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ZIG/ZAG: UNB - European Commission [EC] "Blockchains for Social Good [BSG]"
	 Challenge - DRAFT MINUTES W 27 FEB 2019 FOR MTG B1 T 26 FEB 2019

Date:		Tue 26 Feb 2019		Time:17:30 - 18:30

Venue:		Balgowlah RSL		Contact: Stephen GOULD
		30 Ethel Street		SAN Projects Co-ordinator
		BALGOWLAH 2092		M:{61}(4)1600-9468

			INVITEES & ATTENDEES

Peter AXTENS	[PMA] Chr	Y	Janece WILLS	[JPW]		E
Gloria OMODEI	[GMO]		Y	Carline DUFFY	[CJD]		Y
Jan NEILSEN	[JNN]		Y	Nick RIDDELL 	[NHR]		E
Tim CHENKO	[TMC]		E	Stephen GOULD	[SGG] Sec	Y
Kathy REID 	[KCR]		E	Any On-line Contacts

			     AGENDA

	A  17:30-18:00 - Confirm 1st quantum 09.00-09:45 On-line Training Program
	B  18:00-18:15 - Review Overseas Cryptocurrency Research 
	C  18:10-18:25 - Update on "Blockchain" initiatives
	D  18:25-18:30 - Any other business
	W  Action Items
	Z  Next Meeting	Tue 12 Mar 2019		17:30 - 18:30

A  17:30-18:00 - CONFIRM 1ST QUANTUM 09.00-09:45 ON-LINE TRAINING PROGRAM


PMA said the Committee members had reviewed the framework On-line Introduction to understanding 
eCommerce, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency issues" since it had been placed On-line on 02 Feb 2019 
and were now pleased to review the detailed aspects of the proposed On-line Training program as per 
the Agenda

A major part of the EC-BSG project will be to assist potential Project Partners to understand the 
key project issues hence the EC-BSG Committee is preparing an "On-line Introduction to 
understanding eCommerce, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency issues"

The 1st Quantum covers the following topics:

	a	Coding Processes
	b	Relational Databases
	c	On-line Forms
	d	Smart Forms

a	CODING PROCESSES

Description of Coding Processes

 "For consistent data, it is important for everyone to follow the same coding rules and conventions 
when assigning codes. 
	
Adherence to applicable coding guidelines, conventions, and instructions is absolutely necessary. 

The importance of accurate, complete, and consistent coded data continues to increase."

Examples of Coding Processes are:

a  The Hindu-Arabic numerals set of 10 symbols - 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 were introduced to Europe
   around the 12th Century to replace Roman Numerals which did not have 0 (zero)

b  The Alphabet A-Z - the Standard for reading and writing in English.  It appears that English had
   existed for many hundreds of years before the arrival of the printing press in the mid-15th Century
   by William CAXTON led to English becoming Standardised

c  Flag Semaphore - Semaphores were adopted and widely used (with hand-held flags replacing the 
    mechanical arms of shutter semaphores) in the maritime world in the 19th century. Flag Semaphore
    has flag position representation for all 26 letters of the English Alphabet and 10 numbers 0-9

d  Morse Code - apparently Alfred VAIL (1807-1959) was the true inventor of Morse Code using dots
    and dashes (a dash is 3 times the length of a dot) as standard for the Telegraphic communication 
    system invented in 1844 and implemented by Samuel MORSE (1791-1872) 

   Morse Code has a code for all 26 letters of the English Alphabet, 10 numbers 0-9 and 23 other
   codes for punctuation and message codes for a total of 88 different Morse code sequences

e  QWERTY Typewriter keyboard.  The QWERTY Typewriter keyboard was invented in 1868 by
    Christopher SHOLES, the inventor of the Typewriter and had 40 characters in 4 rows of 10
    characters 

f   ASCII [American Standard Code for Information Interchange]- The ASCII Character set for 
    Computers was developed from the Telegraph Code and the first edition of the standard was 
    published in 1963 with 128 characters [27] in the 7-bit set of an 8-bit byte  

    The ASCII Character set is now.256 Characters [28] and uses the full 8-bit byte to include all 
    language characters

The key to every coding process is that the process has an agreed coding structure

