Chartered Activities:

1. Identify XML Best Practices and Recommended Standards

2. Develop Partnerships with Key Industry and Public Groups

3. Develop Partnerships with Federal Communities of Interest

4. Conduct Results-Oriented Education and Outreach

First Meeting: Yesterday, June 14, at GSA.

[Editor's Note:  At this meeting, Glenda Hayes made a presentation on a market-oriented strategy for the use of XML by the Federal Government.]

Status of:

• Distribution of Charter
• Listing of XML Working Group on CIO Council's Web Site

Ask Each Agency to Designate a Contact for the XML Working Group

Contact May be:

• Passive (receipt of listserv notice)
• Active (participation in meetings, discussion forums, and tasks)

• Listserv at GSA Has Not Been Activated Yet⁽¹⁾
• xml.gov Domain Has Been Reserved but Not Yet Activated⁽²⁾

2. We hope to make it an XML demonstration site as well as a reference site.