XML.gov Demo: Brainstorming XML to Low Sort

id Idea Description Lo Md Hi Wghtd Total Votes Avr Lead Volunteers Project
68 Create an award for XML (e.g. Baldridge award) 15 2 2 25 19 1.32 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
66 XML seal of approval 13 5 2 29 20 1.45 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
60 Market research on XML expertise from vendors 12 4 4 32 20 1.60 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
61 Conduct survey of State & local governments 12 7 2 32 21 1.52 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
63 Determine balance of top-down/bottom-up approach 12 5 3 31 20 1.55 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
53 Develop hierarchy for XML activities 10 9 2 34 21 1.62 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
57 Establish XML representation of top levels of gov & services 10 4 5 33 19 1.74 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
59 Establish procedures for discovery (G2C use cases) 10 7 3 33 20 1.65 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
62 Survey horizontals & verticals for cross-overs & gaps 10 6 3 31 19 1.63 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
65 Full-time roles/management for centralized activity 10 4 4 30 18 1.67 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
67 Create OMB budget call letter for overall XML work 10 5 2 26 17 1.53 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
43 Establish lead agencies by areas of expertise 9 8 4 37 21 1.76 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
46 Institutionalized procedures for harmonization & quality 8 5 6 36 19 1.89 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
58 Survey federal agencies to identify current work/gap analysis 8 8 3 33 19 1.74 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
28 Establish library of use cases 7 8 6 41 21 1.95 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
41 Suggest XML as a formal eGov project 7 5 7 38 19 2.00 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
47 Schema for information quality 7 10 3 36 20 1.80 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
51 Support XML WG as clearinghouse 7 8 4 35 19 1.84 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
52 Market xml.gov outreach to agencies 7 6 5 34 18 1.89 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
56 Establish agency enterprise interop services layer (business) 7 7 4 33 18 1.83 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
64 Define standard verbiage for XML registry IP constraints 7 10 1 30 18 1.67 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
19 Procedures for distributed content management 6 4 10 44 20 2.20 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
24 Establish registry for templates (cross-agency work) 6 6 8 42 20 2.10 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
32 Survey federal agencies on XML policies 6 8 6 40 20 2.00 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
34 Create XML schema for gov performance plans & reports 6 8 6 40 20 2.00 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
50 Synergize with Canada & UK strategic activities 6 10 3 35 19 1.84 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
54 Business area analysis by function (across agencies) 6 6 5 33 17 1.94 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
55 Link fed funded research into XML activities 6 9 3 33 18 1.83 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
22 Metadata standard for government 5 5 9 42 19 2.21 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
23 Business plan for operation/management of registry 5 8 7 42 20 2.10 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
33 Standard methodology, test procedures & group of test data 5 10 5 40 20 2.00 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
40 Leverage federal EDI standards into XML 5 9 5 38 19 2.00 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
45 Verbiage on XML for architecture framework model 5 8 5 36 18 2.00 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
4 Create strategy for governmentwide adoption of XML 4 5 12 50 21 2.38 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
11 Demonstrate registry interopability w/State/local/private 4 7 10 48 21 2.29 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
14 Determine how XML WG can add value 4 6 10 46 20 2.30 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
16 Verbiage for inclusion in contracts 4 10 7 45 21 2.14 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
30 Identify XML lead at each agency 4 6 8 40 18 2.22 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
38 Register 500 most popular elements using ISO BSR 4 13 3 39 20 1.95 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
39 OMB funding for XML work 4 8 6 38 18 2.11 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
42 Build on eGov work (including geospatial) 4 11 4 38 19 2.00 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
44 OMB/PMC/Quad Council develop EA & business processes 4 10 4 36 18 2.00 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
49 Establish eGov focus (G2C) 4 11 3 35 18 1.94 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
2 Develop project plan for XML registry 3 6 12 51 21 2.43 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
5 XML for long-term preservation of records 3 7 11 50 21 2.38 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
10 Define procedures for XML registry 3 9 9 48 21 2.29 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
13 Standard XML implementation guidance 3 7 10 47 20 2.35 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
20 Input to governmentwide strategy for interoperability 3 8 8 43 19 2.26 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
25 Web Services subgroup 3 12 5 42 20 2.10 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
26 Interagency security subgroup (PKI, GSA, NIST) 3 7 8 41 18 2.28 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
29 Tie together agency & OMB strategies 3 8 7 40 18 2.22 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
31 Review large commercial implementations & int'l eGov efforts 3 11 5 40 19 2.11 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
35 Remmendations to AIC for immediate actions (A-11 reporting) 3 9 6 39 18 2.17 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
36 Develop central standards recommendations 3 9 6 39 18 2.17 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
37 Select 5-10 agency areas for pilot interoperability 3 12 4 39 19 2.05 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
48 Increase participation in xml.gov site 3 13 2 35 18 1.94 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
3 Renew charter & include GAO recommendations as roles 2 9 10 50 21 2.38 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
6 Training opportunities, including free, Web-based 2 9 10 50 21 2.38 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
7 Identify process for tracking/sharing standards efforts 2 7 11 49 20 2.45 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
8 Participate with voluntary consensus standards bodies 2 5 12 48 19 2.53 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
15 Subgroup to draft policy 2 11 7 45 20 2.25 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
18 Review & incorporate commercial & gov standards 2 12 6 44 20 2.20 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
21 Case studies for business processes beyond data exchange 2 13 5 43 20 2.15 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
27 Communication/outreach focused on 4 eGov initiatives 2 18 1 41 21 1.95 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
1 Identify best practices 1 8 12 53 21 2.52 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
9 Leverage existing Federal/agency data standards 1 10 9 48 20 2.40 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
17 Map standards to FEAF & ensure government involvement 1 8 9 44 18 2.44 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
12 Agency pilots (include B2G & C2G) 0 10 9 47 19 2.47 Lead-TBD TBD Project-TBD
Averages       39.5 19.4 2.03      

Demo created by Ken Sall, XML Consultant.

Based on XML.Gov Ranking of Brainstorming Ideas page.