Strategy Markup Language (StratML) is an XML vocabulary and schema for strategic plans.  Its purposes include but may not be limited to the following:

• Facilitate the sharing, referencing, indexing, discovery, linking, reuse, and analyses of the elements of strategic plans, including goal and objective statements as well as the names and descriptions of stakeholder groups and any other content commonly included in strategic plans.
• Enable the concept of "strategic alignment" to be realized in literal linkages among goal and objective statements and all other records created by organizations in the routine course of their business processes.
• Facilitate the discovery of potential performance partners who share common goals and objectives and/or either produce inputs needed or require outputs produced by the organization compiling the strategic plan.
• Facilitate stakeholder feedback on strategic goals and objectives.
• Facilitate updating and maintenance of  discrete elements of strategic plans without requiring review and approval of the entire plan through bureaucratic channels, thereby helping to make the strategic planning process more agile and responsive to stakeholder feedback and changing circumstances, thus helping to overcome the tendency of strategic plans to become outdated "shelfware".
• Reduce the needless time, effort, inconsistencies, and delays associated with maintaining data redundantly in myriad "stovepipe" systems rather than referencing the authoritative sources.
• Enable agencies to comply with the provisions of subsections 202(b)(4) & (5) and 207(d) of the eGov Act, which respectively require agencies to:
  • Work together to link their performance goals to key groups, including citizens, businesses, and other governments, as well as internal Federal Government operations; and
  • Adopt open standards (e.g., StratML) enabling the organization and categorization of Government information in a way that is searchable electronically and interoperably across agencies.

The history of StratML includes:

• The original project proposal submitted to AIIM, December 19, 2003
• HyperVision's draft (obsolete) XSD for Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) strategic plans
• The description identifying StratML in the ET.gov process
• Strategic plan elements draft glossary (obsolete)
• Implementing a Government-wide Semantic Solution to Thesauri - Paper by Ken Sall and Ronald Reck, XML 2005 Conference, November 15, 2005
• Documentation provided at CORE.gov, including:
• StratML Value Proposition White Paper, April 18, 2006
  
• A white paper, dated September 6, 2007, reporting progress and potential next steps to the CIOC/AIC leadership
  
• Presentation to the xmlCoP, September 20, 2006
  
• Presentation to the CIO Council's (CIOC) Architecture and Infrastructure Committee (AIC), September 20, 2007
• AIIM Standards Board agrees to pursue establishment of StratML as an ISO standard, September 2007
  • If you would like to subscribe to AIIM's listserv to receive notices of StratML Committee meetings, please contact Owen Ambur.
• Federal Computer Week article on the appointment of Performance Improvement Officers, December 10, 2007
• Government Computer News article on AIIM's adoption of StratML into its standards program, December 11, 2007
• The first meeting/telecon of AIIM's StratML Standard Committee, January 10, 2008.
• Presentation given by Adam Schwartz
• Meeting Minutes
• Collaboration Expedition Workshop Session on StratML, February 19
• Comments requested on the names and definitions of elements in the StratML core schema and white paper. Comments posted on the listserv.
• Oliver Recklies' Comments, March 12, 2008
• Compilation of comments on proposed additions and changes to the initially deliverable StratML core vocabulary and schema during the first phase of the project
• Carl Frappaolo's response to comment on the potential use of StratML to aid findability and relevancy ranking of content, May 8, 2008
• See also:
  • AIIM's StratML Standard Committee Page & Listserv Archives
  • Wikipedia Article on Strategic Planning

Current work and results include:

• StratML Committee meeting/telecon rescheduled (from May 29) to June 5 (at 1:30) at AIIM headquarters, located at 1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 1100, Silver Spring, MD 20910
  • Betsy Fanning compiling list of action items


• The StratML Core XML Schema (XSD)
• David Webber's proposed improved XSD with a namespace declaration
• InfoPath Form using David's XSD
• Betty Harvey revising to include stratml.org namespace as well as IDs attributes on each element in the schema
• Adam Schwartz's graphical depiction of the Performance Plan/Report task group's proposed extensions to core schema (See page 2. Task group members included Adam, Owen, John Chickering & Jim St. Clair.)
• Glossary for the StratML Core compiled by Owen Ambur using this XSD and stylesheet



• More than 170 strategic plans rendered in StratML format, using (thus far) five different authoring/conversion tools, including:



