12:51:23 RRSAgent has joined #egov 12:51:23 logging to http://www.w3.org/2009/10/14-egov-irc 12:51:25 Zakim has joined #egov 12:51:28 zakim, this will be egov 12:51:28 ok, sandro; I see T&S_EGOV()9:00AM scheduled to start in 9 minutes 12:51:33 RRSAgent, make log public 12:57:00 tb has joined #egov 12:57:13 josema has joined #egov 12:57:42 agenda? 12:57:57 chair: josema 12:58:02 agenda: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-egov-ig/2009Oct/0012 12:58:16 Hugh has joined #egov 12:58:20 agenda+ Agenda adjustments and next meetings 12:58:28 agenda+ Open actions 12:58:37 agenda+ Tuning scribing procedures 12:58:46 agenda+ Celebration: Charter approved! 12:58:55 agenda+ Where to go from here? 12:59:03 irc has joined #eGov 12:59:04 agenda+ What else is going on/coming up? 12:59:07 T&S_EGOV()9:00AM has now started 12:59:14 Daniel_Bennett has joined #egov 12:59:19 trackbot, start telcon 12:59:21 RRSAgent, make logs public 12:59:23 Zakim, this will be EGOV 12:59:23 ok, trackbot, I see T&S_EGOV()9:00AM already started 12:59:24 Meeting: eGovernment Interest Group Teleconference 12:59:24 Date: 14 October 2009 12:59:34 regrets+ DaveM, SteveH, JimH 12:59:45 zakim, who's here? 12:59:45 On the phone I see no one 12:59:46 On IRC I see Daniel_Bennett, irc, Hugh, josema, tb, Zakim, RRSAgent, AdamHarvey, hughb, sandro, trackbot 12:59:57 regrets HughG - no phone in Korea 13:00:27 s/regrets HughG/regrets+ HughG 13:01:09 regrets+ JohnS 13:01:18 Sylvia Webb is on the phone 13:01:39 zakim, who is talking? 13:01:51 sandro, listening for 11 seconds I heard sound from the following: ??P7 (58%), ??P11 (35%) 13:02:23 zakim, who's here? 13:02:23 On the phone I see no one 13:02:24 On IRC I see Daniel_Bennett, irc, Hugh, josema, tb, Zakim, RRSAgent, AdamHarvey, hughb, sandro, trackbot 13:02:43 Owen has joined #egov 13:03:16 zakim, who is here? 13:03:16 On the phone I see no one 13:03:18 On IRC I see Owen, Daniel_Bennett, Sylvia, Hugh, josema, tb, Zakim, RRSAgent, AdamHarvey, hughb, sandro, trackbot 13:03:22 zakim, this is egov 13:03:22 sandro, this was already T&S_EGOV()9:00AM 13:03:23 ok, sandro; that matches T&S_EGOV()9:00AM 13:03:30 Daniel is on the phone 13:03:42 I'm on the phone as well 13:04:34 agenda? 13:04:43 Rachel has joined #egov 13:06:24 zakim, take up next agendum 13:06:24 agendum 1. "Agenda adjustments and next meetings" taken up [from josema] 13:07:14 scibe: Rachel 13:07:17 scribe: Rachel 13:08:02 agenda accepted as-is, no changes 13:08:27 zakim, take up next agendum 13:08:27 agendum 2. "Open actions" taken up [from josema] 13:08:33 http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/track/actions/open 13:09:42 reference to listserv discussion about legislation, open meetings and XML 13:09:52 conversation deferred until John can join us 13:10:56 Sandro - investigating wysiwyg editor options, send Sandro comments about this 13:12:18 I'm on the call, but muted 13:12:44 actions 82 & 83 - Daniel should have update next time 13:12:47 We were waiting for charter approval and the launch of the new W3C site before moving forward 13:13:17 joec has joined #egov 13:13:31 AdamHarvey2 has joined #egov 13:15:05 http://plone.org/ 13:15:40 discussion of tools requirements - not always easy to integrate new tools into W3C operations 13:16:25 Daniel & Sandro will discuss further via email and report back next time 13:17:21 ( sandro@w3.org ) 13:18:07 (daniel@citizencontact.com ) 13:18:14 Please include me in email thread (harvey@thedesignstate.com) 13:18:14 Action 91 - Kevin in discussions, should be able to resolve next week 13:18:14 Sorry, couldn't find user - 91 13:18:36 action-91? 13:18:36 ACTION-91 -- Kevin Novak to organize informal meeting of IG members at TPAC -- due 2009-09-23 -- OPEN 13:18:36 http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/track/actions/91 13:18:48 (see that, Rachel? Nice trick, eh?) 13:18:59 thx sandro :) 13:19:50 zakim, who's on the phone? 13:19:50 On the phone I see no one 13:22:12 action-92? 