Network Technology GroupOpen Call

NetworkTechnologyGroupOpenCallFebruary2,2006IntroducingNTGMembersExchangeNetworkGovernanceNTGResponsibilities“WeAreBuildingOneNetwork”•TosupporttheopenstandardsandinteroperabilityattheheartoftheExchangeNetworktheNTG:–OverseestechnicaloperationoftheNetwork•Example:NetworkSecurityandNAAS–Providestechnicalresources•Documentationandguidancefordevelopers–ShepherdsFlow&Schemadevelopment•Schemaconformancereviewandguidance–Evaluatesnewnetworktechnologies•ProvidestechnicalvisionforENinfrastructureAgendaandparticipantfeedback•Today’sCall–NetworkNamespaces–ExchangeNetworkDiscoveryService–OtherNTGActivities•Participation–QuestionsandFeedbackoncallaboutNTGactivities–FeedbacktoNTGonongoinginitiativesNamespacesontheExchangeNetworkTomAten–[e-mail]•NetworkNamespacesaredeclarationsinXMLdocumentsthatgovernthesyntaxforaccessingtagsfromimportedschema•Properuseofnamespacessimplifiesschemaandinstancefiledevelopmentandpreventsnamingcollisions.SchemareuseacrossflowsmakesaNetworkstandardfornamespacesevenmoreimportant.TargetNamespacedeclarationinaschemafile:NTGActivitiesonNamespaces•Version1.10wasapprovedbyNTGandNOBinJanuary,2006•Atnextbusiness-drivenrevision,schemashouldchangenamespacestobeURL-formatted.•Newstandardformatfornamespaces:**thislinkisanexampleandwillnotresolveHowdoesthisaffecttheEN?•Newrepositorystructurewillbe–•SharedSchemaComponentswillnotdeclareanamespacesotheycanbeincludedinschema(i.e.,usingincludeinsteadofimport)•Arelatedrequirementistoincludeanindex.xsd,astherootschema•ThiswillimproveaccesstoschemasthroughthenamespacestructureNamespaceResources•ConsultNamespaceUse-CaseDocument––NetworkNamespace,Use-Case,Metadataavailable•QuestionsorCommentsonNamespaceRecommendation–[e-mail]ryServiceGlenCarr–[e-mail]•StandardsoftheExchangeNetworkmakestheDiscoveryServicepossible•Providesservicestoregisteranddiscovernodesandnodeservices,makingiteasierforuserstoconsumeNetworkdata•2typesofinterfacestotheDiscoveryServicewillbesupported:–NodeWebService(machineinterface)–Web-enabledGUI(humaninterface)•FunctionalPrototypehostedatOregonDEQRegister…Discover…Consume…NetworkBrowserWebSiteNodeAdministratorCustomToolNetworkNodeServiceDatabaseENDiscoveryWebServiceNodeAdministratorscanregistertheirnodeRegister…Discover…Consume…NetworkBrowserWebSiteDataConsumerCustomToolNetworkNodeServiceDatabaseENDiscoveryWebServiceInterestedpartiescandeterminewhatservicesareavailableandwhichnodesofferthemRegister…Discover…Consume…NetworkBrowserWebSiteDataConsumerCustomToolNetworkNodeNodeANodeBNodeCNoden...InterestedpartiescanthenusetheinformationretrievedfromtheDiscoveryServicetoqueryoneormorenodesDiscoveryServiceNTGActivities•Ajointstate/EPATaskForcewasformedtoworkontheDiscoveryServiceonbehalfoftheNTG.–Finalschema,DataExchangeTemplate,FlowConfigurationDocument,andinstancefileareunderconsiderationforapprovalatversion1.3–TaskForceisplanningfortransitionfromprototypeatOregonDEQtopermanentnodeatCDXDiscoveryServiceResources•QuestionsorCommentsfortheTaskForcecanbesentto:–[e-mail]erNTGActivities•ReviseSchemaReviewprocess–Clarifyandimproveprocessstepsfor:•Developingaschemaconformancereport•NTGreviewsofconformancereports–Createdevelopertools(checklists/templates)•ExploreadditionalNAASauthenticationmethodformachine-to-machinetransfersviaanewSecureAuthenticationKey–Unlikeusername/password,thiscredentialwillbetiedtomachineIPAddress•ImproveChangeManagementontheNetwork–NTGTaskForcereviewinginitialguidancefromNOB–DevelopNetworkprinciplesforChangeManagement,versioning,anddeveloper-levelguidelinesOtherNTGActivities(continued)•Managingupdatestotechnicalresources–SharedSchemaComponentsandguidancedocuments–DesignRulesandConventions•FutureActivities–PrioritizedonRollingWorkplan(availablefromENWebsite)QuestionsorFeedback?•Questionsfromcall:contactpresenters•Futurefeedback:contactNTGCo-chairs–PleaseprovideanyfeedbackrelatedtothecontentofthiscallbyFebruary22–FeedbackonpendingissuesbeforetheNTGwillbeconsideredwithothercomments–Feedbackondecidedissues/documentswillbetakenunderconsiderationatthenextrevisionofthedecision/documentResources•CSCNodeHelpDesk–Hours8:00am-6:00pm(EST).–Phone:[phone]–Email:[e-mail]•MollyO’NeillENCoordinator–Email:[e-mail]://•ScottTotten•[e-mail]•ConnieDwyer•[e-mail]•TomAten•[e-mail]•GlenCarr•[e-mail]followingslideswerenotpartoftheOpenCallpresentation.TheywerequestionsfromparticipantsthatwereansweredbyNTGmembers.ForadditionalinformationpleasecontactthepresentersortheNTGCo-Chairs.Questi