11179 Metadata Registry Coalition Meeting - 14 Mar 2000

[Glenn Sperle <GSperle@hcfa.gov>]

11179 Metadata Registry Coalition Meeting/Teleconference Notice - 14 March
2000

The teleconference number for the 14 March 2000 meeting is:

1-888-391-6575 and passcode is 25161 followed by #sign.  


When: Tuesday, March 14 - 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Where: National Institute of Standards and Technology

(NIST) North, Building 820, Room 152

820 West Diamond Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD.


Agenda:

1. Introduction of attendees.

2. Review of Agenda

3. Anju Rathi, Data Registry - Architect, National Data Systems will speak on
model extensions to ISO-11179 used in developing the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs, Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Corporate Data Registry (CDR).

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Corporate Data Registry (CDR) will collect, systemize, store and maintain
information about VHA corporate data to provide internal standards for
heterogeneous distributed information systems and support data quality by
providing common understanding of data meaning, representation, relation and
business rules. The VHA CDR design conforms to the standards identified in ISO
11179 Information Technology - Specification and Standardization of Data
Elements and NCITS L8 - Data Representation. The CDR team has extended the ISO
11179 standards to facilitate the following capabilities:

Capability to link data standards to the actual data elements residing in the
operational systems
Documentation of the sensitivity level for the data element 
Documentation of the business rule for the data element
Documentation of the additional metadata to support web-based data dictionary
for operational systems
Capability to provide interface for Joint Application Development on the web
Capability to provide the interface and procedure to execute the standardization
process among Submitting Organization, Responsible Organization and Approval
Authority on the web.

4. Michael M. Gorman, Whitemarsh Information Systems Corporation will provide a
review of the Whitemarsh implementation of data element standardization.  The
component of the Metabase Software relating to data elements will be
demonstrated.

Before the meeting you may wish to visit
http://www.wiscorp.com/softwaredownloadsfree.html and download 

1. Data Modeler Architecture and Concept of Operations
2. Most current version of the Metabase Meta Models Diagrams 
3. Metabase System Programs, Demo Data, and Bootstrap data 

DIAL-IN members please download the Metabase software and install it BEFORE the
meeting as it will make the briefing more meaningful.  If you have problems
downloading or installing the software, please send Michael an email at
mmgorman@wiscorp.com or call him on 301 249-5300.

A pdf file with Michael's slides is attached. 

5. Coalition Elections.

6. Determine agenda items for next meeting.

Please update or provide your organization's current metadata implementation
status by emailing it to Henry Heffernan at: henry_heffernan@nih.gov


Planned Meeting Dates and Time.

14 Mar 2000 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. 

11 Apr 2000 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. 

13 Jun 2000 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. 

18 Jul 2000 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. 

12 Sep 2000 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. 

5 Dec 2000 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. 

Questions: Contact:

Bob Mayes (HCFA) 410 786-6872 rmayes@hcfa.gov

Bruce Bargmeyer (EPA) 202 260-5306 bargmeyer.bruce@epa.gov

Glenn Sperle (HCFA) 410 786-4610 gsperle@hcfa.gov

11179 Metadata Registry Coalition web address: http://hmrha.hirs.osd.mil/mrc/

NIST - North Directions

The meeting will be held at NIST North, Building 820, Room 145. The address of
this building is 820 West Diamond Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD.  Note: The building
is located across the street from the main campus of NIST. Instead of turning
onto Bureau Drive toward the main Gate of NIST, turn in the opposite direction
(North) onto Bureau Drive and take the second possible right turn to get to the
NIST North building. The building has the name "NIST" on it in large letters. 
(From Interstate 270, driving North, take Exit 10, which loops under the
freeway, and then turn RIGHT at the first stop light-this is the intersection of
West Diamond Avenue and Bureau drive.)