tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519198.post2228353985102133786..comments2023-09-13T06:17:41.165-04:00Comments on technoflak: Information sharing is not information monopolyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519198.post-78247410746669517552007-03-30T08:26:00.000-04:002007-03-30T08:26:00.000-04:00It clarifies it a good deal, but I still think you...It clarifies it a good deal, but I still think you are confusing data collection with search.Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13910093886404792584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519198.post-38930864561544042632007-03-30T08:01:00.000-04:002007-03-30T08:01:00.000-04:00Thanks for the comment on my post. It is clear to ...Thanks for the comment on my post. It is clear to me now that I should have though more about how people would interpret my intent when I wrote this. I view NIEM as a very good thing; perhaps the most progressive things to happen to state government since I've been involved with it. When I used the term <I>information monopoly</I>, my intent was to convey the positive aspects attributable to the consolidation of logical points of access to data.<BR/><BR/>I did not intend the term information monopoly to be interpreted in the "government is trying to be big brother" sense. Rather, if state governments had a consolidated (logical or physical) source of data on citizen identities, employer history, or arrest records; they would be able to operate more efficiently than they do in an environment of data islands. From a service orientation standpoint, which was what my post was actually about, this would make it a lot easier to build and integrate systems and would increase the credibility and reliability of the data that comes out of these systems.<BR/><BR/>So... I'm with you on this one. NIEM is a framework for exchanging data, not a database. Logically speaking, however, if states choose to have a single point of entry governing their statewide and national NIEM data exchanges, than they have granted this entity a quasi-monopoly over this logical collection of data. From my vantage point as a system integrator, this is a good thing since I can then go to one source for all of my NIEM-related data.<BR/><BR/>I hope this clarifies things a bit.<BR/><BR/>Thomas Beck<BR/>www.beckshome.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14389288308375904190noreply@blogger.com