FW: Source Code for Sequoia's Frontier Election System NowAvailable for Public Download!

Submitted on behalf of Eric Coomer at his request and with his permission.

John Borras

From: Coomer, Eric []

Sent: 04 December 2009 00:07

To: John Borras; 

Cc: Shafer, Michelle

Subject: RE: Source Code for Sequoia's Frontier Election System Now Available for Public Download!

Hello John and David.  I’m sorry it has taken a bit longer to get this info to you.  Attached are 2 archives containing the schemas
 for our data in the Frontier system.

 

TabulatorSchemas.rar as it implies are all of the election definition/results schemas from the tabulator.  We have also included a sample
 results.xml file that may highlight some of the usages- especially the “outstack conditions” element.

 

ImportSchemas are the schemas for importing various Geo-political definition data.

 

I have also attached some “feedback” regarding the latest EML 6.0 standard.

 

To answer your question, when we began development we tried to align with EML 5.0 but found too many blocking issues.  It was only during
 the NIST CDF workshop that I was aware of the EML 6.0 release.  Since then, we have tried to take another trip through our structures to see what we can do to better align.

 

I would appreciate any feedback you may have regarding our structures and comments.

 

Eric D. Coomer

Vice President, 

Research & Product Development

Sequoia Voting Systems 

717 17th St. Suite 310 

Denver, CO 80202 

(O) 720.746.2610 

(C) 720.201.1728 

 

www.sequoiavote.com 

 

From: John Borras

To: Shafer, Michelle

Cc:  

Sent: Thu Dec 03 01:44:51 2009

Subject: RE: Source Code for Sequoia's Frontier Election System Now Available for Public Download!

Hello Michelle

 

Just to echo David's comments, this is real progress.

 

Could I ask how your new Frontier Election System corresponds, or not as the case may be, to EML, and in particular does it align more with EML v5.0 than
 v6.0?   We are clearly interested in finding out if there are still some short-comings in our proposed v6.0 which we need to correct before final approval is sought.  Any feedback you can give us on this would be much appreciated.

 

Regards

John Borras

Chair OASIS E&VS Technical Committee

 

 

 

From: 
 [] On Behalf Of Shafer, Michelle []

Sent: 02 December 2009 16:13

To: Multiple recipients of list

Subject: Re: FOR CDF LIST: Source Code for Sequoia's Frontier Election System Now Available for Public Download!

Thanks so much!!!! We look forward to your feedback, David as well as that of others on this list.

Best,

Michelle 

-------------------------- 

Michelle M. Shafer 

Vice President, Communications & External Affairs 

Sequoia Voting Systems 

phone: 800.347.4702 

 

www.sequoiavote.com 

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Sent: Wed Dec 02 07:58:24 2009

Subject: RE: FOR CDF LIST: Source Code for Sequoia's Frontier Election System Now Available for Public Download!

Michelle,

 

Congratulations on this significant event in election systems history.

 

I'm wrapped up in my own CAM XML open source project development coding for a production release Dec 12th - but after that I should have time to review everything on your
 download links and provide feedback.

 

Thanks, DW

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Subject: FOR CDF LIST: Source Code for Sequoia's Frontier Election

System Now Available for Public Download!

From: "Shafer, Michelle" <>

Date: Tue, December 01, 2009 12:34 pm

To: Multiple recipients of list <>

Dear Members of the CDF List - 

Please see the attached press release on the initial release of the source code for our new Frontier Election System. You will also find this press release on our website at
http://www.sequoiavote.com/press.php?ID=86 <https://email.sequoiavote.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.sequoiavote.com/press.php?ID=86>
 and a Sequoia Ballot Blog posting about it at 
http://www.sequoiavote.com/blog.php?ID=71 <https://email.sequoiavote.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.sequoiavote.com/blog.php?ID=71>
 . You will note we referenced this code release in the announcement about our new product on October 27th which can be found at
http://www.sequoiavote.com/press.php?ID=85 <https://email.sequoiavote.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.sequoiavote.com/press.php?ID=85>
 .

You can read in-depth about the code release, including how the code can be downloaded and reviewed at
http://www.sequoiavote.com/sourceRelease.php <https://email.sequoiavote.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.sequoiavote.com/sourceRelease.php>
 . We also invite you to actually download the code and have a look!

I thought participants on the CDF list would find this information interesting as Frontier has been designed using an open-architecture which allows the system to support a variety of voting methods and interfaces in addition to paper-based optical scan, including
 an audio-driven ballot marking device for special needs voting as well as a full touch-screen interface and even internet or phone-based voting.

In an effort to increase interoperability and standardization in voting systems, all data structures used and exchanged in Sequoia's Frontier Election System are based on non-proprietary, self-documenting XML. The use of non-proprietary data structures will
 further support interfacing with a variety of ancillary systems including independent reporting and auditing systems. Several data schemas are also being released in this first wave in an effort to promote the discussion and adoption of an industry-wide common
 data format for all election related data. 

I hope that you find this information both relevant to this list and informative. Please feel free to contact me at 800.347.4702 or  should you have any questions.

Thanks and have a great day!

Michelle

Michelle M. Shafer

Vice President, Communications & External Affairs

Sequoia Voting Systems

800.347.4702



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