Fw: NIEM Codes and OASIS

LegalXML Steering Committee:

  FYI.  There is interest in the NIEM Technical Architecture Committee (NTAC) in developing a new specification for the management of code lists as an alternative to both XML schema which is not robust enough and Genericode which is not supported by most
  tools. Any developments in this area would be of interest to the ECF TC and likely other LegalXML TCs.  I am encouraging the NTAC to partner with OASIS n this area.  I will let you know what develops.

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 Jim Cabral
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From:   Jim
  Cabral
  Sent:  ?Monday?, ?June? ?9?, ?2014 ?12?:?19? ?PM
To:   Andrew Owen
Cc:   
Andrew,

  The Technical Committee process provides answers to most of your questions at

 https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/tc-process

  In short, any 3 OASIS members can start a committee and all participants on the committee will need to be OASIS members.  The cost of joining OASIS is provided at
  https://www.oasis-open.org/join .  The cost for government agencies is much lower than companies (including non-profits).  There are also individual memberships.

  If we imagine a number of NIEM-related specifications (that is, multiple technical committees) being developed within OASIS, we may want to look into creating a NIEM Member Section at some point.  The rules for creating a Member Section are at
  https://www.oasis-open.org/member-sections/forming .

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 Jim Cabral
 502-509-4532
From:   Andrew
  Owen
  Sent:  ?Monday?, ?June? ?9?, ?2014 ?11?:?34? ?AM
To:   Jim Cabral
Cc:   
Hey Jim,



At the face to face you mentioned the idea of seeking assistance from OASIS to solve the code table problem. I think this is a good idea and would like to pursue it.  First,
  I want to make sure NTAC is clear on how this process would play out.  Can you give me a brief summary of the OASIS process – how exactly would we initiate this?  Since we’ve explored the code list issues quite extensively, I’d like NTAC to document the problem
  we have, how far we got with Genericode and the issues we discovered with Genericode.  I assume this would be helpful in standing up a new TC or reinvigorating an existing one.



Also, what are the rules of OASIS participation?  For instance, will NIEM PMO need to become a member of OASIS in order for NTAC to participate in this process?



Thanks,

-Andrew



Andrew T. Owen

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