April 2005

Ellen Perry, MTG Management Consultants, L.L.C.

Tom Carlson, National Center for State Courts

Justice XML (JML)The Global Justice XML Data Model

2 April 2005

Outline

What is Justice XML?How did it come together?Who is involved?What did we learn?Where can I get additional information?What are the basic design principles?What’s under the hood?How is it used?Who is using it? (Who else is interested?)

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What Is Justice XML?

Purpose: Facilitate information sharing and integrated justice by reducing impediments, such as standards, cost, and time.

XML: A set of rules that specify syntax for information exchange.

Justice XML: Extends XML to the justice and public safety communities by providing a standard vocabulary and semantic building blocks that can be reused and extended by practitioners, integrators, and vendors.

You have to build the foundation before you can build the house.

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Our Criminal Justice System

1967

Enter System Prosecute/Pretrial Adjudication Sentencing Corrections

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IncidentRpt

IncidentRpt

BookingRpt

BookingRpt Charge

DocCharge

Doc

CaseFile

CaseFile

ArrestWarrantArrest

WarrantArrest

RptArrest

Rpt

ProtectOrder

ProtectOrder

SentenceOrder

SentenceOrder

IncidentIncident

ActivityActivity

InvestigateInvestigate

ArrestArrest

BookBook ConfineConfine

ProsecuteProsecute

IndictIndict AdjudicateAdjudicate SentenceSentence

IncarcerateIncarcerate

AcquitAcquit

SuperviseSupervise

ReleaseRelease

ChargeCharge

PardonPardonParoleParole

FineFine

Reusable Information Objects

Justice XML

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Many Parallel Efforts Came Together

Justice XML Data Model

JXDM

7 April 2005

Global XML Structure Task Force

of the Global

Infrastructure/Standards

Working Group (GISWG)

•Guides the GJXDM design and implementation•Reviews and approves all change requests•Reviews and decides all issues related to the GJXDM•Meets bi-weekly via teleconference•Meets 3-4 times per year in person•Reports to the Global Infrastructure/Standards Working

Group

...

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• Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP)

• Global Advisory Committee, Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative

• Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)

• Integrated Justice Information System (IJIS) Institute (industry)

• Reps from law enforcement (LE), LE intelligence, courts, corrections, ...

• National Center for State Courts (NCSC)

• SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information & Statistics

• Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) (technical lead)

Who Are the Main Players?

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Global Advisory Committee MembersAdministrative Office of the U.S. Courts American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA)American Correctional AssociationAmerican Probation and Parole AssociationConference of State Court Administrators Criminal Justice Information Services Advisory Policy Board Executive Office for U.S. AttorneysFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)IACP – Division of State and Provincial PoliceIACP – Indian Country Law Enforcement SectionINTERPOL – USNCBMajor Cities Chiefs Association National Association for Court Management National Association of Attorneys General National Association of State Chief Information Officers National Center for State Courts (NCSC)National Conference of State Legislatures National Congress of American IndiansNational Council of Juvenile and Family Court JudgesNational Criminal Justice AssociationNational District Attorneys AssociationNational Governors Association (NGA)National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS)National Legal Aid and Defender Association National Sheriffs AssociationSEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information & StatisticsU.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)U.S. Department of Justice Management Division (DoJ)U.S. Department of the TreasuryU.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

Global membership represents over 30 independent justice

organizations

Global membership represents over 30 independent justice

organizations

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XML Structure Task Force RepresentationCorrections AdministratorsProbation & ParoleFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Criminal Justice Information Systems DivInternational Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA)Integrated Justice Information Systems (IJIS) Institute (industry)National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)SEARCH (The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics)Joint Task Force on Rap Sheet Standardization (JTFRSS)State/local law enforcement

Regional Information Sharing System (RISS) Criminal Information Sharing Alliance (CISA) National Law Enforcement Transmission System (NLETS) States represented: AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, GA, KY, IL, MN,

MO, MT, NM, OK, PA, VA, WA, WICourts

Joint Technical Committee of COSCA and NACM National Association of Court Managers (NACM) Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) National Center for State Courts (NCSC) Members of OASIS LegalXML Technical Committees

Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)

• Government• Federal• State• Local

• Industry• Academia

• Government• Federal• State• Local

• Industry• Academia

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April 2005

“I Love it when a plan comes together.”

