RE: [regrep] FW: IECM Standards Proposal

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chiusano Joseph [mailto:chiusano_joseph@bah.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 2:34 PM
> To: Matthew MacKenzie; Farrukh Najmi
> Cc: regrep@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [regrep] FW: IECM Standards Proposal
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Matthew MacKenzie [mailto:mattm@adobe.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 2:19 PM
> > To: Farrukh Najmi
> > Cc: Chiusano Joseph; regrep@lists.oasis-open.org
> > Subject: Re: [regrep] FW: IECM Standards Proposal
> > 
> > I don't agree that ebXML Registry should be compared directly to 
> > content management solutions unless the messaging around such a 
> > comparison is that  ebXML Registry forms a lightweight content 
> > management solution.
> > 
> > Of course, some people have implemented ebXML Registry 
> solutions that 
> > are capable of handling the same volume of data that content 
> > management solutions do, I just don't think that we should be 
> > departing from the pure registry concept.
> > It serves us better if users/customers understand that a registry 
> > doesn't need to own all of its content.
> 
> Good point - sounds like this a value proposition for us: The 
> ability to manage content from sources other than a local repository.

Or maybe not such a value prop - ironically, I am in the midst of
reading a document on the FileNet P8 ECM Suite's capabilities, which
include a Virtual Content Management (VCM) framework by which "content
can be automatically accessed and repurposed in external repositories
from a central point of access.".  	

Kind Regards,
Joe Chiusano
Booz Allen Hamilton
Strategy and Technology Consultants to the World
  
> Kind Regards,
> Joe Chiusano
> Booz Allen Hamilton
> Strategy and Technology Consultants to the World
>  
> > -Matt
> > 
> > On Oct 20, 2004, at 1:33 PM, Farrukh Najmi wrote:
> > 
> > > ebXML Registry standard should be factored into any Content
> > Management
> > > standards activity. I have always maintained that Content (and
> > > Metadata) Management is our core value. Can you explore 
> what can be 
> > > done to sync these activities with Owen and others? Thanks.
> > >
> > > Chiusano Joseph wrote:
> > >
> > >> Forwarding this message from Owen Ambur, Co-Chair of the XML.gov 
> > >> Working Group. It refers to the crafting of "a 
> conceptual proposal 
> > >> for specification of an international standard for Interoperable 
> > >> Enterprise Content Management (IECM)" within AIIM, an
> > effort lead by
> > >> Paul Fontaine of US Department of Transportation (DOT) and Mike 
> > >> Connor of Adobe.
> > >>
> > >> Is anyone else on our TC (besides Duane, Matt, and Ed
> > Chase) aware of
> > >> this effort? Can/should we factor ebXML Registry in?
> > >>
> > >> Cheers,
> > >> Joe
> > >> Booz Allen Hamilton
> > >> Strategy and Technology Consultants to the World
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Owen_Ambur@ios.doi.gov
> > [mailto:Owen_Ambur@ios.doi.gov] Sent:  
> > >> Wednesday, October 20, 2004 1:17 PM
> > >> To: Paul.Fontaine@ost.dot.gov; miconnor@adobe.com
> > >> Cc: bfanning@aiim.org; dennis.hamilton@acm.org; 
> > >> jtsprehe@jtsprehe.com; sheila.campbell@gsa.gov; 
> > >> Thomas_McClay@ios.doi.gov; tbyrne@cmswatch.com; 
> ejw@cse.ucsc.edu; 
> > >> bmanago@mdy.com; Jon.Barrett@Tally.Hummingbird.com;
> > >> julian.reschke@gmx.de; gstein@lyra.org; qdaly@xythos.com; 
> > >> GOConnell@PureEdge.com; richards.john-a@epamail.epa.gov; 
> > >> odonnell.chris@epa.gov; Edwin_McCeney@ios.doi.gov; 
> > >> Maewyn.Cumming@cabinet-office.gsi.gov.uk;
> > >> John.Borras@e-Envoy.gsi.gov.uk; karl.best@oasis-open.org; 
> > >> Diane.Lewis@nhtsa.dot.gov; Ted_Weir@blm.gov;
> > Michael.Daconta@dhs.gov;
> > >> Niemann.Brand@epamail.epa.gov; susan.turnbull@gsa.gov; Chiusano 
> > >> Joseph
> > >> Subject: IECM Standards Proposal
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Paul & Mike, thanks a bunch for taking the lead in crafting a 
> > >> conceptual proposal for specification of an 
> international standard 
> > >> for Interoperable Enterprise Content Management (IECM)!
> > >>
> > >> Such an effort would be a natural extension of AIIM's technical 
> > >> report on document and records management functions:  ANSI/AIIM 
> > >> TR48-2004, Framework for the Integration of Electronic Document 
> > >> Management Systems and Electronic Records Management Systems.
> > >> http://www.aiim.org/standards.asp?ID=24484 (That group, 
> in which I 
> > >> participated, made a conscious decision to *exclude*
> > consideration of
> > >> "content" management as a matter of manageable scope.)
> > >>
> > >> It could also build upon and "modernize" the efforts of
> > the Document
> > >> Management Alliance (DMA), including the ODMA standard,
> > taking into
> > >> account the evolution of the Web, XML, and
> > component-based, service
> > >> oriented architecture.  See http://www.infonuovo.com/dma/ & 
> > >> http://www.infonuovo.com/odma/ & 
> > >> http://nfocentrale.net/NuovoDoc/info/deh-sketch.htm
> > >>
> > >> It could be considered an extension to the WebDAV standard
> > and DASL.
> > >> See http://www.ics.uci.edu/~ejw/authoring/ &
> > http://www.webdav.org/ &
> > >> http://www.webdav.org/dasl/
> > >>
> > >> As you have outlined the problem/opportunity, XForms 
> could also be 
> > >> implicated.  http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/  Certainly,
> > "forms" are
> > >> just another kind of document/record/content that needs to
> > be managed.
> > >> For example, the core set of metadata required to manage
> > forms may be
> > >> the same as for any other document/record.
> > >>
> > >> However, as I indicated at the joint xmlCoP/SICoP meeting
> > yesterday,
> > >> I encourage you to scope the effort to encompass work 
> that can be 
> > >> reasonably accomplished in a relatively short period of
> > time, e.g., 6
> > >> months.
> > >> Ideally, one result would be to flesh out the 
> > >> document/records/content management elements of the Federal 
> > >> Enterprise Architecture (FEA) Service Component Reference Model 
> > >> (SRM), Data and Information Reference Model (DRM), and Technical 
> > >> Reference Model (TRM).  In particular, I believe the time
> > is ripe for
> > >> specification of a core set of XML metadata elements to 
> facilitate 
> > >> the discovery and management of documents/records/content
> > on the Web.
> > >>
> > >> The bottom line is that I will be *delighted* to support this 
> > >> initiative in any way that I can, particularly with 
> respect to the 
> > >> XML related aspects.
> > >>
> > >> Owen Ambur, Co-Chair
> > >> xmlCoP  http://xml.gov/
> > >>
> > >> BTW, here is the agenda that was postponed due to the
> > events of 9/11:
> > >> http://xml.gov/agenda/20010919old.htm
> > >>
> > >>
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> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > > Farrukh
> > >
> > >
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