interim schemas and xml files that suggest enhancements to WSCAL and EMI

EMIX Team,

The attached are drafts of schema work that was done toward a white paper written for the SGIP by Aaron Snyder and myself. We are seeking review by the participants of the TT meeting. However, Dr. Cox indicated to us that there was urgency to providing a draft of the schema work to this list, and so we have accommodated his recommendations.

The white paper which includes an explanation of these will be completed after we have the participants review cycle by the end of this month.

It was found that through some small changes in each standard, substantial alignment was achieved. Note that while there is not an exact duplication of components, there is a one to one correspondence of elements in SEP 2.0 to EMIX as revised. EMIX being the standard with greater scope and additional requirements beyond those engaged by SEP 2.0, the focus on enhancement was performed principally there.

Note that in all cases, care was taken not to add constraints to any schema, only extension and clarification of capabilities were exploited. By all means, there were probably alternate approaches to the same ends but these revisions are examples that do work and illustrate the possibilities for standards harmonization.

To test the validity of the schemas, two EMIX XML examples were constructed – an implementation of EMIX figure 4-1, and, a an implementation of the TT Use Case as implemented similar to SEP2.0.

Cheers,

Marty

Dr. Martin J. Burns

President

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