[FWD: NIEM 2.1 to be unveiled at the 2009 National NIEM Training Event inBaltimore, MD on Sep 30th!]

["David RR Webber \(XML\)" <david@drrw.info>]

FYI, DW

• Group: National Information Exchange Model
• Subject: NIEM 2.1 to be unveiled at the 2009 National NIEM Training Event in Baltimore, MD on Sep 30th!

The much-anticipated National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) Version 2.1 is in the works. A beta release candidate will be available for public review and comment late this summer. The final production release is planned to take place prior to the National NIEM Training Event. With 35% more content, the National NIEM Training Event provides the perfect opportunity to learn more about the new release.

NIEM 2.1 will feature three new domains: Maritime, Family Services, and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear

- The Maritime domain will be sponsored by the U.S. Navy as the executive agent for the Maritime Domain Awareness and will include the harmonized content from the Maritime Information Exchange Model 1.0 (MIEM).

- The Family Services domain will be a joint effort of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration on Children and Families, the National Center for State Courts (NCSC), and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

- The Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) domain will be sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Domestic Nuclear Detection.

Updates will be made to existing domains, including:

- Improvement on the structure for an offense in the Justice domain.

- The Infrastructure Protection domain will provide a complete taxonomy of infrastructure categories. This should prove widely reusable by developers in many lines of business.

- The Emergency Management domain will tighten its linkage to the EDXL messaging standards. It also incorporates the results of a successful pilot at the Richmond, Virginia, emergency dispatch center, enabling the reuse of exchanges with private alarm companies.

General improvements have been made to all domains in the model:

- Harmonization that has reduced many overlapping or duplicate data elements between domains.

- No more missing definitions! All elements in the 2.1 release have a clear, plain-English definition, making it easier to find and reuse individual elements in the model.

For more information: http://niem.gov/newsletter200907.php#nl
Posted By Donna Roy