Preserving State Government Digital Information:
all Partners Meetings
All Partners Overview
The Minnesota Historical Society is working with representatives from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) and the California Digital Library (CDL), as well as representatives from the states of Arkansas, California, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, Tennessee, and Vermont who are involved in preserving and providing access to government information.
The goal of working with these partners is to address common concerns in preserving state government digital information. The first All Partners Meeting was held in December 2008 and was the first time that representatives from all states were brought together. The 2009 All Partners meeting was held in January 2010.
December 8, 2008
Overview
The Minnesota Historical Society hosted a meeting with all of the partners involved with the NDIIPP grant project. Representative from the California Digital Library, California Legislative Counsel, California State Library, Illinois State Library, Kansas Legislative Computer Services, Kansas State Historical Society, Library of Congress, Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota Legislative Reference Library, Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes, National Conference of State Legislature, Tennessee Department of State, Thomson Reuters, University of North Carolina and the Vermont State Archives were in attendance.
The meeting included an overview of individual state partner meetings in 2008, an update on the development of an XML Wrapper Schema to be used on legislative records, and the future goals of the project.
Meeting Materials and Information
- Agenda (pdf)
- Meeting Participants (pdf)
- Meeting Summary (pdf), includes all presentation slides and summary of discussions
- Presentation Slides (pdf) Project Background by Bob Horton, Minnesota Historical Society
- Presentation Slides (pdf) Project Activities by Bob Horton, Minnesota Historical Society
- Presentation Slides (pdf) XTEND and XML by Tim Orr, Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes
- Presentation Slides (pdf) XML Wrapper Schema by Daniel Dodge, Thomson Reuters
January 20, 2010
Overview
The 2009 All Partners meeting was held in Sacramento California and hosted by the California Legislative Counsel. Representatives from the Arkansas History Commission, California Digital Library, California Legislative Counsel, California State Archives, California State Library, Illinois State Library, Illinois Legislative Information System, Kansas State Historical Society, Library of Congress, Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota Legislative Reference Library, Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes, National Conference of State Legislature, Nebraska State Historical Society, North Dakota Legislative Council, North Dakota State Historical Society, Tennessee State Archives, University of North Carolina, Vermont Joint Fiscal Office, and the Vermont State Archives were in attendance.
The meeting included a brief overview of the NDIIPP project, background information on the pilot project, a demonstration of the pilot project and a demonstration on practical uses for and advantages of native XML databases. Participants were given a virtual image of the XML native database with the pilot applications to work with themselves.
Meeting Materials and Information
- Agenda (pdf)
- Meeting Participants (pdf)
- Meeting Summary (pdf), summary of presentations and discussions
- Presentation Slides (pdf) Project Background by Bob Horton, Minnesota Historical Society
- Presentation Slides (pdf) Pilot Project Demonstration by Carol Kussmann, Minnesota Historical Society
- Presentation Slides (pdf) Features of eXist by Isaac Holmlund, Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes
(Meeting Summary and one set of presentation slides will be updated when available.)
January 27, 2010
