Legislative Documents Technical Committee

September 3, 2004

Announcement & Agenda

OASIS LegalXML- Legislative 1-day Face-To-Face Workshop

September 7, 2004 – Green Mountain Ballroom - WYNDHAM Hotel – Burlington, Vermont

Collocated with National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) –

National Association of Legislative Information Technology (NALIT)

& Legal Services Staff Section Professional Development Seminars

OASIS LegalXML invites you to join the current members of the Legislative Documents Technical Committee for the first in a series of periodic face-to-face working sessions. This meeting is open to all Originators, Distributors and Consumers of Legislative and Regulatory Information! There is no charge for this workshop!

Due to the timing of this event prior to the beginning of the NALIT meeting, we will begin our meeting at 1PM to support travel needs of the community. Further, the workshop will have an open entry policy. You are invited to join us at anytime in the agenda. We have designed the agenda for at least three comfortable entry points at 1PM, 5:15PM and 7:15PM. A “Dutch Treat” Dinner at the NECI Commons 25 Church Street Burlington, VT, (802) 862-NECI (6324) where we will continue our agenda.

In this first workshop, we will identify the various needs for Data Standards in the Legislative and Regulatory Community and prioritize our work in addressing those needs, with the following specific objectives:

  • refine the goals of the Technical Committee
  • define a roadmap of committee deliverables
  • begin & set the next steps for getting to our first destination

In this upcoming session, we will be expanding our outreach to the community in an interactive participatory workshop. The workshop will target incorporating the diverse needs and objectives from the various constituents in the legislative and regulatory continuum into the Technical Committee's goals and prioritizing the work of the technical committee in accordance with the goals and the specific near term needs of these constituents.

The format of the workshop is designed to engage all the participants in both in the identification and prioritization of this effort and to expose potential members to one of the more effective workshop methods used in the XML Standards Community.

In order to foster rapid and effective implementation and adoption, standards must recognize and account for the diverse viewpoints in its conceptualization and design. Once goals and requirements are accounted for, prioritization and planning can be done effectively. Please join us in giving this effort a solid start.

For further information, please contact:

Donald L. Bergeron / Daniel Bennett

Co Chairs Legislative Documents Technical Committee

Please R.S.V.P. or Contact us at: or (937) 865-1276

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(Initial Agenda available on back side of this page)

Agenda

Understanding Legislative / Regulatory Community

Time Block 1 – 1-5 PM EDST

  • History of LegalXML-Legislative Work to Date
  • Standards Experience in Legislative & Regulatory Standards Efforts
  • What are some of the artifacts we work with that may become covered doctypes?
  • Model Legislation - Bills – Hearings – Exhibits – Enactments – Codified Statutes – Votes
  • Proposed Regulations – Hearings – Exhibits – Registers – Accepted Regulations – Codified Regulations – Filings & Forms
  • Bibliographic Data – Citations – Taxonomies – Ontologies
  • Perspectives on Goals & Requirements for Legislative XML Standards, Especially the relationship to Legislative/Regulatory Artifacts
  • Originator View – National
  • Originator View – State
  • Originator View – International
  • Distributor View – Publisher
  • Distributor View – Lobbyist
  • Consumer View – Corporate
  • Consumer View – Analyst
  • Consumer View – Public Access
  • Working Session 1 - Goals & Perceived Needs

Time Block 2 – “Dutch Treat” Dinner – 5:15 – 7 PM EDST - NECI Commons 25 Church Street Burlington, VT, (802) 862-NECI (6324)

  • Exposure to Content Initiatives with related objectives
  • Other Regulatory initiatives
  • EPAL/P3P
  • XBRL
  • RuleML
  • OASIS LegalXML
  • Electronic Court Filing
  • Integrated Justice
  • Other Information Communication Wrapper Initiatives
  • EBXML
  • OASIS LegalXML Legal Envelope

Time Block 3 – 7:15 – 9:30 PM EDST

  • Working Session 2 – Identifying Potential Deliverables & Priorities