Report of Official Foreign Travel to the Netherlands May 20 - June 1, 2005
How can DOE, NNSA, and Y-12 best handle the integration of information from diverse sources, and what will best ensure that legacy data will survive changes in computing systems for the future? Although there is no simple answer, it is becoming increasingly clear throughout the information-management industry that a key component of both preservation and integration of information is the adoption of standardized data formats. The most notable standardized format is XML, to which almost all data is now migrating. XML is derived from SGML, as is HTML, the common language of the World Wide Web. Y-12 already has a knowledge preservation and integration project, the Production Readiness Assessment Topic Map (PRATM), based on XML data, and Y-12 is supporting similar projects at DOE Headquarters, such as the Guidance Streamlining Initiative (GSI). In support of DOE's use of SGML, XML, HTML, Topic Maps, and related standards, I have served since 1985 as Chairman of the international committee responsible for SGML and standards derived from it, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34 (SC34) and its predecessor organizations. During my May 2005 trip, I chaired the spring 2005 meeting of SC34 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. I also attended XTech 2005, a major conference on the use of SGML and XML sponsored by IDEAlliance. Supporting standards development allows the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) and the Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12) the opportunity both to provide input into the process and to benefit from contact with some of the leading experts in the subject matter. Y-12 has numerous projects that depend on XML and its applications. Oak Ridge has been for some years the location to which other DOE sites turn for expertise in SGML, XML, and XML-based information. Note: This report continues a series, the most recent of which, Y/WPP-101, reported on the May 2003 meeting of SC34/WG3 and the IDEAlliance conference XML Europe 2003 in London, England. Copies of documentation for all SC34 meetings are available from the SC34 site on the Web: (http://www.y12.doe.gov/sgml/sc34/sc34.htm and http://www.jtc1sc34.org/). This report is available on the SC34 Web site at http://www.y12.doe.gov/sgml/sc34/document/0651.htm. Hyperlinks in the online report connect it to the documents it references.
- Research Organization:
- Y-12 (Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE - Office of Defense Programs (DP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC05-00OR22800
- OSTI ID:
- 850506
- Report Number(s):
- Y/WPP-115; TRN: US200702%%234
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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