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BUSINESS
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PERIOD COVERED:
September 2004 to April 2005 with Chairman�s remarks to September 2005
The time frame to which this submission/update relates, indicating the month and year in full (from - to).� This time frame would normally cover the period between plenary meetings of JTC 1 or of the SC to which this business plan applies.
The Business Plan was
approved by the SC 32 committee in
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SUBMITTED BY:
Bruce Bargmeyer ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32 Chairman
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1.0���� MANAGEMENT SUMMARY
1. 1��� CHAIRMAN'S REMARKS
SC
32 participants are making rapid progress on a wide range of projects as shown
below. The standards range from relatively mature technologies to emerging
technologies. Participants range widely from major vendors, to academe, and
users, including government agencies. Contributions from continents other than
SC 32 WG 2 is moving quickly to develop a third edition of ISO/IEC 11179, with the intent to extend metadata registry capabilities to register and manage semantics. It is also developing a series of standards that comprise a Framework for Metamodel Interoperability. Substantial efforts are being made to align these standards within SC 32 and between WG 2 and OMG, through a series of liaison meetings. These standards represent thrusts to lead the development of emerging technologies in these areas. In addition to the standards specifications, prototype systems are being built to confirm the validity of the standards specifications.
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1.2���� JTC 1 SC32 STATEMENT OF SCOPE
JTC 1/ SC 32
Title:�� Data Management and Interchange
Area of Work: Standards for data management
within and among local and distributed information s
1) reference models and frameworks for the coordination of existing and emerging standards;
2) definition
of data domains, data t
3) languages, services and protocols for persistent storage, concurrent access, concurrent update and interchange of data;�
4) methods,
languages, services and protocols to structure, organize and register metadata
and other information resources associated with sharing and interoperabilit
JTC 1/ SC 32/WG 01
Title:�� e-Business
Area of Work: Standardization in the field of
generic information technolog
Within this context the scope includes:
1� methodolog
2� identification and specification of formal description techniques for describing classes of business requirements and their contextual and semantic specifications;
3� identification and specification of formal description techniques for developing business scenarios and their components;
4� identification and specification of
information technolog
5� identification and specification of facilities to manage business scenarios and their.
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Note:
Priorit
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JTC 1/ SC 32/WG 02
Title:�� Metadata
Area of Work: To develop and maintain
standards that facilitate specification and management
of metadata. Use of these standards will enhance the understanding and sharing
of data, information and processes to support, for example, interoperabilit
a)� a framework for
specif
b)� specification and management of data elements, structures and their associated;��
c)� specification and management of value domains, such as classification and code schemes;��
d)� specification and management of data about processes and behaviour;��
e)� facilities to manage
metadata, for example: data dictionaries, repositories, information resource
dictionar
f)� facilities to exchange metadata, including its semantics, over the Internet, intranets and other media.
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JTC 1/ SC 32/WG 03
Title:�� Database Languages
Area of Work: The terms of reference of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC32/WG3 Database Languages are:
1. To develop and maintain
languages for the d
2. To provide additional support
for the integrit
3. To develop and maintain
languages which provide for the storage, access and manipulation of data in
database structures b
4. To provide interfaces for the languages developed to other standard programming languages.
5. To provide interfaces or
access to other standards describing data t
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JTC 1/ SC 32/WG 04
Title:�� SQL Multimedia & Application Packages
Area of Work: To specif
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1.3���� PROJECT REPORT
http://jtc1sc32.org
1.4���� CO-OPERATION AND COMPETITION
A complete listing of SC
32 liaisons is listed in the following tables.�
SC 32 is continuall
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Internal Liaison Membership
IEC B3
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC� 2����� Coded character sets
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC� 6����� Telecommunications and information exchange between systems
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC� 7����� Systems Engineering -
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC� 7/WG 7����������� Software engineering/Life cycle management
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22���� Programming languages
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22/WG 20��������� Programming languages/Internationalization
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24���� Computer Graphics and Image Processing
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27���� IT Security Techniques
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34���� Document Description and Processing Languages
