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Standards for e-Voting:

The work of the

Election & Voter Services

Technical Committee

TC Overview

History

Formed March 2001

Chair since Aug 2001- UK Gov t (currently

Dept of Constitutional Affairs)

Governments, Corporations, Election

Services providers, Academia

IPR

Transitioned to RF on Limited Terms

C o m m itte e C h a rte r

The purpose of the Election and Voter Services

Technical Committee is to develop a standard for

the structured interchange of data among

hardware, software, and service providers who

engage in any aspect of providing election or

voter services to public or private organisations.

D e liv e ra b le E M L ( E le c tio n

M a rk u p L a n g u a g e )

Process and Data Requirements

O u tlin e s v o tin g p r o c e s s e s

Id e n tifie s d a ta r e q u ir e m e n ts

C o n ta in s g lo s s a r y o f te r m s

A d d r e s s e s s e c u r ity is s u e s

XML Schemas

O v e r v ie w o f a p p r o a c h ta k e n in p r e p a r in g th e

schem as

3 8 In d iv id u a l s c h e m a s

Also:

White Paper The Case for EML

E M L P ro g re s s

v 4.0 OASIS Standard May 06

v 5.0 Committee Draft March 07

Out for Public Review

Target is OASIS Standard approval summer 07

Then submit it to ISO

C o n ta c ts :

J o h n B o rra s

( c h a ir)

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O A S IS T C

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