12:39:01 RRSAgent has joined #egov 12:39:01 logging to http://www.w3.org/2008/10/29-egov-irc 12:39:09 Zakim has joined #egov 12:39:30 chair: john 12:39:55 scribe: benjamin 12:40:03 agenda+ Convene, agenda adjustments 12:40:21 agenda+ Introductions - new people onboard? 12:40:35 agenda+ F2F Meeting debrief 12:40:51 agenda+ Review of the Topic Areas 12:41:05 agenda+ Assign people (+use cases) to areas 12:41:18 agenda+ Next Meeting 12:41:20 agenda? 12:56:13 zakim, this will be egov 12:56:13 ok, josema; I see T&S_EGOV()9:00AM scheduled to start in 4 minutes 12:56:17 agenda? 12:56:22 BeNg has joined #egov 12:58:46 T&S_EGOV()9:00AM has now started 12:58:54 +Benjamin 12:59:53 trackbot, start telcon 12:59:55 RRSAgent, make logs public 12:59:57 Zakim, this will be EGOV 12:59:57 ok, trackbot, I see T&S_EGOV()9:00AM already started 12:59:58 Meeting: eGovernment Interest Group Teleconference 12:59:58 Date: 29 October 2008 13:00:03 chair: john 13:00:07 scribe: benjamin 13:00:18 scribeNick: BeNg 13:00:31 -Benjamin 13:00:31 +Benjamin 13:00:31 +Josema 13:00:55 Owen has joined #egov 13:01:48 +rachel 13:02:02 +owen 13:02:47 + +03161830aaaa 13:03:09 zakim, aaaa is martin 13:03:09 +martin; got it 13:03:55 Tom has joined #egov 13:04:45 +Rinke 13:04:58 Zakim, Rinke is Tom 13:04:58 +Tom; got it 13:05:25 no problem 13:05:35 josema : john and kevin will join later 13:05:45 zakim, move to next agendum 13:05:45 agendum 1. "Convene, agenda adjustments" taken up [from josema] 13:05:48 josema : I will be chairing 13:05:55 josema : any additions to agenda ? 13:06:03 agenda? 13:06:20 Rachel has joined #egov 13:06:43 josema : [goes through the agenda] 13:07:03 martin has joined #egov 13:07:07 move to next agendum 13:07:07 agendum 2. "Introductions - new people onboard?" taken up [from josema] 13:07:45 josema : is this Tom's first call ? 13:07:55 martin has joined #egov 13:07:56 no it isn't 13:08:08 move to next agendum 13:08:08 agendum 3. "F2F Meeting debrief" taken up [from josema] 13:08:20 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-egov-ig/2008Oct/0069 13:08:26 unfortunately I couldn't be present in the F2F meeting, sorry for that... 13:08:29 + +0774702aabb 13:08:45 zakim, aabb is john 13:08:45 +john; got it 13:08:58 josema : message sent to the list with minutes 13:10:02 zakim, please mute john 13:10:02 john should now be muted 13:10:42 Rinke has joined #egov 13:10:49 josema : very broad, F2F big success 13:10:59 ... 12 areas identified where the group will work 13:11:03 http://www.w3.org/2008/10/24-egov-minutes#topics 13:11:08 summary of topic areas 13:11:34 ... most of the topics on the first day was scoping the work 13:11:49 ... newt day was review in detail the more complicated issues and assign people to specific areas 13:11:57 s/newt/next 13:12:16 ... eGov must act as a channel between governments and other W3C groups 13:12:48 ... if we hear of anything a gov needs, go and inform a group, conversely, see what W3C has to offer and tell this to govs 13:12:58 q? 13:13:49 martin : we narrowed down the issues to detailled subjects upon whch we can start working upon 13:14:15 ... will link to my document 13:14:34 ... issue of authentification shared by many governments 13:14:52 ... each provider offers its own authentication method 13:15:06 ... main problem is getting a proper ID to each citizen 13:15:14 ... and prevent identity fraud 13:15:34 zakim, unmute john 13:15:34 john should no longer be muted 13:15:56 main problem seems to be conflict of interest between vendors. a semantic and technical interoperability solution should solve this 13:16:07 I cannot hear John 13:16:15 zakim, mute john 13:16:15 john should now be muted 13:16:23 zakim, drop john 13:16:23 john is being disconnected 13:16:24 -john 13:16:27 agenda? 13:16:48 q? 13:17:15 +john 13:18:00 zakim, mute john 13:18:00 john should now be muted 13:18:04 OCR has joined #egov 13:18:07 -john 13:18:08 move the next agendum 13:18:14 move to next agendum 13:18:14 agendum 4. "Review of the Topic Areas" taken up [from josema] 13:19:03 +john 13:19:22 zakim, who's noisy? 13:19:24 -john 13:19:32 josema, listening for 10 seconds I heard sound from the following: Benjamin (27%), john (5%), martin (43%) 13:19:35 + +34.98.439.aacc 13:19:48 zakim, aacc is oscar 13:19:48 +oscar; got it 13:20:17 zakim, who's noisy? 