However what has happened recently with the Communications and Information Technology [CIT] 
Industries is that agreed standards have been corrupted by large organisations like IBM that have a 
vested interest in ensuring that CIT industry standards are not consistent

Examples of this include the International 1987 UN/EDIFACT [Electronic Data Interchange for 
Administration, Commerce and Trade] Standard ISO 9375 and the 2006 Australian "Name and 
Address" Standard AS4590 which the Public thought had a standard Name and Address format until 
it was discovered in 2006 that the CIT developers had included both a simple and complex address 
format in the same standard ref OASIS XML Conference Sydney Oct 2006

THIS MEANT THAT EVERY ELECTRONIC MESSAGE HAD TO BE CHECKED TO SEE WHETHER 
THE "SIMPLE" ADDRESS OR THE "COMPLEX" ADDRESS FORMAT HAD BEEN USED BY THE 
COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS IN DEVELOPING THE SOFTWARE THUS ADDING CONSIDERABLE COST AND DELAY IN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

g  Australian eHealth Standards

In 2004 Australia entered into the Aus-USA Free Trade Agreement which included "Chapter 16: 
Electronic Commerce"

"In Jul 2005 the National Electronic Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) was established in July
2005 as a collaborative enterprise by the Australian Commonwealth, State and Territory governments 
[COAG] to identify and develop the necessary foundations for electronic health (eHealth)"

IN 2006 COAG published a "Management Framework" which include a section on Compliance with 
Standards and identified with 16 Standards Australia Health Informatics Committees and 9 ISO 
Health Informatics Committees

In 2008 the NEHTA CIT Advisory Committee which comprised mainly international Communications 
and Information Technology Consultants published a list of 8 acceptable "candidate" software 
standards for eHealth Applications including UN/EDIFACT

This published list was for software houses to decide which "candidate" standard to adopt for 
developing eHealth Applications

The other "candidate" standards are proprietary standards many owned by overseas organisations
and cause considerable cost and delay for computer departments in eHealth to check and convert 
the information into the "candidate" standard that the eHealth department uses via eHubs

On 01 Jul 2016 NEHTA as a "Transition" authority was disbanded and replaced by the Australian 
Digital Health Agency [ADHA]

b	RELATIONAL DATABASES

The Relational Database model organises data into one or more tables (or relations) of columns and
rows  

Rows are also called records or tuples

Columns are also called attributes. 

Generally, each table/relation represents one "entity type" (such as customer or product). 

The rows represent instances of that type of entity (such as "Lee" or "chair") and the columns representing 
values attributed to that instance (such as address or price).

c	ON-LINE FORMS

On-line forms allow the information required to be selected from a pre-defined drop down menu and 
greatly reduce the need for any free typing

The answer selected can then go straight into a relational database and information answer can 

An example of the effectiveness of On-line forms was commissioned by the Australian Federal 
Government Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business [DEWRSB] 
in 2001 with 153 NSW Local Government Agencies

Using the RUBAC EII Methodology to design the 3 On-line questionnaires and coding the responses 
for the database enabled the OIC Project Team to gather the information required from 153 Councils 
electronically within 3-months so that DEWRSB paid the contract in full !!

The On-line forms and responses can be reviewed here

All Airline, Cruse ship and Tourism sites booking sites use On-line forms where the 
information is entered straight into a database so that bookings and places can be confirmed 
straight away

d	SMART FORMS

"In 2008, the use of "SmartForms" was named a best practice initiative by the Australian Government 
Information Management Office in the Review of the Australian Government's Use of ICT".[

Promoted benefits

	1	Lower cost of processing submitted forms

	2	Fewer data entry errors
	
	3	Lower postage and mail handling costs

	4	Enables the use of digital signatures for non-repudiation
	
	5	SmartForms can be saved offline
	
	6	Files can be attached to the form
	
	7	Submitted forms can be easily integrated with back office systems using XML data

Use in government

The Federal Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science coordinates 
"SmartForms" initiatives across Australian government agencies.Departments currently using 
"SmartForms" include NSW Local Government Agencies, Victorian State Government,NT
State Government and the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations,

The Australian Department of Finance and Deregulation is promoting a Whole of Government 
"SmartForms" solution under a $42M Australian Government Online Service Point program. 

