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July 2005 Newsletter
From the Executive Director
Vandalism is not new and while the word derives from a tribe, the Vandals, who invaded the Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th centuries AD. I believe evidence of the wanton destruction of another's property probably dates back to the origins of our species and is most likely an integral part of the human condition. There are many ways to distinguish oneself in a society, luckily most are either constructive or harmless but it is a great shame that we need to spend so much of our time dealing with a very small destructive element. I find computer vandalism to be an enigma, I can understand that the lack of resources or opportunity can commonly result in a victim mentality and anger at society but access to the computer technology necessary to perpetuate computer vandalism would indicate both resources and opportunity. Perhaps vandalism is truly a medical condition like any other mania and just as a pyromaniac needs to be managed and not punished, we need to look for ways to manage this new breed of computer vandals. Personally, I am more than happy to volunteer to supervise a couple as I have a garden full of rocks that need picking. Of course I would have ever reason to believe that our technically competent membership is not fooled into opening any attachment that would accompany what we should all recognize as a bogus email, but why, what possible benefit do they gain from such mindless behavior? As this has become more than a simple nuisance we will be filing a complaint and if you have received similar e-mail messages please keep a copy if you can and advise me as I need to provide a list of other known ?victims? and the bigger the list the more likely we are to see some sort of action taken.
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Now to more interesting matters, although we are not holding an annual conference this year we are actively supporting the NATO Symposium on Codification, which will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, from October 10-13, 2005 if you have not yet registered but are thinking of attending you may want to register as soon as possible. We will be holding a number of workshops on the eOTD and its implementation. On the Tuesday we will be introducing a series of presentations on cataloging for the next generation of the Internet. These presentations will deal with building and hosting XML catalogs on the web. Next month, I will be attending the ISO TC 37 meeting in Warsaw, Poland where will be progressing ISO 22745 and in particular the process and procedures for the harmonization of definitions.
We are now busy working on building eOTD Implementations. If you have not done so already, you may wish to talk to Dan King to see how you can leverage eOTD Implementation Guides. These guides are intended to be used as data templates by suppliers and we also use them in establishing the priorities for our definition and translation work. Building an eOTD Implementation Guide is relatively easy and consists of picking classes from the eOTD and associating these with mandatory or optional properties and where appropriate enumerated property values. Of course you can also add implementation notes making an eOTD Implementation Guide a true cataloging manual.
Respectfully submitted,
Peter Benson
Executive Director and Chief Technical officer
Electronic Commerce Code Management Association (ECCMA)
A major international conference and exhibition that will examine many initiatives throughout the whole Supply Chain from 'factory to front line'
The NATO Codification System is playing a vital part in helping to build synergy in the whole Supply Chain. The Symposium will examine all the 'cutting-edge' developments in the Logistics world including International Standards, Asset Tracking and Visibility, Data Quality, Interoperability, Obsolescence, Lifecycle Management, Defense/Industry Partnering, Logistics Transformation and much more.
With an exciting mix of presentations, workshops, exhibitions and social events, this 10th International Symposium will be relevant to anyone - Decider, Provider, Policy-maker, Engineer, Logistician, Soldier, Academic, Contractor or any other user - involved with the Supply Chain.
Full Symposium access from only 435. Daily Rates available from 180
October is fast approaching and now is the time to ensure that you reserve your place and your preferred accommodation, which can be booked through the registration process. More information can be found at the Symposium web site: http://www.codification2005.org
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