13:20:20 http://www.forumstandaardisatie.nl/fileadmin/OVOS/Exploring_authentication__EN.pdf 13:20:30 josema, listening for 10 seconds I heard sound from the following: martin (27%), Tom (15%) 13:21:15 agenda? 13:21:38 ->http://www.w3.org/2008/10/24-egov-minutes#topics topic areas 13:21:58 josema : check is something is missing from topic areas 13:22:31 ... I found one missing over the WE 13:22:49 ... there already are volunteers to work on some topic areas 13:23:03 ... others not present can also contribute 13:23:35 ... go through all the topics ? 13:23:44 why not 13:23:58 yes please 13:24:17 zakim, who's here? 13:24:17 On the phone I see Benjamin, Josema, rachel, owen, martin, Tom, oscar 13:24:18 On IRC I see OCR, Rinke, martin, Rachel, Tom, Owen, BeNg, Zakim, RRSAgent, josema, kjetil, trackbot 13:24:43 josema : semantic interoperability 13:25:19 info on http://www.semic.eu/semic/ 13:25:28 ... semic: european repository of interoperability assets (XML schemas) 13:25:34 ... used by governments in Europe 13:25:52 ... make assets reusable by others 13:26:16 Zakim, what is the code? 13:26:16 the conference code is 3468 (tel:+1.617.761.6200 tel:+33.4.89.06.34.99 tel:+44.117.370.6152), kjetil 13:26:30 +??P1 13:26:35 that doesn't sound like semantic interoperability to me but rather sharing data structure 13:26:44 Zakim, ??P1 is me 13:26:44 +kjetil; got it 13:27:06 Zakim, mute me 13:27:06 kjetil should now be muted 13:27:24 josema : it is difficult to involve semic.eu in the WG 13:27:30 ... it is not possible for them to joion W3C 13:27:42 ... have them as invited experts ? 13:27:57 ... they should bring semantic interoperability to the group. 13:29:08 q 13:29:13 q? 13:29:23 martin : tom points out this is not semantic interoperability 13:29:33 ... its supposed to becoma a base to semantic interoperability 13:29:46 ... the project started as an XML clearing house (?) 13:29:46 s/becoma/become 13:29:56 s/(?)// 13:30:11 ... the idea is now to collect assets and reuse them (or their methodology) 13:30:23 Tom : there are more interesting things going on in the legal field 13:30:34 ... criminal records for instance 13:30:54 ... it is important to go beyond structural information 13:31:21 martin : legal aspects are part of semic 13:31:33 tom : not noticeable in the member states 13:31:53 tom : look at the ejustice field 13:32:07 John has joined #egov 13:32:08 ... criminal records are supported by european directives member states must exchange criminal record 13:32:27 ... there is a need of exchanging the semantic of the criminal records, not just the structure 13:32:43 ... can not be understood just by looking at the terms 13:32:59 ... we must get compatibility with these records 13:33:08 s/get/achieve 13:33:26 josema : find people working on this and provide more information, build a use case around this example 13:33:45 ... add it into our document as an example of things going on 13:34:10 tom : 2 important conferences on this issue, one tomorrow inflorence 13:34:19 "law on tho internet" (?) 13:34:23 In the U.S. government the sharing of law enforcement/first responder data is a major thrust, through the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM): http://www.niem.gov/ 13:34:24 s/inflorence/ in Florence 13:34:54 [missed the other] 13:35:32 josema : 2nd topic : Persistent URIs 13:35:39 http://www.ittig.cnr.it/LawViaTheInternet/ 13:36:15 ... personnal experience : seems too technical for governments 13:36:21 This is a topic very close to my heart - and an important one for the group - also for the W3C 13:36:27 http://www.ictparliament.org/index.php?option=com_search&searchword=wor 13:36:27 ... the W3C must speak in better terms to governments 13:37:16 ... once something goes on the web it must be archived for ever 13:37:40 ... ie, internet archive 13:38:44 ... John volunteered on this topic. 