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Please review these minutes from the July 11, 2013 meeting of the Reference Information Model Subcommittee for approval at our next meeting, subject to any specified changes. Thanks.

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Jeff Waters
Document Name :  DRAFT-07-11-13-Minutes-RIM-Subcommittee.doc
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At the July 11, 2013 meeting of the Reference Information Model  Subcommittee, the members discussed the following topics:

 1.TOPIC: Supporting Free Text Fields

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HaVE needed a common type other  than EDXLString to support free text fields, like comments, because  EDXLString is derived from Token and so removes end-of-lines and other  useful formatting. Should we have a common type, e.g. LimitedString, to  handle this or should EDXLString not be so restrictive? Answer ? Further  discussion is needed. Maintaining white space is sometimes desired,  sometimes not. What is best practice and who should decide, those  developing the main base type or later users?

 2. TOPIC: Security Guidance

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Do we have a security recommendations  guidance document for XML developers and users? Answer: No, but general  guidance might be useful. Brian will draft an initial version.

 3. TOPIC: Constraints Note

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Who would like to draft the Constraints note?  Answer: Norm will do an initial draft, once the Extension note is put into  the proper template by Jeff.

 4. TOPIC: Reference Information Model Next Steps ? What should be our next  steps for advancing our Reference Information Model? Answer: More  discussion needed, but consider HL7 RIM work and also potential for using  EDXL Vocabulary elements descriptively and independently as in Linked Open  Vocabularies.
References:
 (1)	Introduction to HL7 Reference Information Model:  http://www.hl7.org/documentcenter/public_temp_1AA9F9B8-1C23-BA17-0C85F2FD421DAD9C/calendarofevents/himss/2011/HL7%20Reference%20Information%20Model.pdf

 (2)	Norm Paulsen's ?Environment Canada Layer? document summarizing the  ?Layers? concept:  https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/emergency-rim/download.php/47099/Environment%20Canada%20Layer(3).doc

 (2)	Doug Allport's email summarizing ?Layers?:  https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/emergency/201206/msg00020.html

 (3)	Draft ?EDXL Extensions? document, summarizing and proposing the use of  ?Layers? as one of two primary EDXL Extension mechanisms along with  ValueLists:  https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/emergency-rim/download.php/47583/EDXL_Extensions_Draft_ver_1.doc

  (4)	Examples of Linked Open Vocabularies (which might be an example of how  an EDXL RIM Vocabulary could be used):

 1.	http://www.elprofesionaldelainformacion.com/contenidos/2012/mayo/03_eng.pdf
 2.	http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/Linked_Data_Getty_Vocabularies.pdf
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Submitter : Jeff Waters
Group : EM Reference Information Model SC
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Date submitted : 2013-07-16 13:21:22