[xcbf] [Fwd: asn1xml Agreement on Certain Information ArchitecturePrinciples]

[Phil Griffin <phil.griffin@asn-1.com>]

Not sure if this is a matter that concerns us or not.
Here it is anyway.

Phil


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: asn1xml Agreement on Certain Information Architecture
Principles
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 10:23:04 -0400
From: Eliot Christian <echristi@usgs.gov>
Reply-To: asn1xml@oss.com
To: egovfellows@EXCELGOV.org

In the context of the U.S. Federal Government "Disaster Help"
e-Government initiative, I am helping draft a two-page paper:
"Agreement on Certain Information Architecture Principles".

Our focus is on the specification of shared interfaces among
systems operated by e-Government initiative participants.
The current draft calls out five minimum and critical
agreements required for interoperability:

  (1) Avoid non-standard data syntaxes
  (2) Register the semantics of shared data elements
  (3) Document service interfaces in a standard way
  (4) Implement the standard interface for information discovery
  (5) Implement the standard interfaces for geospatial data

There is also a short paragraph noting some requirements applicable
to Government participants, such as open and equal public access,
permanence of public access, privacy, security, records management,
and information management.

Anyone who would like to review the draft or advise on other major
principles, please contact me by e-mail to echristi@usgs.gov

(Also, please forward this note to other groups interested in
information architecture principles for e-Government.)

Thanks!

Eliot