13:39:03 josema : Topic 3 : Performance Data + Citizen Choice 13:39:16 ... noone volunteered at F2F 13:39:30 .. we had a long discussion, but we were not sure we were scoping the topic area enough 13:39:44 ... we discussed some example, health in the UK 13:40:50 John has joined #egov 13:40:58 also important for law cases (just had to release criminals since the original material could not be reproduced in appeal) 13:41:00 US GPO's summary of results of its beta test of Handles is available at http://www.fdlp.gov/handles/index.html 13:41:33 ... publishing gov information in a way the consumers can get it and use it in the way they want 13:41:51 My remark refers to preservation of digital data. 13:41:53 ... this can take place outside gov web sites 13:42:47 oscar : what is the perception of the data provided by govs to the users 13:43:14 ... ie, if you have a child and several schools they can attend, how is data made available ? 13:43:28 ... The data must be incorporated into decision making of citizens. 13:44:02 ... Information is also shared in C2C (citizen 2 citizen) communities 13:44:23 ... citizen must also be able to shared their experience so as to improve gov services 13:44:48 An article on US LOC's use of PURLs is available at http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2008/10/lc-thomas-imple.html 13:44:58 ... users can also created their own performance data, use the information in a specific way. 13:45:33 -martin 13:45:43 josema : topic 4 : Data Sharing Policy Expression 13:46:21 ... main example is the uk survey 13:46:35 my mobile went down, need to find an adapter 13:46:53 ... once data is available in an open format, it could be necessary to attach a policy (licence) to the data 13:47:40 ... ie, citizens can use the information for free, but a company that will use it for commercial purposes then it needs to pay 13:47:49 ... 1) how is data available 13:48:02 John has joined #egov 13:48:08 ... 2) how to attach the policy 13:48:14 +martin 13:48:20 ... 3) verify that the organizations using the data are following the policies 13:49:17 John has joined #egov 13:49:31 josema : Topic 5 : Digital Preservation + Authenticity + Temporal Degradation 13:49:48 ... persistent URIs, but not only 13:50:04 ... provenance problem also 13:50:17 q? 13:50:32 .. we compared how the paper world and digital worlds compare 13:50:44 s/compared/reviewed 13:51:21 ... another example is how to release information that was once classified after a period of time has gone by 13:51:28 With reference to data sharing policy, the draft XSD for the US FEA DRM contains elements such as , , and . http://xml.gov/draft/drm20060105.xsd 13:51:29 ... and authentify the fact that data was not altered 13:52:07 John has joined #egov 13:52:17 oscar : digital preservation concerns archives 13:52:27 -Tom 13:52:29 -Benjamin 13:52:29 -oscar 13:52:43 I have been cut off 13:52:51 so have I 13:52:52 I see, tom and oscar, too :( 13:53:12 John has joined #egov 13:53:12 zakim, who's here? 13:53:12 On the phone I see Josema, rachel, owen, kjetil (muted), martin 13:53:13 On IRC I see John, OCR, Rinke, martin, Rachel, Tom, Owen, BeNg, Zakim, RRSAgent, josema, kjetil, trackbot 13:53:17 can't hear .. 13:53:28 will hangup & join again 13:53:33 oscar, your phone was disconnected, can you dial in again? 13:53:35 ok 13:53:37 +Benjamin 13:53:47 zakim, what is the code? 13:53:47 the conference code is 3468 (tel:+1.617.761.6200 tel:+33.4.89.06.34.99 tel:+44.117.370.6152), OCR 13:54:17 John has joined #egov 13:54:43 +oscar 13:55:21 +Tom 13:55:28 John has joined #egov 13:56:33 oscar : check what the current solutions are : in particular data signatures 13:56:54 .. engage with W3C groups to see what is available concerning digital signatures 13:57:18 josema : it is the Nat archives core business 13:57:29 Yup! 13:58:14 benjamin: use case proposed was copying encrypted document ?? 13:58:18 would be good to identify which W3C groups we should be talking to 13:58:22 ... I might contribute in that aspect 13:58:29 copying encrypted document on a large P2P network 13:59:03 Benjamin: to guarantee integrity over time 13:59:26 josema : build agendas in future meetings with invited guests 13:59:42 .. to interact with them, ie, XML data signatures 13:59:45 thats a great idea 14:00:06 josema : Topic 6 : IPR Expession 14:00:21 ... licence attached to the data itself is one example 14:01:04 Are people familiar with ACAP: http://www.the-acap.org/ 14:01:24 josema : martin mentionned the creative comments licence 14:01:35 s/comments/commons 14:01:44 .. but this licence could be conflicting with the one used in the UK 14:01:52 the licence and the technology (cc's use of RDFa) are very interesting 14:02:07 martin : yes, using creative comments restricts some rights granted with the licence used today 14:02:20 ... this could be linked to the differences between common law and civil law 14:02:26 q+ 14:02:41 ack me 14:02:42 ack m 14:02:58 yeah, I can hear you 14:03:04 q- 14:03:11 zakim, who's noisy? 