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Iridium Satellite Collision in Space
You might have seen the recent news reports about the collision between U.S. and Russian communication satellites. The U.S. satellite was one of the Iridium satellites. What wasn’t reported and you probably don’t know is that an object database management system (ODBMS) is an important part of the Iridium system. Even though ODBMSs are a [...]
February 13, 2009
(The Acronym) SOA is (Perhaps) Dead (at Some Companies); Long Live Services
I am now also posting on the Cutter Blog. My initial posting is (The Acronym) SOA is (Perhaps) Dead (at Some Companies); Long Live Services. It is a response to Anne Thomas Manes’ SOA is Dead; Long Live Services on her blog at the Burton Group.
January 9, 2009
Atomicity
The typical definition of an atomic task or process is one that cannot be decomposed further. This is vague and subject to interpretation. The Decomposition Matrix on this site uses a specific definition: A task (for business process diagrams) or a process (for data flow diagrams) is atomic if every input relates to every output [...]
December 3, 2008
Well-Formed Business Process Diagrams
My last posting referenced the criteria for a well-formed business process diagram mentioned in Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL by Matjaz B. Juric and Kapil Pant. I am going to expand on their criteria to create a more comprehensive definition of a well-formed business process diagram. To start, here are three criteria [...]
November 18, 2008
Recent Business Process Modeling Books
I recently received two new books on business process modeling. Both books looked interesting because they had great titles. As it turns out, one book is great and the other not so good. The not so good book is Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL by Matjaz B. Juric and Kapil Pant. There [...]
October 9, 2008
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Global Justice XML Data Model (Global JXDM): XML standards that enable the justice and public safety community to effectively share information at all levels - laying the foundation for local, state, and national justice interoperability. More information: Global Justice XML Data Model on the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs website (new window).

LegalXML has subcategories of specifications. They are shown below. Organization: OASIS

LegalXML Electronic Court Filing: XML standards to create legal documents and to transmit legal documents from an attorney, party or self-represented litigant to a court, from a court to an attorney, party or self-represented litigant or to another court, and from an attorney or other user to another attorney or other user of legal documents. More information: LegalXML Electronic Court Filing page on the OASIS website (new window).

LegalXML eContracts: open XML standards for the markup of contract documents to enable the efficient creation, maintenance, management, exchange, and publication of contract documents and contract terms. More information: LegalXML eContracts page on the OASIS website (new window).

LegalXML eNotary: an agreed set of technical requirements to govern self-proving electronic legal information. More information: LegalXML eNotary page on the OASIS website (new window).

LegalXML Integrated Justice: XML standards for exchanging data among justice system branches and agencies. More information: LegalXML Integrated Justice page on the OASIS website (new window).

LegalXML Legislative Documents: XML standards for the markup of legislative documents and a system of simple citation capability for non-legislative documents (e.g. newspaper articles). The primary goal is to allow the public to more easily participate in the democratic process by creating a more open, accessible, easier to parse, research, and reference legislative documents. More information: LegalXML Legislative Documents page on the OASIS website (new window).

LegalXML Online Dispute Resolution (OdrXML): XML standards for the markup of information and documents used in online dispute resolution systems. The primary goal is to allow the public to gain standardized access to justice through private and government sponsored dispute resolution systems.  More information: OdrXML page on the OASIS website (new window).

LegalXML Legal Transcripts: XML standards for the syntax to represent legal transcript documents either as stand-alone structured content or as part of other legal records. More information: LegalXML Legal Transcripts page on the OASIS website (new window).

LegalXML Subscriber Data Handover Interface (SDHI): XML standards for the production of consistent Subscriber Data Handover Interface (SDHI), by telecommunication or Internet service providers, concerning a subscriber or communications identifier (e.g., a telephone number) in response to an XML structured request which includes, when necessary, authorization from a judicial, public safety, or law enforcement authority. More information: LegalXML Subscriber Data Handover Interface page on the OASIS website (new window).

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