Proceedings

Abstract:

The U.S. Federal Government Communities of Practice using XML need to network to discover and appreciate more what one another are doing and to identify new areas for collaboration. This Town Hall provides that opportunity at a major conference for at least 6 major XML-based CoPs to summarize their activities and network with one another.

The 6 major XML-based CoPs that will summarize their activities and needs for broader collaboration are as follows:

(1) XML CoP's Et.Gov for the CIO Council's Architecture & Infrastrucuture Committee(the XML-based registration of emerging technology companies providing eGovernment products and services - updated from last year's conference): Owen Ambur, Co-Chair of the XML CoP at http://xml.gov

(2) XML Authoring/Editing Forum, September 21, 2004 (how to plan an XML Conference using XML): Betty Harvey, Washington Area SGML/XML Users Group,

http://www.eccnet.com/xmlug/XML-forum/agenda-2004.xml

(3) Army Knowledge Management Symposium, Semantic Web Track (in Support of the Army's Battle Command Knowledge System), August 30-September 3, 2004, Rick Morris, Nancy Faget, and Kathy Romero, Organizers, http://www.afcea.org/doim2004/Track8.htm

(4) Second Annual Semantic Technologies for E-Gov Conference (a public-private partnership that produced a two-day conference for which more than 300 individuals registered, more than 40 Defense and civilian agencies sent personnel, and more than 50 major contractor organizations were represented), September 8-9, 2004, Brand Niemann, SiCoP Co-Chair, http://www.topquadrant.com/conferences/sept8_2004/stgov04.htm

(5) Intelligence Community Metadata Working Group (IC MWG) (the CoP for metadata standards activities within the Intelligence Community and other national security communities of interestfor the purposes of data interoperability and information discovery including the XML Consumer Report and Joint Interoperability Test Command), Tim West, Chair, http://www.xml.saic.com/icml/

(6) Joint XML CoP - SiCoP Data and Information Reference Model XML Profile (report on a Special Workshop, October 19th, in support of the Federal Enterprise Architecture), Mike Daconta, Metadata Program Manager, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BestPracticeProcessforImplementingFEA_Data_Reference_Model_XMLProfile_2004_10_19