14:03:23 josema, listening for 11 seconds I could not identify any sounds 14:04:11 well, what I was going to say that what the license says and the technical aspects are different 14:04:34 so, the CC RDF/RDFa things could be used 14:05:04 even though one would need different URIs for the actual license permissions and restrictions 14:06:32 Zakim, mute me 14:06:32 kjetil should now be muted 14:06:57 josema : Topic 7 : Identification + Authentication 14:07:28 martin : see the report that identifies some of the issues to be dealt with 14:07:35 ... use this as a starting point 14:07:36 the report: http://www.forumstandaardisatie.nl/fileadmin/OVOS/Exploring_authentication__EN.pdf 14:08:09 martin : this is identified by the dutch gov as a serious problem 14:08:21 josema : topic 8 : Data Aggregation 14:09:00 benjamin: data from different points of view, government, citizen 14:09:17 ... how to get aggregated views of that data 14:09:36 ... use case eVoting, statistics on specific information, eg: health 14:10:01 martin: also criminal records 14:10:15 benjamin: put there on temporal degradation 14:10:30 Policy guidance for U.S. federal agencies on a common means of identification & authentication is provided at http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/08/20040827-8.html 14:10:37 josema : topic 9 : Your Web Site is your API (eg. RDFa, sitemaps?) 14:11:07 RDFa and sitemaps (XML schema used to make content easier to discover by search engines) 14:11:17 John has joined #egov 14:11:44 oscar : amount o fdata available in public organisations 14:11:55 John has joined #egov 14:11:56 ... data is explosed in human readable format 14:12:08 ... we want to promote the use of this information in machine readable format 14:12:31 ... some experiences have already been done 14:12:48 martin : we are currently working in th NL on a search engine 14:13:04 ... to verify that the information retrieved by citizen from a web site is correct 14:13:14 John has joined #egov 14:13:38 ... [something about disclaimers on how information is retrieved on the internet] 14:13:55 ... working on creating an RDF environment 14:14:15 q? 14:14:25 josema : topic 10 : What Data? How does the government decide? 14:14:46 A disclaimer on infomation found on government websites may in the future be legally binding 14:14:48 ... 1) how does the gov decide what data should be made available 14:15:03 ... in some countries like the US, there are laws in place stating this 14:15:12 ... in other countries (spain) this does not exist 14:15:24 ... 2) what's the best way to put the data out there 14:15:45 ... need to convince some govs of the benefic it has of providing the data 14:15:52 ... making a positive case to govs is difficult 14:16:00 ... find examples of things working right now 14:16:10 Also in the NL: except if security or other interests of the state are on stake. Of course data on individuals/businesses is not accessible either. 14:16:23 ... BDPedia 14:16:38 s/BDPedia/DBPedia/ 14:16:54 s/BDPedia/DBPedia 14:17:25 http://dbpedia.org 14:17:55 owen : in the US, under the electronic freedom act amendment 14:18:05 .. agencies must make available any record that are requested by one individual 14:18:11 ... and of interest for at least 3 others 14:18:25 ... agencies must make resonable efforts to share them in any format they are requested 14:18:40 ... the application is clear : agencies must create and maintain a readily shareable format, such as XML 14:19:06 ... if they do not do that they break the spirit of the law 14:19:52 josema : is the issue that they know how to publish in open formats but do not do it ? 