13:22:12 ACTION-92 -- Kevin Novak to put out call for volunteers to survey agencies for those most ready for next steps in creating open data projects -- due 2009-09-30 -- OPEN 13:22:12 http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/track/actions/92 13:23:59 http://www.w3.org/2009/09/16-egov-minutes.html#action02 13:25:23 anne has joined #egov 13:25:23 q? 13:26:11 Kevin developing a list of the top 10 US govt agencies working to open data to the public 13:26:17 annew has joined #egov 13:26:34 s/Kevin/Kevin: 13:26:57 q+ to talk about http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/public/UseCases/ 13:27:20 Kevin: some possibilities include NASA, GSA, EPA, doing lots of work in this area 13:27:25 (who is speaking?) 13:27:44 Daniel: can we make recommendations to improve data.gov? 13:28:18 q+ to talk about existing Linked Data in US Govt vs "just ready to go" 13:28:39 agenda? 13:28:47 Kevin: yes, data.gov is now V1, plan is to look to the community to suggest improvements 13:30:36 q? 13:30:37 Daniel: We should review what's out there on data.gov and recommend improvements 13:31:11 Kevin: Keep in mind our long-term goals - what do we want to accomplish in the end? 13:31:37 [Kevin on need of consistency across data.gov datasets] 13:32:18 Kevin: Right now, there is no consistency, we need to find the best examples so others can model what they are doing 13:32:39 It's like the early days of the web 13:33:32 did I mention this? http://data.fundacionctic.org/dataset-catalog/ 13:33:50 George: Commends data.gov.uk as a good model 13:33:57 it's a compilation of data.gov.* catalogues out there so far (in RDF/XML, of course :) 13:37:11 and an example map visualization (using only the Spanish data, sorry) http://datos.fundacionctic.org/sandbox/catalog/public/map 13:37:43 q? 13:38:13 s/Spanish data/data in Spanish 13:38:16 Discussion about good collaboration starting to happen, and ideas to further that collaboration in the future 13:38:28 ack sa 13:38:28 sandro, you wanted to talk about http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/public/UseCases/ 13:38:36 q- 13:38:48 See http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/public/UseCases/Nasa/ and larger list, http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/public/UseCases/ 13:38:56 agenda? 13:39:53 MoZ has joined #egov 13:40:22 can that URL be put on IRC, George? 13:40:22 I think George refers to http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/wiki/Use_Case_7_-_FEA-RMO_OWL 13:40:23 George: it'd be good to get the TopQuadrant-developed case studies on Ontologies for the Federal Enterprise Architecture. 13:40:23 Does anyone have other examples/use cases that should be listed here? 13:40:47 what was that URL George just mentioned? 13:40:54 http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/wiki/Use_Case_6_-_US_Privacy_OWL 13:42:20 agenda? 13:42:46 zakim, next agendum 13:42:46 agendum 3. "Tuning scribing procedures" taken up [from josema] 13:43:52 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-egov-ig/2009Oct/0021 13:44:02 Looking for ways to make the scribing process easier 13:44:41 Sandro had developed a tool for another working group which he shared via the listserv 13:45:03 Sandro: tool pulls minutes from IRC to a wiki page 13:45:06 http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/wiki/Chatlog_2009-10-14 13:45:22 Sandra: makes it easy for any members to edit & clean up the minutes 13:45:37 That is really cool. :) 13:45:41 s/Sandra/Sandro 13:46:26 [clap, clap] 13:47:29 Sandro: any questions or comments? 13:47:58 Sandro: if everyone likes this, we will incorporate into our standard operating procedures 13:49:29 Jim_Snyder 13:49:36 Brian_Gryff 13:49:38 Owen 13:49:43 Anne Washington 13:49:55 It sounded like you said I'm a regret... I'm here. 13:50:10 Daniel Bennett 13:50:22 Sorry, AdamHarvey2, I didn't mean to say that if I did. 13:50:26 Thomas bandholtz 13:50:38 Sandro: new tool automatically generates list of attendees as they are mentioned in the discussion 13:52:05 Josema: If we use this new tool, should we continue to send text of minutes to listserv? 