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Presented by: Leticia Pibida
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Radioactivity Group
ANSI Procedure
Title, Scope and Purpose of the standard sent to IEEE to have a number assigned
Create writing group
Provide final draft to N42 subcommittee and N42 voting committee for comments
Address comments from both groups
Goes to ANSI/IEEE for public comments (45 days)
Address comments create final version for ballot
Ballots from N42 voting committee (6 weeks
Submit voting results and final version to IEEE for publication (variable time)
Time Line of Events for N42.42
Presented the idea of data format standard to DHS in May 2003
Support from Office of Research and Development, Standards Portfolio, S&T, DHS
First draft May 2004 for number assignment (Includes Scope, Purpose and General Outline)
Created writing group May 2004
First meeting June 2004
Created 15 versions
Sent out for comment to ANSI N42 subcommittee and voting committee December 2005
Sent out for ballot February 14, 2006
Ballot closed March 31, 2006
Final draft sent for publication June 6, 2006
Working Group
Chairs:
George Lasche (SNL) / Leticia Pibida (NIST)
Members
Bob Huckins
Carl Czajkowski
Dave Weirup
Adrian Stoian
Peter Chiaro
Scott Rogers
Johnny Long
Richard Smola
Keith Olson
Lew Meixler
Ronald Keyser
Robert Bass
Larry Fluty
The data file is composed entirely from the ASCII character set so that it can be easily read and the data extracted with any text editor if necessary. Each line is to be no more than 128 characters in length.
The data filename extension should be "SPE," either uppercase or lowercase, to allow for automated recognition and backward compatibility with a variety of existing analytical applications.
Data elements are listed in lines of text following block identifiers that consist of a keystring identifier, in all uppercase letters, preceded by the "$" symbol.
Final Version General Description
Standard requires that all radiation data instruments shall comply with the following data formats:
The data shall be rendered in an XML document in conformance to the W3C XML V1.0 standard. In this standard, an XML document is considered identical to an XML file and the terms will be used synonymously.
The data format is to be compatible with the master ANSI N42.42 schema maintained by NIST. ANSI N42.42 schema
Data authentication, when required, shall be provided via XML-Signature.