14:58:55 RRSAgent has joined #egov 14:58:55 logging to http://www.w3.org/2012/06/29-egov-irc 14:59:00 Zakim has joined #egov 14:59:08 zakim, this is eGov 14:59:08 ok, PhilA2; that matches T&S_EGOV(Atlantic)11:00AM 14:59:29 zakim, code? 14:59:29 the conference code is 3468 (tel:+1.617.761.6200 sip:zakim@voip.w3.org), PhilA 14:59:53 +[LC] 14:59:56 - +1.818.434.aabb 14:59:57 +??P4 15:00:01 zakim, LC is edss 15:00:01 +edss; got it 15:00:03 zakim, LC is edsu 15:00:03 sorry, ed_, I do not recognize a party named 'LC' 15:00:08 zakim, ??P4 is me 15:00:08 +PhilA; got it 15:00:24 zakim, [LC] is edsu 15:00:25 sorry, PhilA, I do not recognize a party named '[LC]' 15:00:35 zakim, please try harder 15:00:36 I don't understand 'please try harder', PhilA 15:00:45 deirdrelee has joined #egov 15:00:46 -edss 15:01:16 +??P0 15:01:30 +davidwood 15:01:39 zakim, davidwood is me 15:01:39 +bhyland; got it 15:02:01 + +1.615.253.aacc 15:02:03 zakim, ??P0 is MartinM 15:02:03 +MartinM; got it 15:02:06 +[LC] 15:02:09 citizencontact has joined #egov 15:02:10 zakim, LC is me 15:02:10 +ed_; got it 15:02:29 zakim, who is here? 15:02:29 On the phone I see +1.508.333.aaaa, PhilA, MartinM, bhyland, +1.615.253.aacc, ed_ 15:02:31 On IRC I see citizencontact, deirdrelee, Zakim, RRSAgent, JeanneHolm, bdhandspicker, PhilA, gdick, MacTed, ed_, bhyland, CaptSolo, sandro, trackbot 15:02:37 + +1.413.652.aadd 15:02:43 zakim, aaaa is me 15:02:43 +gdick; got it 15:03:05 +??P8 15:03:14 zakim, aaaa is gdick 15:03:14 sorry, PhilA, I do not recognize a party named 'aaaa' 15:03:17 + +3539149aaee 15:03:29 + +1.301.384.aaff 15:03:31 zakim, aaaa is gdick 15:03:31 sorry, PhilA, I do not recognize a party named 'aaaa' 15:03:46 zakim, +1.508.333.aaaa is gdick 15:03:46 sorry, PhilA, I do not recognize a party named '+1.508.333.aaaa' 15:03:47 zakim, aadd is me 15:03:48 +bdhandspicker; got it 15:04:03 zakim, who is here? 15:04:03 On the phone I see gdick, PhilA, MartinM, bhyland, +1.615.253.aacc, ed_, bdhandspicker, ??P8, +3539149aaee, +1.301.384.aaff 15:04:05 On IRC I see citizencontact, deirdrelee, Zakim, RRSAgent, bdhandspicker, PhilA, gdick, MacTed, ed_, bhyland, CaptSolo, sandro, trackbot 15:04:28 zakim, +3539149aaee is me 15:04:28 +deirdrelee; got it 15:04:49 + +1.818.434.aagg 15:04:50 zakim, aacc is BobbyM 15:04:50 +BobbyM; got it 15:05:08 zakim, who is here? 15:05:08 On the phone I see gdick, PhilA, MartinM, bhyland, BobbyM, ed_, bdhandspicker, ??P8, deirdrelee, +1.301.384.aaff, +1.818.434.aagg 15:05:10 On IRC I see citizencontact, deirdrelee, Zakim, RRSAgent, bdhandspicker, PhilA, gdick, MacTed, ed_, bhyland, CaptSolo, sandro, trackbot 15:05:31 zakim, aaff is OwnA 15:05:31 +OwnA; got it 15:05:42 MartinMurillo has joined #egov 15:05:49 zakim, aagg is Jeanne 15:05:49 +Jeanne; got it 15:05:54 JeanneHolm has joined #egov 15:06:04 zakim, Jeanne is JeanneHolm 15:06:04 +JeanneHolm; got it 15:06:16 zakim, who is here? 15:06:16 On the phone I see gdick, PhilA, MartinM, bhyland, BobbyM, ed_, bdhandspicker, ??P8, deirdrelee, OwnA, JeanneHolm 15:06:19 On IRC I see JeanneHolm, MartinMurillo, citizencontact, deirdrelee, Zakim, RRSAgent, bdhandspicker, PhilA, gdick, MacTed, ed_, bhyland, CaptSolo, sandro, trackbot 15:06:45 zakim, ??p8 is DanielD 15:06:45 +DanielD; got it 15:06:51 Skype is Daniel Bennett 15:06:51 zakim, who is here? 15:06:51 On the phone I see gdick, PhilA, MartinM, bhyland, BobbyM, ed_, bdhandspicker, DanielD, deirdrelee, OwnA, JeanneHolm 15:06:54 On IRC I see JeanneHolm, MartinMurillo, citizencontact, deirdrelee, Zakim, RRSAgent, bdhandspicker, PhilA, gdick, MacTed, ed_, bhyland, CaptSolo, sandro, trackbot 15:06:57 + +1.703.281.aahh 15:07:33 Topic: Intro to meeting 15:07:38 scribe: PhilA 15:07:42 chair: JeanneHolm 15:08:05 JeanneHolm: Introduces roadmap (See wiki main page) http://www.w3.org/egov/wiki/Main_Page 15:08:22 zakim, MartinM is MartinMurillo 15:08:22 +MartinMurillo; got it 15:08:45 + +55115509aaii 15:09:07 JeanneHolm: Folks have made a