13:52:10 Brian_Gryth: I'm here 13:52:17 Owen_Ambur: I'mhere 13:52:28 Anne_Washington: I'm here 13:52:35 Josema: or just send a link to the minutes as formatted in this new tool? 13:52:42 ThomasB: I'm here 13:52:42 agenda? 13:52:52 zakim, take up next agendum 13:52:52 agendum 4. "Celebration: Charter approved!" taken up [from josema] 13:53:18 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-egov-ig/2009Oct/0008 13:53:37 Kevin says congrats and thanks to all who contributed 13:53:50 guest: Jim Snider 13:53:54 Jim_Snider: I'm here 13:54:26 Kevin: Head of W3C was very complimentary and excited about future work of the group 13:54:43 Josema: Thanks all, very good work 13:55:33 Josema: We are now chartered for another year 13:56:11 Kevin: Send ideas via listserv about where you think we should focus our energies this next year 13:56:27 Joe: Is the eGov effort focused primarily on open data? 13:56:42 Kevin: Not necessarily, though that is part of it 13:57:11 Kevin: Interoperability and linked open data are both important 13:57:41 Kevin: Governments really pushing to open their data to the public 13:57:57 Joe: Agencies have a lot of data, but people don't know how to get to it 13:58:10 Joe: data.gov is an attempt to help people get to that data 13:58:23 OGD != LGD :) 13:58:51 (LGD is part of OGD if you want) 13:59:06 Joe: recommends xpointer 13:59:35 sergey has joined #egov 13:59:58 OGD = Open Government Data vvs LGD = Linked Government Data 14:00:15 yup 14:00:49 +1 to Rachel - Don't forget that citizen interaction UX & UI is important 14:00:50 just clarifying for the record to enhance enjoyment of the equation 14:00:57 +1 to Rachel! 14:01:33 "Do you think XPointer is too techie" I hope that was a joke..... 14:01:36 remember the three steps to OGD: identify, expose, consume 14:02:04 agenda? 14:02:34 Maybe we need a "tech to wonk" TF? 14:03:46 q? 14:04:45 http://www.w3.org/2000/09/dbwg/details?group=42481&public=1 14:04:46 Joe: There are many standards that could help end users 14:04:53 http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/participation 14:05:30 Josema: Reminder to visitors that we would like you to officially join us! 14:05:44 zakim, next agendum 14:05:44 agendum 5. "Where to go from here?" taken up [from josema] 14:06:00 W/re Rachel's point, the Web Content Managers' strategic plan is available at http://xml.gov/stratml/WCMstratplan.xml 14:06:04 http://www.w3.org/2009/09/30-egov-minutes#item01 14:06:42 Josema: Where to go from here...linked govt data, use of standards, etc 14:06:49 +1 Rachel. lets enhance govt information usability not force feed tech standards 14:08:03 Josema: What specific topics should we tackle next? 14:08:08 I'd like to spend more time doing outreach 14:08:28 Yes, but muted 14:08:38 Sorry, not right now 14:09:09 slizin has joined #egov 14:09:17 bot restart in 2 minutes to recover bridge state 14:09:20 Yup... I want state and local folks to get interested in this too 14:09:40 Daniel: Need to remember that our work impacts not only federal/national, but also state/local governments 14:10:23 Daniel: working to develop standards for publishing legislation in XML 14:10:32 I'm wondering if you've seen the NASCIO doc on data transparency http://www.nascio.org/publications/documents/NASCIO-DataTransparency.pdf 14:10:45 [["Leverage Linked Data approaches to present state datasets. This simplifies the process and avoids redundant data storage."]] 