This SmartForm solution is based on Avoka Transact.

Technologies

There are a number technologies that can deliver "SmartForm" benefits with varying levels of 
capability. These include:

1	Avoka Transact

Avoka Transact replace paper and PDF submissions with a highly tailored digital process for 
both agencies and citizens, and includes data capture, signatures, and identity validation. 

Avoka Transact allows department staff to create mobile responsive applications which adapt 
to the size of a phone, tablet or PC without creating separate versions for each, and Australian 
Citizens can complete government transactions from mobile and desktop at home.

[In 2002 Avoka Transact was founded in Manly NSW Australia by Phil COPELAND and 
Howard TREISMAN

On 12 Dec 2018 Avoka was acquired by the US based Banking software company TEMENOS
For AU$ 339 Million]

2	FormHero

FormHero is a paperwork automation platform used to turn internal paper-based processes
into online smart forms that automatically find and fill in existing paperwork.

3	Intelledox Infiniti

Intelledox Infiniti is a business process digitalisation platform that combines the power of
of intelligent document generation, adaptive interviews (SmartForms), and line-of-
business integration

Infiniti leverages existing investments in document management and information assets to 
deliver Adaptive Engagement and On Demand Communication solutions that help
organisations digitally transform manual business processes into intuitive, guided, user 
experiences based on the customer's personal preferences, device, and location

4	XFA Forms

XFA refers to Adobe XFA Forms platform which can be used to render PDF, Adobe-Flex or
HTML based forms

5	XForms

Xforms refers to a W3c XML Forms architecture. Solutions implementing XForms include IBM 
Lotus Forms, Open Data Kit (ODK) and Group Complete (ODK compatible).

6	InfoPath FormsV

InfoPath refers to Microsoft Office InfoPath XML form technology. On 31 January 2014, 
Microsoft said they are discontinuing InfoPath Forms Services.

7	FormPublisher Forms

FormPublisher refers to Jway XML form technology. FormPublisher Forms is a "Smart Form"
 that dynamically adapts to user responses and the process context]

B  18:00-18:15 - REVIEW OVERSEAS CRYPTOCURRENCY RESEARCH

a 2018/12/06 Bitcoin's successor ? Could be "Stablecoins" are a safer cryptocurrency option
b 2019/01/02 Five Reasons Bitcoin could enter a more extreme death spiral
c 2019/02/19 Cryptocurrency Exchange Owner dies - where is the money ?

c 2019/02/19 Cryptocurrency Exchange Owner dies - where is the money ?

The full article can be reviewed here

b 2019/01/02 Five Reasons Bitcoin could enter a more extreme death spiral 

The full article can be reviewed here


a 2018/12/06 Bitcoin's successor ? Could be "Stablecoins" are a safer cryptocurrency option

The full article can be reviewed here

C  18:10-18:25 - UPDATE ON "BLOCKCHAIN" INITIATIVES

The Meeting reviewed these "Blockchain" articles

c 2019/02/19 Once hailed as unhackable Blockchains are now getting hacked

b 2019/02/19 Ethereum mining pool receives mysterious 300k blockchain payout

a 2019/02/18 Blockchain technology used by South Australian government to conduct election

a 2019/02/18 Blockchain technology used by South Australian government to conduct election

The full article can be reviewed here

b 2019/02/19 Ethereum mining pool receives mysterious 300k blockchain payout 

The full article can be reviewed here

c 2019/02/19 Once hailed as unhackable Blockchains are now getting hacked 

The full article can be reviewed here

D   18:25-18:30 - ANY OTHER BUSINESS

There was no other business

ACTION ITEMS		ACTION				WHO	FOR	WHEN		

1	On-line training program  		SGG	All	by F 2019/03/01

2	Overview Coding Processes & On-line Forms	SGG	All	by F 2019/03/01

3	Report "Blockchain" & "Hyperledger" articles	SGG	All	On-going

NEXT MEETING

Date:	Tue 12 Mar 2019		Time:	17:30 - 18:30

Venue:	Balgowlah RSL	 	E: 
	30 Ethel St		F:{61}(2)
	SEAFORTH	2092	P:{61}(2)9949-5477

Stephen GOULD
Projects Co-ordinator
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