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Interoperability Working Groups and Common Data Format
The Interoperability working groups are for the discussion and development of guidance for voting system interoperability, including common data format (CDF) modeling and schema development. The guidance will inform the development of requirements for the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG). The main activity underway is the development of CDF specifications for voting device imports and exports. Another activity is assisting with interoperability-related requirements development for the next VVSG.
Many election officials view voting system interoperability as necessary core function for future voting technology. This working group has as its objective the development of guidance and CDFs that will result in voting system interoperability, bringing with it various advantages, including:
- Increased efficiency in election operations.
- Cost savings to election operations and to cost of system integration.
- Greater choice of voting equipment in the marketplace.
- More automated generation of EAC survey data.
- Reduced cost of testing and component certification.
- Greater transparency to election data.
Joining a CDF Interoperability Working Group
Next VVSG Requirements Development
The working group has been assisting in the development of principles and guidelines and general interoperability requirements for the next VVSG.
The latest draft of the
VVSG glossary is located here:
VVSG_2-Glossary-draft-18-5-14.docx
These definitions will in some cases need to be edited so as to be more clear, but they also need to be examined by election officials and others to ensure the definitions are accurate. If you have any changes or suggestions, please send email to
john.wack@nist.gov.
The latest draft of general interoperability requirements is located here:
The latest drafts of the requirements by voting activity are located here:
Many of the requirements are taken from a 2012 update to the 2007 TGDC Recommendations to the EAC. Chapter 7 of that document is included, below:
CDF Overviews
Introduction to the CDF Project
Frequently Asked Questions
What is GitHub
CDF Working Groups
There are currently four CDF specifications under development as well as two additional efforts to 1) rigorously define voting variations such as RCV and (2) create business process models of election processes. Each of these activities has
- its own subgroup and mailing list, accessible via an individual twiki subgroup page,
- its own GitHub repository for storing specification materials, and
- an associated web-based version of the specification documentation that is linked to the GitHub repository.
The following table contains the appropriate links to the above items:
Current Status and Meetings
The NIST Voting System Interoperability Working Group meets by telecon generally the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at 3pm Eastern/12pm Pacific, whereas the subgroups may meet at other times (consult the specific twiki pages). The interoperability working group meetings generally include overviews of current work and discussion of broader issues such as overall scope of the CDF work. In addition, the meetings also may focus on interoperability-related requirements for the next VVSG.
Recent Meeting Minutes:
- May 15, 2018
- April 23, 2018
- February 08, 2018
- January 24, 2018
- December 14, 2017
- November 16, 2017
- November 02, 2017
- October 12, 2017
- September 29, 2017
- September 08, 2017
- August 25, 2017 and CDF_Status_Aug_2017.pdf
- July 14, 2017
Membership
Email Lists
The primary Interoperability Working Group mailing list is:
Additional interoperability subgroup email lists include:
To join the list or find more information about list policies and related procedures, please visit the VVSG Working Group Lists page.
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