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35���� User Interfaces
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36���� Information Technology for Learning, Education & Training
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37���� Biometrics
ISO/TC� 37����������������� Terminology (principles and coordination)
ISO/TC� 37/SC 2���������� Terminology and other language resources - Terminography and Lexicography
ISO/TC� 37/SC 3���������� Terminology/Computer Applications
ISO/TC� 37/SC 4���������� Terminology and other language resources
ISO/TC� 46����������������� Information and documentation
ISO/TC� 46/SC� 4��������� Information and documentation/Computer applications
ISO/TC� 46/SC 11�������� Archives / Records Management
ISO/TC� 46/WG 2��������� Information and documentation/Coding of country names and related entities
ISO/TC� 68/SC 2���������� Banking, securities and other financial services/ Security management
ISO/TC 127/WG 2��������
ISO/TC 154����������������� Documents and data elements in administration, commerce and industry
ISO/TC 204����������������� Transport Information and Control Systems
ISO/TC 211����������������� Geographic information/Geomatics
ISO/TC 215����������������� Healthcare Informatics
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External Liaison Membership
Categor
INTELSAT�������������������� International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
ITU���������������������������� International
Telecommunication
UN/ECE���������������������� UN/Economic Commission for Europe/CEFACT
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External
Liaison Membership Categor
CISAC������������������������ International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers
SWIFT������������������������ Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
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External Liaison Membership Categor
DCMI��������������������������
Eurostat���������������������� Eurostat
IEEE LTSC������������������� Learning Technology Standards Committee
OECD������������������������� Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OGC�������������������������� Open
W3C�������������������������� World Wide Web Consortium
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2.0���� PERIOD REVIEW
Excellent progress
has been made in developing SQL, SQL MM,
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2.1���� MARKET REQUIREMENTS
Market
requirements for SC 32 standards are driven b
SC 32 projects are
responding to an increasing market demand for semantics management. This is needed
for data in databases, XML messages, text in documents (which ma
Users are driving
the market demand for metadata registries that describe the structure and
meaning data. Major organizations are implementing metadata registries
according to SC 32 standards and in the process are creating demand for
extensions and broader coverage. This work is especiall
The market demand for SQL database
products remains strong. The clear acceptance of the SQL:2003
standards b
Market demand of
EDI and electronic commerce products grows as firms struggle to move into the
electronic marketplace. Standards for EDI functions are necessar
Each part of
SQL/MM standards is based on explicit requirements from a domain market.� Especiall
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2.2���� ACHIEVEMENTS
The following projects have completed or are in Stage 5 � Publication
1.32.10.02.00.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC 5218:2004
Information technology -� Codes for the representation of human sexes
1.32.15.02.01.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC 11179-1:2004
Information Technology --� Metadata Registries (
1.32.15.02.04.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC 11179-4:2004
Information Technology -- Metadata
Registries (
1.32.30.02.00.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC 14662:2004
Information technology - Open-Edi Reference Model 2nd Edition
1.32.16.01.03.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC TR 20943-3:2004
Information technology - Achieving Metadata Registry Content Consistency - Part 3: Value Domains
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The
following projects are completing Stage 4 � Approval Stage b
1.32.26.01.00.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC
Information technology - Meta Object Facility (MOF) Specification
1.32.27.01.00.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC
Information technology - XML Metadata Interchange (XMI)
1.32.15.02.06.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC FCD 11179-6
Information Technology -- Metadata
Registries (
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The following project completed Stage 3 � Committee Stage with FCD ballot
1.32.03.05.99.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC 9075:2003/Cor 1
Information technology- Database languages - SQL - Technical Corrigendum for SQL:2003
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The following project progressing Stage 3 � Committee Stage with FCD ballot
1.32.15.02.02.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC FCD 11179-2
Information technology -- Metadata
Registries (
1.32.15.02.05.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC FCD 11179-5
Information Technology --Metadata Registries
(
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The following project is progressing in Stage 3 � Committee Stage
1.32.03.06.14.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC CD 9075-14
Information technology --Database Language SQL - Part 14: SQL/XML
1.32.04.03.03.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC CD 13249-3
Information technology - SQL Multimedia and Application Packages - Part 3:� Spatial 3rd ed.