number of suggestions since we bagn looking at the roadmap in November 15:09:25 Vagner_br has joined #egov 15:09:46 JeanneHolm: We're trying to reach out to lots of people. Lots of activity in Australia anda Asia. It's been hard to get involved because of time zones 15:10:29 ... Tomasz joining as co-chair concentrated minds on this issue as he is in Macau. hence now two weekly cyle with alternate meetings in Euasian-friendly time and Atlantic times 15:10:35 ... will cover same topics 15:10:45 ... may have same speakers depending on time zones 15:11:12 ... we'll have notes as usual and then I and Tomasz plan to merge those 15:11:49 ... we'd like to record the audio these meetings but there are legal problems with this around the world but we may at least record the presentations 15:13:17 BobbiMartin has joined #egov 15:13:19 zakim, aahh is BrandN 15:13:19 +BrandN; got it 15:13:20 Can you post the web page where the protocols for using IRC, especially for potential scribes? 15:14:14 q+ 15:14:54 Two alternating meetings a month is an excellent idea! Approval. 15:15:27 ack ed_ 15:15:46 Owen has joined #egov 15:15:53 ed_: I notice that the WIki says that the group is open to the public. I'm used to W3C meetings being more limited# 15:16:18 ed_: If you follow the get involved link it says the discussion will be public but is actual participation open too? 15:16:31 zakim, OwnA is Owen 15:16:31 +Owen; got it 15:16:41 @Ed, W3C Interest Groups are open to the public. 15:16:52 bhyland: ok great 15:16:54 ed_: I'm asking because I'm hoping it's true - i.e. that these meetings are open 15:17:07 Working Groups operate as you described, have to be a member or accepted invited expert. 15:17:19 JeanneHolm: Explains rules for WG membership rules (be a member or an Invited Expert) 15:17:25 Contributing as a "a member of the eGov IG", which is a W3C term indicating that a participant is satisfying the participation requirements of the W3C Process and the Interest Group's charter - http://www.w3.org/egov/IG/participation 15:17:50 JeanneHolm: I can participate as NASA (member) but not as an individual unless I get invited as an Invited Expert. 15:17:53 @Ed, my understanding is that W3C IGs still register so that they get added to the public IG mailing list. 15:18:06 JeanneHolm: Is an Interest Group and operates under a broader capability 15:18:54 ed_: That's good to hear. The language on the IG page is less open so that may need looking at 15:19:04 q+ 15:19:34 JeanneHolm: I'll double check on the language etc. 15:19:41 ack PhilA 15:20:19 + +1.718.403.aajj 15:21:22 zakim, aajj is Andrew Nicholson 15:21:22 I don't understand 'aajj is Andrew Nicholson', PhilA 15:21:28 zakim, aajj is AndrewNicholson 15:21:28 +AndrewNicholson; got it 15:21:43 Topic: Basic Sections of the Roadmap 15:22:02 Andrew has joined #egov 15:22:07 JeanneHolm: We don't expect that we got the roadmap 100% correct. So comments and corrections are welcome 15:22:21 zakim, AndrewNicholson is Andrew 15:22:21 +Andrew; got it 15:22:33 JeanneHolm: We want to encourage discussion around questions 15:22:48 ... and we've framed the meetings to try and make that happen 15:23:05 ... we tend to talk about open data a lot but eGov is about more than that so we've taken a step back from that 15:23:08 AndrewNicklin has joined #egov 15:23:15 ... what is the value proposition? 15:23:29 ... why is it important to provide eServices, OGD etc 15:23:37 ... who and where does that implementation occur? 15:23:45 ... what is that we're defining governments to do 15:24:19 JeanneHolm: Looking how govs can set up maintain services. Probably end up speaking a lot about policy 15:24:40 ... e.g. in Poland, more than a year's work gone into legislation to ensure that OGD is sustainable 15:24:47 JeanneHolm: How does that sound so far? 15:24:53 Cue to everyone! 15:24:56 Sounds great! 15:25:09 JeanneHolm: The other area that people talk about... 