David, John,
That looks good to me. Three heads are better than one!
Regards
Paul
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Webber (XML) [mailto:]
> Sent: 11 July 2005 21:11
> To: Borras, John; Paul Spencer
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [election-services] GAO VVSG response item #1
>
>
> John,
>
> Still needs few more tweaks here - to make sure associated parts remain
> together - little disjointed as it was - amended copy below.
>
> Also - I'm intending that we can send this to GAO as part of their request
> for comment on their VVSG1 - but there is more to be done on that
> front, so
> this piece should become part of that overall submission. I'll
> work up some
> thoughts on a possible outline structure for a response that
> introduces EML
> to the GAO, and then suggests where their VVSG1 has opportunities to
> leverage EML. We can then see who would like to spend their
> summer holidays
> typing some of that for us!
>
> DW
>
> <vote_process_terms>
> Digital vote records, audit trail control and vote process configuration
> and control scripts should be implemented, stored and prepared using
> open public specifications which are royalty free and provide open
> public license terms. The configuration, rendering and transfer of
> such records and voting content should use formats that utilize
> content mark-up language techniques such as the widely adopted
> Extensible Mark-up Language (XML) syntax along with content
> formats such as those specified by the OASIS Election
> Mark-up Language (EML) standard. The process definitions
> and implementations can then be independently verified and
> compatibility certified.
> </vote_process_terms>
>
>
