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Subject: RE: [soa-rm] FEA Data Reference Model (DRM) 2.0 Now Final
Agreed - if anyone has further questions/comments on this, please send them directly to me, as they are extermely important and (at the same time) should not intermix with our SOA-RM discussions. I am very happy to receive them offline. Thanks! Joe Joseph Chiusano Associate Booz Allen Hamilton 700 13th St. NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005 O: 202-508-6514 C: 202-251-0731 Visit us online@ http://www.boozallen.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt MacKenzie [mailto:mattm@adobe.com] > Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 2:25 PM > To: Rex Brooks; Chiusano Joseph; soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: RE: [soa-rm] FEA Data Reference Model (DRM) 2.0 Now Final > > Perhaps this discussion belongs on some fea-drm@?? List, > instead of soa-rm. > > -matt > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rex Brooks [mailto:rexb@starbourne.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 2:21 PM > To: Chiusano Joseph; Rex Brooks; soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: RE: [soa-rm] FEA Data Reference Model (DRM) 2.0 Now Final > > Thanks Joe, > > I'm looking at the final version, and it is mostly the > version I was reviewing, so I will adjust my review to this > version. The operational sense has always been in accordance > with the concepts of ontological understanding, using the > more widely understood terms, "taxonomies" and "controlled > vocabularies," so it is less a case that it had a fundamental > error, and more the case that it reflected a somewhat more > parochial, and less intimidating, flavor. It would be nice if > we could get that footnote reinserted, so that, as ontology > becomes more widely understood as the basis for a more useful > Semantic Web, it will be easier to introduce further semantic > concepts. > > Ciao, > Rex > > At 1:07 PM -0500 12/22/05, Chiusano Joseph wrote: > >Hi Rex, > > > >Please see comments below marked with [JMC]. > > > >Joe > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Rex Brooks [mailto:rexb@starbourne.com] > >> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 12:49 PM > >> To: Chiusano Joseph; soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org > >> Cc: James Bryce Clark; Carol Geyer; patrick.gannon@oasis-open.org > >> Subject: Re: [soa-rm] FEA Data Reference Model (DRM) 2.0 Now Final > >> > >> Hi Joe, > >> > >> Was this 2.07, for which I was just finishing up my review? > > > >[JMC] I don't believe we ever had a version 2.07 (though we > revised the > >document pretty extensively twice after writing the original version > for > >this phase, and I've lost track of versions:). The previous > version was > >called 1.5, then it was bumped up to 2.0 by the Federal CIO > Council in > >mid-November due to the fact that the updates from the first version > >(Oct 2004) were extensive. But we've never gone beyond version 2.0. > > > >> If so, there are some areas that need to be revisited at some > >> point. I will finish up the review as I can. I'm concerned by the > >> fact that the word "ontology" was avoided, including the > entirety of > >> the concept, in favor of a very data-centric v. > >> semantic-centric underpinning. > > > >[JMC] That was actually not the intention - in an earlier > (non-public) > >draft we had the following footnote on the first mention of the word > >"taxonomies" on p.9 (at the request of Mike Daconta): > > > >"It should be noted that ontologies may also be used for > categorization, > >and also that taxonomies are themselves a lighter form of ontologies. > >The DRM categorization focus is on taxonomies." > > > >Since that time, the document has passed through so many > folks that I > >believe this footnote was inadvertently deleted during an update. > > > >> I think this loses what will > >> be the essential working basis for extending real > interoperabiity > >> as opposed to exchange-package-specific > shuffling/conversion of data > >> between operational systems. Too bad I came down with pneumonia > >> right in the middle of finally reviewing it, and have since been > >> overwhelmed with trying to catch up with my own projects. Sigh. > > > >[JMC] Hope you're feeling better. > > > >> However, congratulations on getting it to this point, as > difficult > >> as it was! It is 100% better than it was and represents a major > >> improvement and a huge step in the right direction. BTW, I do > >> understand that one takes what one can get under certain > >> circumstances, for which this circumstance certainly qualified in > >> spades. So take a deep breath, give yourself a > well-deserved pat on > >> the back and remember, like many another process, this was just > >> another step in the journey, and we need to start > planning for the > >> next step, lest everyone think, "Phew! Glad That's Done!" > Might as > >> well get used to the idea of having the ever-receding concept > >> "destination" move beyond us as we approach so tantalizingly close. > >> It is just that, the reach that always just exceeds our grasp. > > > >[JMC] Thanks Rex! It was indeed an interesting (and very "lively" at > >times;) road. You know how passionate people are about data. > Now I just > >have to close out the 800+ comments we received from federal > agencies > >(with some help, thankfully). Many of the comments were on sections > that > >we removed for this version (and replaced with agency guidance), so > >those will be easy to close. > > > >Joe > > > >> Congratulations, > >> Rex > >> > >> At 12:18 PM -0500 12/22/05, Chiusano Joseph wrote: > >> >Hi All, > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >I am happy to announce that the FEA Data Reference Model (DRM), > >> which >has been in process since February 2005, was released > >> publicly as final >yesterday by the U.S. Executive Office of the > >> President, Office of >Management and Budget (OMB[1]). Its release > >> was originally thought to >be delayed until 4-6 more > weeks, but OMB > >> surprised us (the DRM 2.0 > >> >initiative) by releasing it yesterday as final, with no updates > >> >requested. The biggest change since the last draft is the > addition > >> of >guidance for federal agencies on how to use > >> >(implement) the DRM. I have been supporting this initiative since > it > >> >began. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >This reference model, part of the U.S. Federal Enterprise > >> Architecture >(FEA), was developed in conjunction with a > 124-member > >> Working Group >comprised of 30 U.S. federal agencies in all 3 > >> primary areas of >government (civil, defense, and > intelligence). The > >> primary purpose of >the DRM is "to enable information > sharing and > >> reuse across the federal >government via the standard > description > >> and discovery of common > data > >> >and the promotion of uniform data management practices.". > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >A data management strategy is also in process, and its > release is > >> >planned for early 2006. An updated draft DRM XML Schema > is also in > >> >process (I have just released a draft for internal review by a > >> >subgroup of the DRM initiative), and should be available publicly > in > >> >early 2006. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >If you have any questions on this document, please let me know. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >Happy Holidays! > >> > > >> >Joe > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ><http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/documents/DRM_2_0_Final.pdf>[1] > >> >http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/documents/DRM_2_0_Final.pdf > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >Kind Regards, > >> > > >> >Joseph Chiusano > >> >Associate > >> >Booz Allen Hamilton > >> > > >> >700 13th St. NW, Suite 1100 > >> >Washington, DC 20005 > >> >O: 202-508-6514 > >> >C: 202-251-0731 > >> >Visit us online@ > <http://www.boozallen.com/>http://www.boozallen.com > >> > > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Rex Brooks > >> President, CEO > >> Starbourne Communications Design > >> GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison > >> Berkeley, CA 94702 > >> Tel: 510-849-2309 > >> > > > -- > Rex Brooks > President, CEO > Starbourne Communications Design > GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison > Berkeley, CA 94702 > Tel: 510-849-2309 >
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