Martin Smith's conceptual proposal:

• Promote interoperability by developing a standard set of XML attributes/schemata for common Government data structures, taking fullest advantage of commercial schemata developed by industry standards organizations
   
  • Independent workgroup until opportunities clarified
  • Deliverable: Scope or "terms of reference" draft for EIEIT approval
  • Target date: 60 days from agreement to proceed

• Establish a standard set of metatags for the classification of E-records Governmentwide
   
  • References:
    • Presidential E-Gov Directive #1*
    • 5 USC 552(a)(3)(A)(i), reasonable description for FOIA requests
    • 44 USC 3506(b)(4), current and complete inventory of information
    • 44 USC 3511, index of information systems, holdings (records), and dissemination products
    • WebGov http://w3.gsa.gov/webgov/webgov.nsf
    • XML Schema Specification http://www.w3.org/1999/05/schema-1st-wd
    • Resource Description Framework (RDF) http://www.w3.org/RDF/
       
• Render all Government forms in XML format in order to facilitate:
   
  • nonproprietary exchange of data among databases, while at the same time
  • providing for the preservation of completed E-forms as E-records, so that
  • the data in the databases can readily (automatically) be audited, and
  • information security can be assured
     
  • References:
    • Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA)
    • Presidential E-Gov Directive #2*
    • W3C's XForms initiative http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/