Jim –
If a new specification is developed, wouldn’t you have the same problem that you have with genericode now? It would not yet be supported by most tools. Unless I’m missing something here (which is not out of
the realm of possibility), it appears there must be some other reason the NTAC doesn’t want to use genericode. Are they thinking a new specification could more readily be supported by other tools?
--Jim H
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Subject: [legalxml-courtfiling] Fw: NIEM Codes and OASIS
LegalXML Steering Committee:
FYI. There is interest in the NIEM Technical Architecture Committee (NTAC) in developing a new specification for the management of code lists as an alternative to both XML schema
which is not robust enough and Genericode which is not supported by most tools. Any developments in this area would be of interest to the ECF TC and likely other LegalXML TCs. I am encouraging the NTAC to partner with OASIS n this area. I will let you know
what develops.
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Jim Cabral
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From: Jim Cabral
Sent: Monday, June 9, 2014 12:19 PM
To: Andrew Owen
Cc: sar@mitre.org
Andrew,
The Technical Committee process provides answers to most of your questions at
https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/tc-process
In short, any 3 OASIS members can start a committee and all participants on the committee will need to be OASIS members. The cost of joining OASIS is provided at
https://www.oasis-open.org/join. The cost for government agencies is much lower than companies (including non-profits). There are also individual memberships.
If we imagine a number of NIEM-related specifications (that is, multiple technical committees) being developed within OASIS, we may want to look into creating a NIEM Member Section at some point. The rules
for creating a Member Section are at
https://www.oasis-open.org/member-sections/forming.
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Jim Cabral
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From: Andrew Owen
Sent: Monday, June 9, 2014 11:34 AM
To: Jim Cabral
Cc: sar@mitre.org
Hey Jim,
At the face to face you mentioned the idea of seeking assistance from OASIS to solve the code table problem. I think this is a good idea and would like to pursue it. First,
I want to make sure NTAC is clear on how this process would play out. Can you give me a brief summary of the OASIS process – how exactly would we initiate this? Since we’ve explored the code list issues quite extensively, I’d like NTAC to document the problem
we have, how far we got with Genericode and the issues we discovered with Genericode. I assume this would be helpful in standing up a new TC or reinvigorating an existing one.
Also, what are the rules of OASIS participation? For instance, will NIEM PMO need to become a member of OASIS in order for NTAC to participate in this process?
Thanks,
-Andrew
Andrew T. Owen
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SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics
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