1. Taxonomies for a Metrology Information Infrastructure
NCSLI 141 MII & Automation Committee
Michael Schwartz
Colin Walker
Mark Kuster

2. Description of the Players Measurement Consumers
Instrument manufacturers
Measuring Entities (Cal Labs)
Accreditation Bodies
Document Types
Specs (100,000s)
Certificates (100,000,000s)
Scopres of Accreditation (1000’s)
Reason for starting where we did:
1. Strategy is to start with a minimal viable product in one area, most of the work is complete.
a.) Schema
b.) Schema Repository (Beagle)
c.) Sample application (Qualer Search)
d.) Schema Editor / Authoring tool (WIP)
The scope of the SOA schema is such that it carries almost all of the attributes of the other document types.
So it’s the most concentrated document type, and the most complete in terms of attributes. 2

3. Description of the Players Measurement Consumers
Instrument manufacturers
Measuring Entities (Cal Labs)
Accreditation Bodies
Document Types
Specs (100,000s)
Certificates (100,000,000s)
Scopres of Accreditation (1000’s)
Reason for starting where we did:
1. Strategy is to start with a minimal viable product in one area, most of the work is complete.
a.) Schema
b.) Schema Repository (Beagle)
c.) Sample application (Qualer Search)
d.) Schema Editor / Authoring tool (WIP)
The scope of the SOA schema is such that it carries almost all of the attributes of the other document types.
So it’s the most concentrated document type, and the most complete in terms of attributes. 3

4. 2016 2017 2018 SOA Schema Beagle Repository Taxonomy Builder
141 NCSLI
Committee Formed
2016
2017
2018
Walk through history of the project and outline the tools we have developed around digital SOAs.
Schema development
UoM database, and concept of Quantities.
Beagle SOA repository (single repo, however, vision is for distributed architecture: (e.g. Blockchain))
UoM Database
Qualer Search
SOA Editor 4

5. Not all CMC’s that look the same ARE the same!
Explain the development of out thinking around SOAs. The need for Processes and Techniques to provide machine readable, standardized, context for a CMC.
Not all CMC’s that look the same ARE the same! 5

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7. Cloud hosted repository First store and search demo!
Upload, validate, and store SOAs
Download SOAs
Validate against the standard schema. 7

8. Sourced 1500 SOAs from north American accredited labs.
Qualer Search:
Quick background:
Sourced 1500 SOAs from north American accredited labs.
Sourced almost ¼ million CMCs
Lacks CMC calculations.
Basic concept of the types of value the MII offers to industry. 8

9. Complications introduced by taxonomy
Complications introduced by taxonomy. What we learned from implementing Qualer Search: fps: Feet Per Second (speed), Flashes Per Second (frequency) 9

10. Editor will be branded by the Abs (Colors, Logo)10

11. Editor Improves Workflow of Scopes of Accreditation
Typical Workflow
Cal Lab develops Scope of Accreditation
AB reviews & approves
Publish on AB website
Text Document or Spreadsheet
Copy/paste to Word/PDF
Editor will be branded by the Abs (Colors, Logo)
Questions/Edits/Changes 11

12. Editor Improves Workflow of Scopes of Accreditation
With MII Editor
Cal lab creates SoA with MII editor
AB Reviews & Approves
Publish on AB Website
MII
SoA
Document
Publish using standard AB style sheet
Editor will be branded by the Abs (Colors, Logo)
Cal lab enters all information into the editor,
Submit electronicll to AB
AB can run calculations
See calculations, See formulas, See inputs
AB can publish to PDF using standard branded stylesheet
SOA is searchable online, by humans, by machines
No transposition errors
AB knows the SOA is structurally sound (validated at entry)
Conforms to taxonomy, unit, and process/technique standards.
High percentage of errors are caught by validation.
Questions/Edits/Changes 12

13. Enabling the Technology
Qualer Search
Cloud Repository
(Beagle)
MII Reference Data
UoM DB
Taxonomy
Authorship Tools
(SOA Editor)
Value Added Apps
This shows how all of the components we’ve developed work together as a system for digital SOAs.
Walk through the workflow from Editor to end user applications.
SOA Schema
What can you do? 13

14. MII Purpose:
Enabling new breakthrough value for any organization

15. Enabling the Technology
Qualer Search
Cloud Repository
(Beagle)
MII Reference Data
UoM DB
Taxonomy
Authorship Tools
(SOA Editor)
Value Added Apps
This shows how all of the components we’ve developed work together as a system for digital SOAs.
Walk through the workflow from Editor to end user applications.
SOA Schema
What can you do? 15