Addressing an issue of compatibility

I'm not waving a red 
flag here, but I do want to bring to the attention of the committee something of 
interest that has just come to my attention.  I'll have to take a closer 
look at it, but you and your organizations may want to do so as 
well.

 

Specifically, we are 
considering establishing ISO/IEC 11179 as a standard for data element naming and 
definition.

 

Insofar as that 
activity goes, you might be saying, "So?" And you'd be okay to do 
so.

 

However, there is 
within the specification, the following section which you might find 
interesting:

 

Part 6: ISO/IEC, 11179-6, Registration of Data Elements, provides 
instruction on how a registration applicant may register a data element with a 
central Registration Authority and the allocation of unique identifiers for each 
data elements. Maintenance of data elements already registered is also 
specified.

The questions that come immediately to 
mind are, how congruent with the RegRep proposal is the 11179 Spec? Is there any 
conflict which should be of concern? Etc... 

Comments?

Jamie Walker 
Sr. Systems Analyst / Intranet Strategist 

Everett IS Arch. Planning & 
Implementation 
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Ph: 425-294-8295 Fx: 
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