March 7, 2007

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Level: Introductory / All Levels

This case study explores the issues associated with developing a data standards program for establishing consensus and coordinating data exchange across an extended, multi-jurisdictional enterprise. One of the major challenges was the variation and disparity of data element formats, data types, and most importantly, definitions. The institution of a community-wide data standards governance program addressed these challenges, and in combination with an ISO/IEC 11179-based data standards registry, provides a single repository for managing the data standards process.