Call for Participation in Joint Workshop on Standards for the Use of Models that Define the Data and Processes of Information Systems

Upon resolution of JTC1/SC21 (July, 1995, Ottawa, Canada), and after consultation with JTC1/SC7, TC184/SC4 and TC184/SC5, we have requested and received authorization from JTC by Resolution (below) to conduct a Joint Workshop on Standards for the Use of Models that Define the Data and Processes of Information Systems, as described in the attached Call for Participation.

Resolution 27: Workshop on Standards for the Use of Models that Define the Data and Processes of Information Systems. (Sydney Australia, 11-15 March 1996)

"JTC 1 approves the proposal for a Workshop on Standards for the Use of Models that Define the Data and Processes of Information Systems as contained in the document JTC 1 N-4005.

JTC 1 notes that the JTC 1 Guidelines for Conducting Workshops (including the status of the output documents) must be observed. JTC 1 encourages its SCs to participate in this workshop, in particular SC7, SC14, SC21, and SC22 and asks that ISO/TC46 and ISO TC 204 also be invited and encouraged to attend. In addition, JTC 1 asks the SC21 Chairman, Mr. Bartoli, to report the results of this workshop to the next JTC 1 plenary meeting in Paris in December 1996."

Pursuant to JTC1 procedures, we have made the following preliminary arrangements for the conduct of the workshop:

1. The convener of the workshop will be Jim Nell of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
2. The secretariat of the workshop will be NIST.
3. The host and sponsor of the workshop will be The Boeing Company, which will underwrite the costs of the workshop, thereby making it self-supporting.

The workshop will be open to all industry experts who pre-register by the date indicated in the Call. The Call will be distributed through the organizations listed in the call.

We hereby request the participation of your organization in the workshop as follows:

1. Please transmit the attached Call for Participation to your members, and to any other organizations you believe may contribute to the workshop. If you have received this message by fax, please let us know of how to distribute the Call to your members (such as the address of an email exploder).
2. Identify someone to represent your organization at the workshop by contributing a presentation about your organization as described in the Call.
3. Identify someone to represent your organization in the selection of papers to be presented at the workshop.

We realize that you will need to follow the procedures of your organization to make these determinations. We would appreciate being informed of your decisions as soon as possible.

Respectfully,
Jim Nell, Convener