FEA Data Reference Model (DRM) 2.0 Now Final

Hi All,

 

I am happy to announce that the FEA 
Data Reference Model (DRM), which has been in process since February 2005, was 
released publicly as final yesterday by the U.S. Executive Office of the 
President, Office of Management and Budget (OMB[1]). 
Its release was originally thought to be delayed until 4-6 more weeks, 
but OMB surprised us (the DRM 2.0 initiative) by releasing it yesterday as 
final, with no updates requested. The biggest change since the last draft is the 
addition of guidance for federal agencies on how to use (implement) the DRM. I 
have been supporting this initiative since it began.

 

This reference model, part of the 
U.S. Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA), was developed in conjunction with a 
124-member Working Group comprised of 30 U.S. federal 
agencies in all 3 primary areas of government (civil, defense, and 
intelligence). The primary purpose of the DRM is “to enable information sharing 
and reuse across the federal government via the standard description and 
discovery of common data and the promotion of uniform data management 
practices.”. 

 

A data management strategy is also 
in process, and its release is planned for early 2006. An updated draft DRM XML 
Schema is also in process (I have just released a draft for internal review by a 
subgroup of the DRM initiative), and should be available publicly in early 
2006.

 

If you have any questions on this 
document, please let me know.

 

Happy 
Holidays!

Joe

 

[1] http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/documents/DRM_2_0_Final.pdf

 

Kind Regards,

Joseph Chiusano

Associate

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