RE: [ciq] Another potential use of CIQ

[Fulton Wilcox <fulton.wilcox@coltsnecksolutions.com>]

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