15:25:12 q+ 15:25:21 ... and this came up at the Commssions' Digital Agenda meetings last week 15:25:27 policy new yesterday : http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/open-data-white-paper-unleashing-potential 15:25:43 JeanneHolm: We all have some examples of things that work have worked well 15:26:13 Whatever the group decides to try to do, my interest is in documenting it (goals, objectives, and stakeholders) in StratML Part 2, Performance Plan/Report, format. 15:26:22 JeanneHolm: I was hearing about a site through which you an report broken pavements/roads etc. 15:26:39 ... these might end up on slideshare but that's not very re-usable 15:27:08 ... we want to start to create a repository where we can share examples of good eGov, Open Data, services etc 15:27:23 ack BobbiMartin 15:27:46 BobbiMartin: I was curious. Are these policies for government as a whole or are we talking about state, federal etc? 15:28:03 JeanneHolm: I know a lot of folk on the line are involved in municipal and local level 15:28:12 .. this is for gov at any level 15:28:20 ... incl. tribal government in US 15:28:27 q+ 15:28:28 ... also lots of academics in the group too 15:28:50 ... how can services and so on be supplied to govs. What should hte research agenda be? 15:29:05 ack bdhandspicker 15:29:33 bdhandspicker: Not sure if this is the right place in the agenda. We have spoken a lot of open linked data in the past. AS we've noted in the past, there are a lot of otehr types of data 15:29:52 bdhandspicker: There are 3 others at least: Citizen sensitive data (e.g. tax returns) 15:30:01 ... should be able to access one's own but not public 15:30:13 ... inter agency data across al types of hurisdictions 15:30:20 ... and intra-agency data 15:30:31 +1 to that 15:30:34 s/hurisdictions/juridictions 15:30:43 q+ 15:30:49 ... sinter agency data across al types of hurisdictions/inter agency data across all types of jurisdictions/ 15:31:17 JeanneHolm: I like the ida of looking at intra-agency sharing as well as inter-agency sharing 15:31:38 JeanneHolm: We don't sop standards but we're in a good place to talk about 15:31:46 bdhandspicker: I continue to champion 1 - 3 start data 15:31:57 ack bhyland 15:32:11 bhyland: Feeling goaded. I co-chair the Gov Linked Data WG 15:32:34 bhyland: In response to Brian, the types of data you describe is often in silos (relational databases) 15:33:00 q+ 15:33:09 ... and the best way to fix that is to link the data in a standards compliant format. And that's an excellent way to share data intra and inter agency 15:33:19 .. it can be done privately as well as publicly 15:33:31 ... linked data is not equivalent to open data 15:33:51 ... and yes we spend time on it, vocabularies etc. but the principles apply in different ways 15:33:57 q+ 15:34:17 ... take a look at the GLD and consider joining or at least joining mailing list 15:34:34 W3C Government Linked Data Working Group main page, see http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/wiki/Main_Page 15:34:47 JeanneHolm: I'd like to come back to talling about the connections between the IG and the GLD WG 15:35:06 bdhandspicker: I'm fully supportive of RDF and everything W3C does 15:35:11 The focus is on getting governments to use W3C standards to exchange structured data using the RDF family of standards. 15:35:21 ... I'm working with Web Services, XML data etc. 15:36:01 Sec. 10 of the GPRA Modernization Act requires U.S. fed agencies to publish their strategic and performance plans and reports in machine-readable format. 15:36:02 bdhandspicker: My goal is not to pick any one religious perspective, rather that as exciting as linked data is, we need to pull the data out of the silos in whatever format 15:36:02 Structured data is good, I'm not picky about its representation because it can then be exchanged & shared with others. 15:36:11 bdhandspicker: well said 15:36:13 ack MartinMurillo 15:36:21 ack bdhandspicker 15:36:35 I understand OMB may allow agencies to publish their plans/reports in any machine-readable format they choose. 