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Subject: [Reference Model Definition Included in US Federal Glossary] FW: [xml-dev] Improving Standards and Specifications with WikiPedia
FYI: The e-mail below is a response from me to the XML-DEV listserv on using Wiki for a glossary of terms. I cited the US Federal Government's Chief Architects Forum (CAF) wiki at: http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ChiefArchitectsForum%20 Link to the Glossary (from Wiki home page): http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Enterprise_Architecture_Glossary_O f_Terms Which contains a definition of "reference model" that should look familiar to all of us (I contributed our definition to Ira Grossman, who chairs the Glossary effort). Here is a recent article about the Glossary effort: http://www.fcw.com/article90386-08-24-05-Web "Federal architects ready glossary of terms" (released 8/24/05) Joe Joseph Chiusano Booz Allen Hamilton O: 703-902-6923 C: 202-251-0731 Visit us online@ http://www.boozallen.com -----Original Message----- From: Chiusano Joseph Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 10:59 AM To: 'Bullard, Claude L (Len)'; XML Developers List Subject: RE: [xml-dev] Improving Standards and Specifications with WikiPedia The US federal government is doing this for enterprise architecture: http://www.fcw.com/article90386-08-24-05-Web "Federal architects ready glossary of terms" (released 8/24/05) Excerpts: - "The federal Chief Architects Forum has posted working draft definitions of 175 enterprise architecture terms on its public wiki site." - "Volunteers from industry and government are working to define the most common architecture terms, from "application" to "Extensible Markup Language schema." "Having support helps," said Ira Grossman, chairman of the forum." - "Because the wiki is a public site, people can immediately start commenting on the definitions, but a formalized process will be set up in the next two or three months, Grossman added. Further rounds of rewriting, editing and reviewing still need to be completed, he said." - "The project's goal is to gain consensus among government architecture practitioners on the exact meanings of some commonly used terms. "We've got to be talking the same language; by that I mean have the same vision," Grossman said." The Chief Architects Forum (CAF) public wiki is at: http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ChiefArchitectsForum%20 Link to the Glossary (from Wiki home page): http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Enterprise_Architecture_Glossary_O f_Terms I contributed the definition of "Reference Model", and perhaps some others inadvertently.:) Joe Joseph Chiusano Booz Allen Hamilton O: 703-902-6923 C: 202-251-0731 Visit us online@ http://www.boozallen.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Bullard, Claude L (Len) [mailto:len.bullard@intergraph.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 10:50 AM > To: XML Developers List > Subject: [xml-dev] Improving Standards and Specifications with > WikiPedia > > In a recent discussion about sensor specifications, I pointed out to > one editor that it would be useful if the glossary definitions in the > spec were copied into WikiPedia where they would instantly be > available to interested parties. > > Since a considerable number of editors hang out in these parts, what > say you? Sometimes we don't always know which definitions are being > promulgated in standards or specs that don't directly affect us but > are consonant or dissonant with work we are doing. Wikipedia is neat > way to find out about the conceptual overlaps and to correct and > converge, or at least, expose the conflicts and determine when > bifurcation is warranted. > > The answers.com widget is a very handy one to have, and as each spec > or standard contributes it's definitions to wikipedia, the overall > value of the webAsLibrary goes up. > > len > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php> > >
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