2: ET CoP Subscription
In Stage 2, it should be possible for users to express their degrees of interest, commitment, and expertise in components
and specifications identified in Stage 1, along the lines of the elements identified at http://xml.gov/draft/ETLifeCycleStage2.htm
As with the identification of the components and specifications themselves in Stage 1, individuals should be able to “subscribe”
to them by posting XML instance documents conforming to the schema for Stage 2 on their own agencies’ Web sites or other intermediary
sites.
Other Information:
If it is possible to accommodate this desirable feature, it should also be possible to query and sort components and specifications
based upon the degrees of interest, commitment, and expertise associated with each, including the: 1) numbers of individuals
and agencies expressing interest in each component or specification, 2) absolute (numeric value) of commitments associated
with each, and 3) relative degrees of expertise associated with each. To the degree it may be possible to display such ratings
and rankings, it should be possible for the co-chairs of the ET Subcommittee and/or system administrators to use that information
to assist in determining which components and specifications are ready for promotion to Stage 3. Anyone should be able to
query the site to discover and click on the links to subscription documents, and individual ET CoPs may wish to provide specialized
indices pointing to relevant sets of them on their own collaborative Web sites. Prospects should be explored for integrating
the ET.gov subscription process into the Standards.gov site and automating the annual NTTAA/OMB Circular A-119 reporting process,
based upon real-time assertions of agency commitments to the development, implementation and use of specifications developed
by voluntary consensus standards organizations.
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