15:36:40 MartinMurillo: Open data might be a bit scary to certain culture 15:37:14 MartinMurillo: Diff levels of gov sector use diff systems from paper to relational databases 15:37:35 Might this group be interested in making suggestions to OMB and other agencies on how best to publish their strategic and performance plans and reports? 15:37:37 MartinMurillo: I think we need better definitions 15:38:22 JeanneHolm: Recaps (line was bad). 15:38:46 MartinMurillo: The term Open Government Data is too technical for some governemnts. We can perhaps provide mor general definitions tailored for the context 15:39:02 MartinMurillo: They may have the data in the databases but they don't necessarily think of opening it 15:39:15 MartinMurillo: We might want to offer a more global definitions 15:39:25 ... so I;m asking for a more global context 15:39:29 While GLD WG is more concerned to data representation e-gov IG could bring up a broader discussion on open data such as value chain, impact, policy ec. 15:39:39 PhilA: Notes that a lot of MartinMurillo's work has been done in S America 15:40:20 JeanneHolm: It might be worth defining those aspects before we get into the details. W3C can get a bit techie (who knew?) 15:40:49 q? 15:41:08 JeanneHolm: OK, we'll get back to the roadmap. 15:41:28 JeanneHolm: So where does eGov fit in? Is this local, national, internat? 15:41:45 JeanneHolm: We wanted to look at the idea of local gov objectives, maybe city government 15:42:00 .. depending on your structure, your perspective will vary enormously 15:42:23 ... the different approaches to social media are a good example - whether they're seen as a one way or two way channel 15:42:42 olyerickson has joined #egov 15:42:49 ... I'd like to see the sharing of examples so govs can see what others are doing. No for 'an exemplar' but these are some things that are going on 15:44:23 JeanneHolm: There were discussions around multingualism in Brussels last week... 15:44:33 Apologires I missed some stuff there. I have kids runing around 15:45:16 +??P3 15:45:25 JeanneHolm: Also, yes, let's look at the technology too... Bernadette? 15:45:27 zakim, ??p3 is me 15:45:27 +olyerickson; got it 15:45:39 mute me 15:45:46 zakim, mute me 15:45:46 olyerickson should now be muted 15:45:56 bhyland: Sets out a bit about how W3C works... 15:47:38 ... describes chartering process for WGs 15:47:53 ... describes how an Interest Group (like this) opeates 15:48:10 ... IG groups outputs can then feed into the standards process 15:48:59 .. how we use things can typically become an IG. The Health Care and Life SCiences Interest Group is very active for example. But it's about using the tech rather than developing something new. But a Working Group might emerge if it is required 15:51:05 html5 group ... :) 15:51:14 JeanneHolm: So. If we felt it was necessary to have a new Recommendation for a new standard then we can't do it but we an reach out to the relevant group (if there is one) and see if we can get it done there. 15:51:21 PhilA: Shhhh ed_ ! 15:51:38 q+ 15:51:50 q+ 15:52:14 JeanneHolm: There are many members of this group who are also members of working groups 15:52:21 ack me 15:52:23 how about getting data out of silo's ...a large shallow pile is not good 15:53:01 q+ 15:53:11 PhilA: Many Working Groups produce a best practice and/or a technical standard. Not all have to be technical recommendations. 15:53:25 q+ 15:53:26 PhilA: an IG can write Notes right? 