Re: [egov] Tactics on data alignment / standardization

["Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@bah.com>]

Thomas,

One area (among many) that you might want to research is the Danish
government, who has their own XML committee [1].

Kind Regards,
Joe Chiusano
Booz | Allen | Hamilton

[1]
http://www.idealliance.org/papers/dx_xmle03/papers/03-05-04/03-05-04.html

Thomas Lee wrote:
> 
> Dear John and other eGov experts,
> 
> The Government team and my team are very impressed by UK Government's
> achievement on the production of the Data Standards Catalogue.  After
> the production of our XML Guide, our priority will be to gather
> different Government departments to concertedly align Government data
> elements and develop XML schemas for those elements. We forsee there
> will be considerable politics in arriving at commonly agreed data
> representations among different departments.
> 
> Do any of you kindly share with us your tips, tactics, experiences, and
> reference materials on handling politics in  Government-wide data
> standardization? Have you created / referenced any standardization
> process for this purpose?
> 
> Regards,
> Thomas
> 
> P.S. Please see the following email messages from my Government partner.
> 
> -----
> Dear Thomas
> 
> Re the preceeding email, the UK's Government Data Standards Catalogue is
> a useful reference.
> (http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/schemasstandards/eservices.asp)
> 
> We are looking for things beyond what's stated in volume 1.    We want
> tacit knowledge, including how to deal with politics.
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Marianne
> 
> -----
> Dear Thomas
> 
> While we are making preparation to pursue with the progressive alignment
> of common data elements across government  departments, can you share
> with us some tips or tactics on data alignment / data standardization,
> so that we can be more tactful in this exercise.
> 
> Thank you in advance for your advice
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Marianne
> 
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