Much early groundwork in justice – data sets, dictionaries, pilot XML schema specs, data models

LegalXML Court Filing – draft XML data dictionary; assembled exchange schemas (e.g. a Sentence Order)

Joint Task Force on Criminal History Standardization – published an XML schema for a Rap Sheet (criminal history)

Global Infrastructure & Standards Working Group (GISWG) – pilot XML data dictionary (Reconciliation Data Dictionary)

SEARCH – studied and compiled data from actual justice information exchanges between states

GTRI – published Structure and Design Issues for Developing, Implementing, and Maintaining a Justice XML Data Dictionary;

also hosted a series of early XSTF meetings

September 2002 – Office of Justice Programs sponsored GTRI to design and implement GJXDM

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April 2005

A Brief History of Global JXDM

May 2001 W3C approves XML Schema as a RecommendationMay 2001 Work on Reconciliation Data Dictionary (RDD) beginsMay 2002 Global establishes XML Structure Task Force (XSTF)Jun 2002 GTRI prototypes JXDM v2.0 schema from RDD v0.0.9Aug 2002 Global releases final draft RDD v1.0.0Aug 2002 GTRI publishes design/structure paper for GJXDMSep 2002 GJXDM design & implementation beginsDec 2002 First early prototype of GJXDM v3 Apr 2003 First of 4 public prereleases (beta) of GJXDM v3May 2003 GJXDM public feedback Website opensDec 2003 GJXDM public Listserv opens for discussionJan 2004 GJXDM v3.0 – First operational releaseMay 2004 First GJXDM Developer’s Workshop in AtlantaJul 2004 Schema Subset Generator Tool comes on-lineOct 2004 GJXDM release v3.0.2Apr 2005 GJXDM release v3.0.3

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Lessons Learned: Process

Initially Bottom-Up Reconciliation of a boat-load of data Built experience Built source data But changes all the time with each new participant

Redone Top-Down Structured approach Designed as a model Easier to extend

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April 2005

Lessons Learned: Participants

Need Folks from All Domains in Scope Law Enforcement Courts Corrections

Need These Type of Folks Volunteers with a burning desire to make it work Willing to get hands dirty and do real work, not just fill up a

chair Buy into a philosophy of interoperability, even if there isn’t

an immediate business need for them Take ownership and responsibility but also be able to accept

criticism and suggestions from others

Need Vendors

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April 2005

Lessons Learned: Openess

Open Formats XML, XML Schema, UML, etc.

Collaboration Tools Open to All GJXDM Listserv GJXDM Bugzilla

Open Access to Source Data Not just access to final outputs UML XML Schema Other modeling formats XML Schema

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Lessons Learned: Collaboration

Extensive Use of Collaboration Tools/Methods Face-to-Face Meetings Teleconferences (I’m missing one right now!)

Listservs Bug Tracking (It’s not just for bugs anymore.)

Other Collaboration Tools the we aren’t using but could/should: Wikis Proprietary/Commercial Products

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Additional Information About Global JXDM

Office of Justice Programs IT Website and the official home of GJXDM:

www.it.ojp.gov

GTRI Justice XML Information Center:justicexml.gtri.gatech.edu

Or, just type “GJXDM” into Google!

http://it.ojp.gov/gjxdm

http://it.ojp.gov

http://www.it.ojp.gov/jxdm

http://justicexml.gtri.gatech.edu

http://gjxdmtools.gtri.gatech.edu/ssgt/

Sponsored by theU.S. Department of JusticeOffice of Justice Programs

Sponsored by theU.S. Department of JusticeOffice of Justice Programs

http://justicexml.gtri.gatech.edu/developerworkshop

Sponsored by theU.S. Department of JusticeOffice of Justice Programs

Sponsored by theU.S. Department of JusticeOffice of Justice Programs

gjxdm.workshop@gtri.gatech.edu

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Design Principles

Standards-based – uses several XML and data standards Model-based – generates consistent XML schema or other representations from a data modelRequirements-based – built from existing data models, dictionaries, schemas, document specifications Object-oriented – efficient extension and reuse (inheritance) Extendable – enables local additions of data components Expanded domain – includes courts, corrections, juvenile, etc. Provides relationships for rich exchange information context Built to evolve/advance with emerging technologies (e.g. OWL) Generalized for the justice community …

Does not target specific systems. NO Silver Bullets assumed … Constraints on time, technology, and requirements mandate rational compromises.

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Global Justice XML Data Model Content

2754 Total data components (= 545 types + 2209 properties)

Initial operational release 3.0

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Examples of Data Requirements SourcesSPONSOR SOURCE DOCUMENTS / SPECIFICATIONS

Global ISWG Reconciliation Data Dictionary (RDD) v1.0.0JTF for RSS Rap Sheet v2.2 schemaRISS RISSIntel v2.0 schemaLegalXML CourtFiling v1.1 DTDAAMVA Driver History v1.02 schemaNIJ InfoTech v2.0 data dictionary and schemaLA County, CA Incident Report schemaLegalXML Arrest Warrant schemaLegalXML Charging Document schemaLegalXML Sentencing Order schemaMinnesota CriMNet v1.0 data dictionary and schemaNCSC Data element spreadsheets (civil, criminal, juvenile)Maricopa Co AZ ICJIS Data Dictionary v1.3CISA Southwest Border States Data Dictionary (TX, AZ, NM)FBI NCIC 2000 data dictionary and code tablesNIBRS Incident Report schemaSEARCH Justice Information Exchange Model (JIEM) data sets

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W3C XML Schema Specification (05/2001)

W3C RDF and RDF Schema Specification (02/1999)

XML.gov Draft Federal XML Schema Developer’s Guide (04/02)