15:53:41 PhilA: Not always about creating new things in/new ways to use angle brackets, sometimes about how to use what's there 15:53:58 bhyland: We're working on vocabularies in the GLD WG but the bulk of what we're doing is best practices around how a data curator might go about getting the data out into the public 15:54:11 PhilA: Yes, IGs can produce Notes ed_ 15:54:24 bhyland: Membership in WG's not always highly technical 15:55:02 * often stakeholders from gov, business, etc to whom WG work product critical 15:55:13 bhyland: IGs often come up with use cases and they can be very important and helpful 15:55:45 bhyland: If someone wanted to take the time to create a use case/problem and then feed into the GLD brains trust - that would be good. 15:55:48 ack gdick 15:55:57 josema has joined #egov 15:56:00 Brand has joined #egov 15:56:00 ack bhyland 15:56:18 josema has left #egov 15:56:21 +1 15:56:27 gdick: I just wanted to highlight the data silo problem. It's not unique to eGov. Getting the data out and spreading it on the floor without structure is to be avoided I'd say 15:56:39 gdick: That's a unique problem to eGiv and we should address it 15:56:46 s/eGiv/eGov/ 15:56:48 ack MartinMurillo 15:58:03 PhilA: Can I please ask MartinMurillo to type your comment into the IRC as I missed most of it (poor line I'm afraid) 15:58:55 I think that we should continue the work on "notes" that help to explain to policy people how to better use technology to improve government practices without all the jargon. 15:58:56 JeanneHolm: If we can be one of the authoritative integration points we don't necessarily need to have all the unique info but somewhere that people can find examples that can help in policy exchange etc. 15:59:18 JeanneHolm: Perfect feedback, thanks! 15:59:19 JeanneHolm: Thank you. This is the kind of feedback we need today and in the coming weeks 15:59:30 Three new activities to mention before going to another call: Killer Semantic Web Application (Semantic MedLine on the new Cray Graph Computer) for the Federal Big Data Senior Steering Group; and Data as a First Class Citizen (Data Science and Journalism) for IC, OSTP, NIST OASIS, and OMG for Audit and Analytic Standards for Open Data Sites 15:59:46 JeanneHolm: The format that we're planning is to focus on specific areas each month and we should have a schedule out soon 16:00:25 JeanneHolm: So if you have a good example, say a policy around social media and where social media has made a difference, that would be good 16:00:39 ... and maybe problems and how it was solved (incl. commercial companies) 16:00:57 The more we can do to improve how geeks can speak up to make changes without sounding like machine code, the more likely to have real implementations. 16:01:02 ... idea is that Tomasz and I will organise these each month and come up with something tangible each month. Case studies, examples 16:01:42 ... someone might have written up a case study or done a presentation. We may then have to make it into a case study. 16:02:01 Following what Phil and other said, I suggest to create a standard/document repository to put the work aready done on the various issues; this will allow to be more efficient. for instance there's work in policy modeling (crossover) and I wonder whether there's the same documentation/map coming from other governments 16:02:08 JeanneHolm: people also asking for a directory. Who in government X is working in area Y? 16:02:20 -BrandN 16:02:25 ... a community directory could be very useful in this space 16:02:31 @PhilA and @Jeanne, thank you all. I have to drop off for another call. Good discussion, glad these calls are going again. 16:02:37 -bhyland 16:02:53 JeanneHolm: Something that came up in Brussels is the area of prcurement 16:02:54 Yes, procurement is bound by policy. 16:03:28 15-20% of nations GDP goes to procurement; what about eGov procurement? 16:03:44 JeanneHolm: When I was doing virtual worlds work at NASA, I had to go to the procurement office and say I was buying a virtual island in the caribbean - an unusal conversation 16:04:01 and policy should be talked about in ways that non-technical policy government administrators and the public and participate in the conversation. 