acronyms.  As these may be new and unfamiliar organizations
to those on the consuming end of the continuum.

3) I'm torn between preannouncing Working
Session #2 and not including it.  On the one hand, I like the idea
of building enthusiasm for materials becoming tangible quickly which is
suggested by the second working session.  On the other hand, I don't
want people to read this invitation and decide to just wait until session
2 to be involved.  See what you think.


Thanks,
Kelly D. Ray
Senior Manager
Advisory Services
PricewaterhouseCoopers

(home office) 972-881-2420
(voicemail/fax) 214-853-4264
(cell) 972-896-5834
kelly.ray@us.pwc.com

"Bergeron, Donald L. (LNG-DAY)" <Donald.Bergeron@lexisnexis.com>

07/27/2004 04:13 PM

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Subject	[legalxml-legislative] Draft of Potential Part 1 of Replacement for Washington DC Meeting        g in September - Part 2 in November

Legislative Documents Technical
Committee

 

                                                                                                July 30, 2004

Initial Announcement & Agenda

 
OASIS LegalXML-Legislative 1-day Face-To-Face Workshop

September 7, 2004 – Burlington Vermont

Collocated with NCSL – NALIT & Legal Services Staff Section Professional Development Seminars

 

Members of the Legislative Community,

 

OASIS LegalXML invites you to join the current members of the Legislative Documents Technical Committee for the first in a series of periodic face-to-face working sessions.  This meeting is open to all Originators, Distributors and Consumers of Legislative and Regulatory Information!

In this first workshop, we will identify the various needs for Data Standards in the Legislative and Regulatory Community and prioritize our work in addressing those needs, with the following specific objectives:

• refine the charter of the Technical Committee
• define the roadmap of committee deliverables
• begin executing on the roadmap

In
this upcoming session, we
will be expanding our outreach to the community in an interactive participatory
workshop targeted at incorporating
the diverse needs
and objectives from the various
constituents in the legislative and regulatory continuum into the Technical
Committee's charter and prioritizing the work of the technical committee
in accordance with the goals and the
specific near term needs
of these
constituents.

 

The format of the workshop is designed to engage all the participants in both in the identification and prioritization of this effort and to expose potential members to one of the more effective workshop methods used in the XML Standards Community.

 

In order to foster rapid and effective implementation and adoption, standards must recognize and account for the diverse viewpoints in its conceptualization and design. Once goals and requirements are accounted for, prioritization and planning can be done effectively. Please join us in giving this effort a solid start.

For further information, please contact:

Donald L. Bergeron / Daniel Bennett

Co Chairs Legislative Documents Technical Committee

 

Please Contact us at:

donald.bergeron@lexisnexis.com or (937) 865-1276

Visit us at:
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=legalxml-legislative

(Initial Agenda available on back side of this page)

Initial Agenda
Understanding Legislative / Regulatory Community

Time Block 1 – 1-5 PM EDST

• History of LegalXML-Legislative Work to Date
• Standards Experience in Legislative & Regulatory Standards Efforts
• What are some of the artifacts we work with that may become covered doctypes?
  • Model Legislation - Bills – Hearings – Exhibits – Enactments – Codified Statutes – Votes
  • Proposed Regulations – Hearings – Exhibits – Registers – Accepted Regulations – Codified Regulations – Filings & Forms
  • Bibliographic Data – Citations – Taxonomies – Ontologies
  • Perspectives on Goals & Requirements for Legislative XML Standards, Especially the relationship to Legislative/Regulatory Artifacts
    • Originator View – National
    • Originator View – State
    • Originator View – International
    • Distributor View – Publisher
    • Distributor View – Lobbyist
    • Consumer View – Corporate
    • Consumer View – Analyst
    • Consumer View – Public Access
    • Working Session 1 - Goals & Perceived Needs
    Time Block 2 – Dinner – 5:15 – 7 PM EDST
    • Exposure to Content Initiatives with related objectives
      • Other Regulatory initiatives
        •  EPAL/P3P
        •  XBRL
        • RuleML
        • OASIS LegalXML
          • Electronic Court Filing
          • Integrated Justice
          • Other Information Communication Wrapper Initiatives
            • EBXML
            • OASIS LegalXML Legal Envelope
            Time Block 3 – 7:15 – 9:30 PM EDST

            ·        Working Session 2 – Identifying Potential Deliverables & Priorities