1.32.04.02.06.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC CD 13249-6
Information technology - Database languages - SQL Multimedia and Application Packages - Part 6: Data Mining 2nd ed
1.32.31.01.02.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC CD 15944-2
Information technology - Business Agreement Semantic Descriptive Techniques Part 2: Registration of Scenarios and their Components
1.32.31.01.03.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC CD 15944-3
Information technology - Business Agreement Semantic Descriptive Techniques Part 3: Open-edi Description Techniques
1.32.31.01.04.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC CD 15944-4
Information technology - Business Agreement Semantic Descriptive Techniques Part 4: Business Transaction Scenarios - Accounting and Economic Ontology
1.32.31.01.05.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC CD 15944-5
Information technology - Business Agreement Semantic Descriptive Techniques Part 5:� Identification and Mapping of Various Categories of Jurisdictional Domains
1.32.22.01.01.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC CD 19763-01
Information technology - Framework for Metamodel interoperability Part 1:� Reference model
1.32.22.01.02.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC CD 19763-02
Information technology - Framework for Metamodel interoperability Part 2:� Core (MOF/XMI extensions)
1.32.17.01.01.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC CD 20944-01
Information technology -� Metadata Interoperability & Bindings (MDIB) Part 1:Framework
1.32.17.01.02.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC CD 20944-02
Information technology - Metadata� Interoperability & Bindings (MDIB) Part 2: Common vocabulary
1.32.17.01.03.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC CD 20944-03
Information technology - Metadata� Interoperability & Bindings (MDIB) Part 3: Common Provisions for Conformance
1.32.17.01.20.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC CD 20944-20
Information technology - Metadata� Interoperability & Bindings (MDIB) Part 20: Common Provisions for Coding bindings
1.32.17.01.40.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC CD 20944-40
Information technology - Metadata� Interoperability & Bindings (MDIB)
Part 40: Common Provisions for
1.32.17.01.41.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC CD 20944-41
Information technology - Metadata� Interoperability & Bindings (MDIB)
Part 41: C
1.32.17.01.44.00�������������������������������� ISO/IEC CD 20944-44
Information technology - Metadata� Interoperability & Bindings (MDIB)
Part 44:ECMA script
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2.3���� RESOURCES
Adequate resources are currentl
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2.4���� ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
None
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2.5���� PARTICIPATION METRICS
Indicate the active participation of National Bodies in both meetings and balloting.� In particular, note if the 50% voting participation requirement is being met.
JTC 1/SC 32 Performance (as of 2005-10-01)
SC 32 METRIC |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
200510 |
Attendance at Meetings 1, 7 |
N/A |
476 |
57 |
73 |
62 |
53 |
47 |
47 |
61 |
New Standards Published 2 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
Total Standards Published 3 |
N/A |
23 |
31 |
28 |
34 |
41 |
43 |
37 |
41 |
Active Projects 4 |
N/A |
40 |
42 |
38 |
44 |
77 |
64 |
67 |
66 |
New Projects 5 |
N/A |
0 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
138 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1Average Meeting Attendance at Plenaries and
Working Groups
(where a plenar
2New Standards published (NSP)
3Total standards published (and currentl
4Active projects (AP)
5New projects introduced (NP)
6This does not include the first Planning
meeting of JTC 1/SC 32 in Februar
7At the National Bod
8Project splits waiting justification then JTC 1 approval
9Plus 250 attendees at the Open Forum on Metadata Registries, held concurrent with the SC 32 meetings, The attendance number does not include several Open Forum attendees who are also SC 32 participants at the National Body level, but who were unable to remain a second week for the SC 32 meetings.
10 Since April 2005
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3.0���� FOCUS NEXT WORK PERIOD
SC 32 has refined its program of work to
ensure that it is focusing on those standards that will meet market requirements.� SC 32 plans to continue to focus on
developing standards for SQL, SQL/MM, eBusiness
and data semantics.� SQL work is expected
to be particularl
Database
Languages (WG 3) work is active with the focus on a completel
The eBusiness
Working Group ( (WG 1) is concentrating on
the second part of ISO/IEC 15944: Information
technolog
The Metadata Working Group (WG 2) is
progressing with revisions to the ISO/IEC 11179 famil
The WG 2 work is positioned to meet the deeper semantic management aspects of data management and interchange. This includes provision of semantics for semantic computing, the semantic web and management of XML schemas, tags, classification schemes, and associated metadata.
WG 2 sponsors an annual Open Forum on
Metadata Registries. The eighth was held in
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3.1���� DELIVERABLES
See section 1.2 for those projects with upcoming target dates.
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3.2���� STRATEGIES
SC 32
is focused on progressing its program of work as
quickl
The committee is focused on identifying and meeting meeting market requirements, and emphasizes new projects that have well-defined, concrete objectives that are market driven.
SC 32
empowers its WGs b
SC32 maintains extensive contact with software developers and users to keep in close alignment with market forces.
The Working Groups continue to utilize electronic editing meeting in order to progress the work as fast as possible.
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3.2.1 � RISKS
Each of the
Working Groups within SC 32 has its own priorities and strategies for achieving
its objectives.� There is increasing
progress in identif
There is alwa
Overlapping scope of projects is an area that needs to be continuall
If SC 32 does not
pursue its work aggressivel
The delegation of
authorit
SC 32 continues to
have funding support problems for the Secretariat.� Funds have been provided in limited
increments without an
Other standards bodies are very active in areas related to SC 32 standards. SC 32 must be nimble to maintain its relevance and leadership.
3.2.2�� OPPORTUNITIES
The
Internet, electronic commerce, semantic computing, the semantic web, object
technologies, and XML represent major areas of opportunit
XML represents a major area of opportunit
3.3����
Each WG establishes work programme priorities in their project plan,
which is approved in the SC 32 Plenar
The SC has established a priorit
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