ISO/IEC 11179 Specification & Standardization of Data Elements

UN/CEFACT ebXML Core Components Technical Spec 1.9 (12/2002)

DC Dublin Core metadata for documents

DoD DoD 5015.2-STD Design Criteria Standard for Electronic-RMS Applications (06/2002)

IC Intelligence Community Metadata Language (ICML)

OASIS XML Common Biometrics Format Committee (09/2002)

Examples of Standards Used

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Component Repository(database)

Component Repository(database)

DataModel

Data Dictionary

genericconcept

domaincontent

Documentationspreadsheet .xls

GJXDMXML schema

GJXDMXML schema

Code tableXML schemas

Code tableXML schemas

Generate GJXDM OWL schema

GJXDM OWL schema

ClassModel

Graphic

ClassModel

Graphic

The Parts of the GJXDM

GJXDM Tools

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A Data Dictionary - Semantics

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type-of

PersonTypePersonType

PersonBirthDatePersonBirthDate

PersonNamePersonName

PersonPhysicalDetailsTypePersonPhysicalDetailsType

PersonPhysicalDetailsPersonPhysicalDetails

PersonHeightMeasurePersonHeightMeasure

TextTypeTextType

PersonNameTypePersonNameType

has-a

DateDate

has-a

PersonSexCodePersonSexCode

PersonBuildTextPersonBuildText

PersonGivenNamePersonGivenNamehas-a

PersonMiddleNamePersonMiddleName

PersonSurNamePersonSurNametype-of

TextTypeTextType

ncic:SEXTypencic:SEXType

MeasureTypeMeasureType

type-of

type-of

Subject-TypeSubject-Type

Object-TypeObject-Type

type-of

has-a

PropertyProperty

A Data Model – Structure and Relationships

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IncidentRpt

IncidentRpt

BookingRpt

BookingRpt Charge

DocCharge

Doc

CaseFile

CaseFile

ArrestWarrantArrest

WarrantArrest

RptArrest

Rpt

ProtectOrder

ProtectOrder

SentenceOrder

SentenceOrder

IncidentIncident

ActivityActivity

InvestigateInvestigate

ArrestArrest

BookBook ConfineConfine

ProsecuteProsecute

IndictIndict AdjudicateAdjudicate SentenceSentence

IncarcerateIncarcerate

AcquitAcquit

SuperviseSupervise

ReleaseRelease

ChargeCharge

PardonPardonParoleParole

FineFine

“Some Assembly Required”

GlobalJXDM

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+

Information Exchange Package Documentation

National Amber AlertIncident Status Sum (ICS209)Court Filing and Document (v1.1) Law Enforcement Credential

National Amber AlertIncident Status Sum (ICS209)Court Filing and Document (v1.1) Law Enforcement Credential

• The ultimate List may be ~150.• + Likely many more local schemas.

• The ultimate List may be ~150.• + Likely many more local schemas.

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April 2005

Information Exchange Initiatives

• National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS) – Rap Sheet, Driver History

• CapWIN – integrated transportation and criminal justice information wireless network

• DoJ Law Enforcement Information Sharing (LEIS) Initiative

• Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department – Incident Report

• Pennsylvania J-Net, Maine State Police, Minnesota CriMNet – Driver History

• FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division

• OASIS LegalXML Integrated Justice Technical Committee – Protection Order, Sentencing Order, Court Disposition, Citation

• National Amber Alert

Using the GJXDM

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April 2005

Who Is Using Global JXDM? Alaska Department of Public Safety Arizona Supreme Court,

Administrative Office of the Courts Arkansas Integrated Justice

Information Systems Project American Association

of Motor Vehicle Administrators California Administrative Office

of the Courts California Department of Justice Colorado Integrated Criminal Justice

Information System CriMNet – Minnesota

Department of Public Safety Criminal Information Sharing Alliance Illinois State Police Maine State Police North Carolina Criminal Justice Network Orange County, Florida

Pennsylvania Justice Network RISS Application Development Group Seattle, Washington Southwest Alabama Integrated

Criminal Justice System State of New Hampshire –

Department of Safety Syracuse Police Department U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys U.S. Postal Inspection Service University of Maryland Center for

Advanced Transportation Technology University of Southern Mississippi Vermont Department of

Innovation and Information Washington State

Administrative Office of the Courts

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•Continued refinements and improvements through feedback

•Technical assistance (help desk and knowledge base)

•Documentation, documentation, documentation, …

•Training for managers, practitioners, and developers

•Harmonize with other data exchange standards

•Continue work on software tools for efficient access and use

•Information Exchange Package Documentation (IEPDs) (e.g. RapSheet, IncidentReport)

•Other interoperability layers (e.g., security, privacy)

•Other representations (e.g., RDF, OWL)

What’s Next?

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Interest in GJXDM Has Been Expressed by …

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Committee developing the Terrorist Watchlist Person Data Exchange Standard (TWPDES)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service USCIS (formerly INS; now under DHS)

Department of Transportation