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Child Welfare XML

National Child Welfare XML Initiative

Status Update

National Child Welfare Data Conference
April 21 - 23, 2004
Hyatt Regency
Arlington, VA

Overview

• Introduction
• Background
• CwXML Conference September 2003
• CwXML - Team re-organization
• Team activities
• Future plans
• Contact Information
  

Introduction

• The Child Welfare Extensible Markup Language work group, (CwXML), consists of state and industry representatives currently examining ways of applying XML in child welfare.

• State Participants:

Mission

• Develop and promote the adoption and use of national non-proprietary Child Welfare XML-based vocabularies and schemas for representing and exchanging Child Welfare data across heterogeneous systems and organizations delivering vital services to children and families.
  

Background

• ICPC functionality was identified as a common interface between state systems to be implemented using XML.

• A proof-of-concept using Web Services and Simple Object Access Protocol was developed and prototyped between MA SACWIS system, NH ICPC system.

  MA SACWIS - Oracle client server
  NH ICPC - Access database

• A ICPC 100A document was successfully transmitted using this online XML interface.

• Draft 100A schema available at http://www.nrccwdt.org/xml/xml_schema.html
  

CwXML Conference September 03

Objectives of the conference

• Validating the use of W3C's Extensible Markup Language (XML) for the electronic interchange of business data in Child Welfare

• Organizational re-structuring to facilitate better participation from member states.
  

CwXML - Team re-org

Committees

• Management Committee
  • MaryEllen Bennard - CIO - DSS MA
• Technical Committee
  • Angelo Serra - Project Manager - DSS - OH

Subcommittees to head the various activities which will be described later.

Team activities

Management Committee mandate

• Creation of a charter.
• Team governance structure.
• Define the Technical and Business Infrastructure.
• Communicate the benefits to Stakeholders.
• Decide on team home and support services.
• Strategy to deal with organizations that have already implemented XML.
• Address any legal issues associated with transfer of data.
  

Activities Completed

• Charter created
• Available at www.nrcitc.org/xml

Communications

• Annual Face-to-Face Working Meeting
• Monthly Conference Calls
• E-Mail, US post
• Biggest Challenge: Maintaining Momentum

Technical Committee mandate

• Decision on DTDs Vs. Schemas.
• Review/research existing implementations.
• Research of relevant standards.
• Data element research as to what exists and what we can focus on as a group.
• Creation of Child Welfare Data XML Schema.
• Approval/ratification standards.
• Decision on schema location.
  

Activities completed

• Decision on DTDs Vs. Schemas.

• Schemas and DTDs defines the XML document structure with a list of legal elements. They are mechanisms for one organization, two organizations or an entire industry to agree on a standard set of names (vocabulary) to identify and exchange data.

The CwXML workgroup decided a schema implementation

Activities completed

• Review/research existing implementations
• The team received 13 responses to a formal communication send out to all states asking their XML implementation status
• States with current implementation
  • Texas - Internal applications
  • Wisconsin - Data transfer between mobile devices and enterprise systems.
  • Massachusetts- Internal applications, Interface with state Comptrollers
  • Minnesota - Information exchange with counties
  • Washington DC - Court interface
• States planning to use XML
  • Wyoming

Future Plans

• Management

• Technical

  • Begin research of relevant standards
  • Begin data element research

Contact Information

• Management Committee

  MaryEllen Bennard
  Mary.E.Bennard@State.ma.us
  (617) 748-2222

• Technical Committee

  Angelo Serra
  E-Mail: aserra@state.oh.us
  Phone number: (614) 387-8909

• General Enquiry

  Latoya Williams
  E-Mail: williams@software.org
  Phone number: (703) 742-7231

• Web http://www.nrccwdt.org/xml/intro.html
  

Conclusion

• Thoughts?

• Suggestions?
  
  THANK YOU!