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        Please review the attached minutes from our Reference Information Model Subcommittee on Feb 21, 2013 for approval at our next meeting. Thanks.
        

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        Document Name: DRAFT-02-21-13-Minutes-RIM-Subcommittee-1.doc

        
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        At the Feb 21st, 2013 meeting of the Reference Information Model

Subcommittee, the members discussed the following topics: 

1.  TOPIC: Guidance for usage of ?UNKNOWN?: ?If an element is required and

a list of default values is provided, the list should contain the value

?UNKNOWN?; however, practitioners should only utilize this value when the

element value is truly unknown.?

2.  TOPIC: Recommendation for usage of ?Layers?: ?Layers (extensions) are

recommended for usage across the EDXL family, along with Profiles

(constraints), and the RIM is in the process of generating guidance

documents on these.?

3.  TOPIC: Recommendation for additional policy documentation: 

?Organizations, communities and governments at the various national,

regional and local levels should define the guidance and policy needed for

using Layers and Profiles. Changes to the body of the formal standard

itself, e.g. CAP, should be limited to those changes needed to serve the

entire community. National, regional, or local concerns should be addressed

through the use of Extensions and Profiles.?What are the implications of

adopting and using the ?Layers? concept as an extension mechanism in EDXL

standards?        

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        Submitter: Jeff Waters

                Group: EM Reference Information Model SC

        Folder: Meeting Notes

        Date submitted: 2013-03-07 09:06:50