14:20:00 ... or that they do not know how to publish in open format 14:20:34 owen : several issues 14:20:55 ... long in responding to requests, agnecies claim they do not have the resources to make information available in a timely manner 14:21:15 ... sometimes this is true due to security issues, in other cases, it is a design issu problem with their information systems 14:21:27 josema : propose some guidelines to them 14:21:55 owen : they should start by publishing on their web site XML schemas for all their information collections 14:22:08 ... so we can understand what data they have and build a registry bottom up 14:22:29 ... once we have understood what information they have, we must then publish to what extent they are publishing said information 14:22:49 ... and take actions if they are not offering enough information 14:23:13 ... the data reference model is about sharing of data. I was a member of the WG that produced this model 14:23:37 ... agencies must implement the DRM as XML Schema on their web sites 14:23:47 ... but they pushed back against the use of this global schema 14:23:54 rrsagent, pointer? 14:23:54 See http://www.w3.org/2008/10/29-egov-irc#T14-23-54 14:23:55 ... they want to continue using their own formats 14:24:00 John has joined #egov 14:24:23 josema : can use this as a use case ? 14:24:50 owen : finalizing the DRM for XML schema would be an outstanding effort 14:25:59 ACTION owen to draft XML Schema for DRM as use case to use it for 10. What data? 14:25:59 Created ACTION-33 - Draft XML Schema for DRM as use case to use it for 10. What data? [on Owen Ambur - due 2008-11-05]. 14:26:18 josema : topic 11 : Participation in Social Media; what are the rules ? 14:26:48 ... all sorts of social media one can think of, and how all this is evolving on the web, ie. twitter 14:27:18 ... blogs, are posters representing their agencies or not 14:27:54 ... citizens discussing many issues amongst themselves 14:28:21 ... UK and NZ example : a policy for the public servants 14:29:17 W3C workshop: http://www.w3.org/2008/09/msnws/ 14:29:50 ... Karen Myers suggested the workshop above 14:30:12 ... John will draft a position paper on social networking 14:30:50 topic 12 : Temporal Data 14:30:50 Legislation/Legal (Law Reports) 14:30:50 Geospatial 14:31:27 benjamin: what to do with evolution of data? 14:32:06 ... if should be possible to refer to specific revisions of a document 14:32:45 ... and how link to that in a consistent manner 14:32:51 John has joined #egov 14:32:53 move to next agendum 14:32:53 agendum 5. "Assign people (+use cases) to areas" taken up [from josema] 14:33:23 josema : do this by email 14:33:54 agenda? 14:34:27 ... deadline : mid november : topic areas should be fixed 14:34:32 .. and at least one use case per area 14:34:45 ... not something too deatailled for the moment 14:34:48 move to next agendum 14:34:48 agendum 6. "Next Meeting" taken up [from josema] 14:35:14 josema : next meeting 12 nov 14:35:22 ... at 1500 CET 14:35:28 John has joined #egov 14:35:49 -kjetil 14:35:57 bye 14:36:00 [ADJOURNED] 14:36:01 -owen 14:36:05 -rachel 14:36:06 -Tom 14:36:06 -oscar 14:36:16 -martin 14:36:18 sorry for being "on/off"! 14:36:18 -Benjamin 14:36:23 anything to do to draft minutes jose ? 14:36:36 rrsagent, draft minutes 14:36:36 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2008/10/29-egov-minutes.html josema 14:36:37 -Josema 14:36:38 T&S_EGOV()9:00AM has ended 14:36:39 Attendees were Benjamin, Josema, rachel, owen, +03161830aaaa, martin, Tom, +0774702aabb, john, +34.98.439.aacc, oscar, kjetil 14:36:57 thanks much benjamin! :) 14:36:57 Tom has left #egov 14:37:01 I take care of cleaning and publishing them 14:37:07 ok great ! 14:37:20 john, I hope I did not miss anything important 14:37:28 bye all 14:37:34 you did a great job Jose! 14:37:51 it took me more than expected to get to the last agendum so still some topic areas without volunteers 14:37:58 BeNg has left #egov 14:38:35 I'll put the areas somewhere in the wiki, and I hope you could take a look at the Activity Plan and change as appropriate 14:38:41 we need to update it 14:38:55 good idea - and I agree 14:40:02 zakim, bye 14:40:02 Zakim has left #egov 14:57:02 darobin has joined #egov 16:03:19 rrsagent, bye 16:03:20 I see no action items