16:04:08 JeanneHolm: eProcurement can potentially increase efficiency so we'll have that as a future topic 16:04:17 rrsage, make logs public 16:04:23 rrsagent, make logs public 16:04:36 JeanneHolm: And we'd like to get you comments on all that? 16:04:43 Government data centers and infrastructure + maintenance increase eprocurement very much 16:04:51 rrsagent, draft minutes 16:04:51 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2012/06/29-egov-minutes.html PhilA 16:05:22 JeanneHolm: So I want to encourage everyone to look at the roadmap and make suggestions on the topics and the approach. eProcurement and CKAN havea come up as ideas 16:05:40 ... then we'll put out a call for speakers about a month ahead of each meeting 16:05:53 ... you should see this building out dynamically over the coming months 16:05:53 For example, all the "Cloud" and previous Web 2.0 are jargon words that mask real issues. HTML5 may be a great technical standard, but explaining how policy outcomes are possible is much harder. 16:06:05 JeanneHolm: Some of the people from teh LinekdIn group have offered to speak about various things 16:06:36 .. I know Owen has offered a talk, Andrea Perego can talk about INSPIRE (EU environment/geospatial data) 16:07:15 JeanneHolm: This is a bit of an experiment to balance the time zones 16:07:35 Also, I would be happy to discuss legislative document and data standards. OASIS has a new group that is working on a standard XML for legislation (Akomo Ntoso). I can also bring the creators of it to our group. 16:07:45 ... Tomasz has helped bring more structure and so the roadmap really is the key thing to do. 16:08:22 JeanneHolm: Tomasz and I are always open to suggestions 16:08:27 Daniel Bennett, daniel@citizencontact.com 16:08:33 JeanneHolm: Any more comments? 16:08:34 Thank you Jeanne and Phil! 16:08:36 Thanks Jeanne! 16:08:48 rrsagent, draft minutes 16:08:48 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2012/06/29-egov-minutes.html PhilA 16:09:51 I would recommend on the call to get the scribe. I would do next time but may be away. But do please post scribe notes. 16:09:52 JeanneHolm: talks about scribing 16:10:19 ed_: I was curious whether you and Tomasz have talked about integration with IETF? 16:10:41 Let's not forget relations with NIEM 16:10:55 and OASIS 16:11:03 Awesome meeting/discussion. This was my first. I'm excited to see what is to come. Thanks! 16:11:05 Point of correction: W3C doesn't create "standards," only "recommendations..." 16:11:47 PhilA: W3C has good connections with the IETF, ISO, OGC, OASIS, IEEE, NIEM--both formally and informally. Is there something you have in mind specifically? 16:11:50 If anyone identifies objectives that the W3C could/should be pursuing with other SDOs, I will be happy to document them in StratML format. 16:12:03 Thanks, Owen. 16:13:03 JeanneHolm: Anything else? 16:13:24 Thanks again, Jeanne! 16:13:29 olyerickson has left #egov 16:13:29 -olyerickson 16:13:31 -Owen 16:13:32 -gdick 16:13:32 -ed_ 16:13:33 -deirdrelee 16:13:33 -BobbyM 16:13:34 Thanks all and Jeanne, Tomasz 16:13:35 -Andrew 16:13:36 ... OK, so thanks everyone for today's discussion. Please contact me or Tomasz (Sandro and Phil act as facilitators from W3C) 16:13:36 -bdhandspicker 16:13:42 - +55115509aaii 16:13:44 -MartinMurillo 16:13:48 -PhilA 16:13:51 -JeanneHolm 16:14:00 zakim, bye 16:14:00 leaving. As of this point the attendees were +1.508.333.aaaa, +1.818.434.aabb, edss, PhilA, bhyland, +1.615.253.aacc, ed_, +1.413.652.aadd, gdick, +1.301.384.aaff, bdhandspicker, 16:14:00 Zakim has left #egov 16:14:04 ... deirdrelee, +1.818.434.aagg, BobbyM, JeanneHolm, DanielD, +1.703.281.aahh, MartinMurillo, +55115509aaii, BrandN, Owen, +1.718.403.aajj, Andrew, olyerickson 16:14:09 rrsagent, generate minutes 16:14:09 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2012/06/29-egov-minutes.html PhilA 16:14:23 gdick has left #egov 16:24:26 BobbiMartin has left #egov 16:25:01 AndrewNicklin has left #egov 16:39:27 PhilA has left #egov 20:33:51 Three new activities to mention before going to another call: Omitted the Bake-Off Using the Best High Quality Data Sets