Title: ANSI Process and History of ANSI N42.42
1ANSI Process and History of ANSI N42.42
- Presented by Leticia Pibida
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Radioactivity Group
2ANSI 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)
3Time 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, ST, 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
4Working Group
Chairs George Lasche (SNL) / Leticia Pibida
(NIST) Members Bob Huckins Canberra Carl
Czajkowski BNL Dave Weirup LLNL Adrian
Stoian SAIC/ Exploranium Peter
Chiaro ORNL Scott Rogers Canberra
Aquila Johnny Long Thermo Electron Richard
Smola Ludlum Keith Olson LANL Lew
Meixler PPPL Ronald Keyser ORTEC Robert
Bass PNNL Larry Fluty DHS
5First Version of the Standard
- 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.
6Final 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, found at http//physics.nist.g
ov/Divisions/Div846/Gp4/ANSIN4242/2005/ANSIN4242.x
sd. - Data authentication, when required, shall be
provided via XML- Signature.
7Details to Come Next!