The ET process will make it easy for users to identify and, in turn, to discover proposed emerging technology (ET) components of potential interest to them, via a Web-based interface. It will also assist the co-chairs of the ET Subcommittee in determining priorities for technical assessments by the Subcommittee, based upon the levels of interest and commitment documented in the process.
I had the pleasure of participating in a usability test for ET.gov. Anyone, vendors, federal agencies, municipalities, stardards bodies, will be able to go to ET.gov and propose a component. As I understand it, component is loosely defined, it could be a standard like the Global Justice XML Data Model or a hardware component such as an antenna. The user will be given a schema that they can put on their web site and their information will be entered into a federal data base. The federal development team has done a good job of developing an intuitive web interface, just a little bit of tweaking and it will be a hit with the public.
ET.gov is great news for small vendors, such as kind Presto Vivace represents; because it will offer an economical way for them present their product to the federal market.
Component Organization and Registration Environment
EmergingTechnology.gov, Overview and Status
Community of Practice XML
Federal Computer Week: CIO Council to help with architecture changes
Government Computer News: An XML registry is key to sharing data
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