Re: [regrep] Action item

[Chiusano Joseph <chiusano_joseph@bah.com>]

Greetings,

Thanks to Kathryn for forwarding these EPA documents.  I'd like to
please offer feedback on them. 

Regarding "XML Registry Evaluation Criteria":  I went through the list
of requirements, and have extracted those that I believe we do not
currently cover in v3 (that is not to say that we should cover them). 
Please see attached document "XML Registry Evaluation Criteria -
DELTA".  I think the biggest difference is that we don't yet explicitly
support registration of XML artifacts (elements/attributes/datatypes) -
but I believe the Content Management feature paves the way for this.

Regarding "FinalSWReq":  The report I authored at LMI "Logistics
Management Institute, Requirements for an XML Registry, May 2001." was
an input to this document (I see many familiar references).  Two items
jumped out at me that I'd like to please share:

(1) ON NAMESPACES:
"At this time, EPA has not decided on a namespace strategy.  However, it
is clear to developers of XML schemas that namespaces will be needed to
ensure uniqueness of naming to avoid tag name collisions on the
network.  Namespace management will require controls on changing objects
that are referenced externally and requirements for notification of
changes."

(2) ON GOVERNMENT REGISTRY IMPLEMENTATIONS:
"XML Working Group of the Federal CIO Council (XMLWG) has created a
working group to consider development of federal government XML
Registries.  Both the Department of Defense and the National Institute
of Standards and Technology registries have been considered to be
prototypes for a government-wide registry.  At this time, an
alternatives analysis of managing XML resources in federal agencies is
under development."

Thanks for your time.

Joe

"Breininger, Kathryn R" wrote:
> 
> I had an action item out of the Open Forum to talk with Kathleen Gundry about a list of requirements for the EPA registry, and to see if there are requirements that may be met with version 3.0, or that we may want to consider with version 4.0.  Attached are the documents, plus some explanation from Kathleen.  I would like to discuss these at our next telecon.  If we have questions, I can compile them and send to Kathleen.
> 
> ........snip from Kathleen........
> 
> Since Larry has authorized its release, I am attaching a requirements
> document that we prepared for the EPA-State Environmental Exchange
> Network (Word file titled Final SWRequirements). The requirements are
> described in some depth.  We prepared this document in support of the
> Technical Resources Group that advises the Exchange Network on XML
> technology implementations.  The group did not identify their priority
> requirements, so they are not reflected in the document, and I can't
> speak for the group.
> 
> I can offer you two other sources that might help winnow the large list
> of requirements.  (1) Subsequent to the requirements analysis, we
> prepared an analysis of available options.  We summarized the list of
> requirements in evaluating the available XML registry tools.  I have
> attached the summarized list of requirements as a Word document, called
> XML registry evaluation criteria.  (2) After the completion of the draft
> options analysis, the work group decided to adopt an interim solution,
> as they felt that the market was not ripe for making a commitment to a
> final software solution for XML management.  In evaluating an interim
> solution, they reduced the requirements to a very bare bones list:  Post
> Schema, Query Schema, Retrieve Schema, and provide some form of schema
> versioning. An API was seen as desirable, but not really required.  Cost
> was a factor in selecting the interim solution.  However, this would not
> constitute the requirements priorities for a longer term registry
> solution.
>  <<XML Registry Evaluation Criteria.doc>>  <<FinalSWReq--Wordversion.doc>>
> .......snip.............
> 
> Kathryn
> 
> Kathryn Breininger
> CENTRAL Project Manager
> Emerging Technologies
> Boeing Library Services
> 
> 425-965-0182 phone
> 425-237-3491 fax
> kathryn.r.breininger@boeing.com
> 
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>                                               Name: XML Registry Evaluation Criteria.doc
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>                                           Encoding: BASE64
>                                        Description: XML Registry Evaluation Criteria.doc
> 
>                                      Name: FinalSWReq--Wordversion.doc
>    FinalSWReq--Wordversion.doc       Type: Microsoft Word Document (application/msword)
>                                  Encoding: BASE64
>                               Description: FinalSWReq--Wordversion.doc

Attachment: EPA XML Registry Evaluation Criteria - DELTA.doc
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