14:11:45 Joe: Need to compile a page of good examples, best practices around open data 14:12:37 Brian: likes that idea 14:12:53 Brian: see NAPA's Collaboration Project for a good model 14:13:15 http://www.collaborationproject.org/display/home/Home 14:14:05 see also the european union's http://www.epractice.eu/ 14:15:44 Brian: GovLoop has been helpful for finding good examples like this 14:15:48 I'm hearing something similar to what we tried to accomplish with the use cases before http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/wiki/Category:Use_Case 14:15:57 but did not... 14:16:05 Daniel: Is there a "standard" for finding/compiling use cases? 14:16:36 metadata? 14:16:50 +1 yeah, it'd be great to have a standard way to put something on your site saying "Look here is someone people should look at, when they are looking for ODG/whatever" 14:17:15 Zakim has joined #egov 14:17:21 zakim, this is egov 14:17:21 ok, sandro; that matches T&S_EGOV()9:00AM 14:17:25 zakim, who is on the call? 14:17:25 On the phone I see +1.216.443.aaaa, +1.310.420.aabb, Sandro, [CTIC], +1.202.449.aacc, +1.509.464.aadd, +1.410.975.aaee, +1.303.748.aaff, ??P17, +1.410.992.aagg, ??P21, 14:17:29 ... +49.178.404.aahh 14:17:37 zakim, [CTIC] is me 14:17:37 +josema; got it 14:17:46 zakim, aaaa is me 14:17:46 +AdamHarvey2; got it 14:17:55 Can this group develop/recommend standards for common names, common ways to report and share? 14:18:24 aabb is me 14:18:44 http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/UseCases/ 14:18:53 Now there are MANY different ways to refer to eGov, can we develop some "standards"? 14:18:55 http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/public/UseCases/ 14:18:56 You have mention Z by name, Sylvia, like I did 14:19:11 - +1.202.449.aacc 14:19:27 Josema: We have a mechanism, via our Use Case library 14:19:39 zakim aabb is me 14:19:48 + +1.202.449.aaii 14:19:57 aadd is Rachel 14:20:46 Josema: We need volunteers (of course!) :) 14:20:55 - +1.410.975.aaee 14:21:16 zakim aadd is Rachel 14:21:29 W/re next steps, it would be good to relate (link) the goals in the IG's charter with those to be set forth in the Federal IT Strategic Plan. 14:23:11 Owen: US CIO Council looking for success stories to integrate into their strategic plan 14:23:14 agenda? 14:23:16 -AdamHarvey2 14:23:42 topic: what's coming up 14:24:27 -??P21 14:25:30 q? 14:26:44 agenda? 14:28:28 Discussion about a document outlining some future plans in Europe, check mailing list for attachment & discuss there 14:28:50 I think it was Thomas who mentioned the paper 14:30:33 Daniel gave an update on a conference he attended last week, and upcoming events 14:31:23 Josema: will email requesting ideas for future projects 14:31:30 - +1.202.449.aaii 14:31:33 - +1.310.420.aabb 14:31:34 - +1.303.748.aaff 14:31:34 - +49.178.404.aahh 14:31:36 - +1.410.992.aagg 14:31:40 -Sandro 14:31:41 -??P17 14:33:19 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-egov-ig/2009Oct/0021 14:33:48 Rachel, do you understand the scribe process now? 14:34:00 http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/wiki/Chatlog_2009-10-14 14:34:21 Yes...just that I don't do it very often so it's hard to remember all the tricky little commands! 14:34:28 I know, I know. 14:34:42 (that's what I hate about scribing, too.) 14:34:57 (that and the feeling that no one is going to read it anyway.) 14:36:44 I think the most important thing is to add some "topic: " and maybe "subtopic: " entries, so people can easily skim the minutes. Of course, with a meeting as wide-ranging as this was, I don't know if that's possible. 14:37:12 (arg, and now I'm getting an Internal Server Error. What the heck.....) 14:39:06 -josema 14:39:09 - +1.509.464.aadd 14:39:10 T&S_EGOV()9:00AM has ended 14:39:11 Attendees were +1.216.443.aaaa, +1.310.420.aabb, Sandro, +1.202.449.aacc, +1.509.464.aadd, +1.410.975.aaee, +1.303.748.aaff, +1.410.992.aagg, +49.178.404.aahh, josema, AdamHarvey2, 14:39:13 ... +1.202.449.aaii 14:39:30 he, it's the new web site welcoming you, sandro :P 14:39:37 yeah. 14:40:46 Bye 14:42:20 bye 14:48:06 exit 14:48:10 quit 15:11:31 hughb has joined #egov 15:17:07 johnlsheridan has joined #egov 15:30:52 hughb has joined #egov 16:11:43 hughb has joined #egov 16:43:53 Zakim has left #egov