• Microsoft InfoPath using this form (Latest version of InfoPath required to open in MSIE but other applications should ignore InfoPath processing instruction; otherwise can save to local drive and open with any text editor or XML-enabled application.)
1. President's Management Agenda (PMA) [InfoPath processing instruction removed.]
   • Xopus Renditions - Read-Only | Editable
   • Lines of Business (LOBs):
   • Budget Formulation and Execution (BFE LOB)
   • Case Management (CM LOB)
   • Federal Health Architecture (FHA LOB)
   • Financial Management (FM LOB)
   • Geospatial (GLOB)
   • Grants Management (GM LOB)
   • Human Resources (HR LOB)
   • Information Systems Security (ISS LOB)
   • Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure Optimization (IOI LOB)
2. Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office (FEA PMO) [Edited with PDF Fillable form; InfoPath processing instruction removed.]
• Federal Enterprise Architecture Business Reference Model (FEA BRM) [InfoPath processing instruction removed.]
• Enterprise Architecture Assessment Framework (EAAF) [InfoPath processing instruction removed.]
3. CIO Council (CIOC) [InfoPath processing instruction removed.]
4. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
5. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
6. Department of Commerce (DOC)
7. Department of Energy (DOE)
8. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
9. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) [Edited with PDF Fillable form; InfoPath processing instruction removed.]
10. Forest Service (FS) [Edited with PDF Fillable form; InfoPath processing instruction removed.]
11. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
12. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) [Edited with PDF Fillable form; InfoPath processing instruction removed.]
13. Department of the Interior (DOI)
14. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD)
15. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
16. National Coordination Office for Networking and Information Technology Research and Development(NCO NITRD) [InfoPath processing instruction removed.]
17. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) [InfoPath processing instruction removed.]
18. National Science Foundation (NSF) [InfoPath processing instruction removed.]
• Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP) [Created with PDF Fillable Form.]
19. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) [InfoPath processing instruction removed.]
20. Library of Congress (LOC)
21. Small Business Administration (SBA)
22. Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)

• Business Web Software AchieveForms using the form on their demonstration site
1. Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
2. Department of Education (ED)
   
3. Department of Energy (DOE) Information Resources Management (IRM)
4. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
   • Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Tribal Strategic Plan (OPPTSTSP)
5. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
6. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Information Resources Management (IRM)
7. Government Printing Office (GPO)
8. Hilton Head Public Service District (HHPSD)
9. Department of Justice (DOJ)
10. Department of Labor (DOL)
11. State of Maine, Office of Information Technology (OIT)
12. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
13. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) [Edited in InfoPath]
14. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
15. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
16. Department of Treasury (Treasury)
17. Web Content Managers (WCM)

•   PDF Fillable Form
1. Advisory Commission on Historic Preservation (ACHP)
2. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
3. CENDI
4. United States Copyright Office (USCO)
5. Corporation for National and Community Service (CNS)
6. Federal Plan for Cyber Security and Information Assurance Research and Development (CSIA)
7. Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)
8. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
9. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
10. Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB)
• FHFB Information Technology (FHFB/IT)
11. General Services Administration (GSA)
12. Department of Health and Human Services, Information Technology (Draft) (HHS/IT)
13. Town of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina (HHI)
14. National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC)
15. National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science (NCSI)
16. National Center for Standards and Certification Information (NCSCI)
17. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
18. National Military Strategy (NMS)
19. National Security Strategy (NSS)
20. National Strategy for Information Sharing (NSIS)
21. NIST E-Gov Standards Resource Center (ESRC)
22. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Draft) (NRC)
23. Office of Electronic Government and Technology (OEGT)
24. Small Agency Council (SAC)
25. Society for Military Psychology (SMP)
26. State of Utah (UT)

• MS Word [and edited with PDF Fillable form]
1. Department of the Interior, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Information Technology (OCIO)
2. United States Standards Strategy (USSS)
3. Other Plans in .doc format that should be converted to StratML

• Xopus Form
  1. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (AGA)
  2. Association of Government Accountants (AGA)
  3. ASTM International (ASTM)
  4. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)
  5. E-Government Strategy (eGov) [Edited with PDF Fillable Form]
  6. Government Information Technology Executive Council (GITEC)
  7. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS)
  8. National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC)
  9. United Nations Capital Development Fund Local Governance Unit (LGU)
  10. State of Utah, Information Technology (UTIT)
  11. Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)
  12. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
  13. Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australia (SDSC)
  14. Office of Government Ethics (OGE)
      • OGE Information Resources Management (OGE/IRM)
  15. Office of Science, Department of Energy (DOE/ER)
  16. United States African Development Foundation (USADF)
  17. United States Institute of Peace (USIP)

• Nonprofit, Public Service Organization Plans
1. Action Without Borders (AWB) [Created with PDF Fillable Form.]
2. Alliance of Nonprofit Management (ANPM) [Created with PDF Fillable Form.]
3. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) [Created in InfoPath but InfoPath processing instruction removed.]
4. American National Standards Institute (ANSI) [Created with PDF Fillable Form.]
5. American Society of Access Professionals (ASAP) [Created with PDF Fillable Form.]
6. ARMA International (ARMA)
7. Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
8. Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA UK)
9. Association for Strategic Planning (ASP)
10. Boy Scouts of America (BSA) [Created with PDF Fillable Form.]
11. Brookings Institution (BI) [Created with PDF Fillable Form.]
12. Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT)
13. Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) [Created with PDF Fillable Form.]
14. Council of State Archivists (CoSA) [Created in InfoPath but InfoPath processing instruction removed.]
15. Cultural Policy Institute (Russia) (CPI) [Created with PDF Fillable Form.]
16. Ethics Resource Center (ERC)
17. Goodwill Industries International, Inc. (GI) [Created with PDF Fillable Form.]
18. IJIS Institute (IJIS) [Created with PDF Fillable Form.]
19. Industry Advisory Council (IAC) [Created in InfoPath but InfoPath processing instruction removed.]
20. Information Renaissance (InfoRen) [Created with PDF Fillable Form.]
21. International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI) [Created with PDF Fillable Form.]
22. International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) [Created with PDF Fillable Form.]
23. International Council on Archives (ICA)
24. International Council of Museums (ICOM)
25. International Digital Enterprise Alliance, Inc. (IDEAlliance)
26. International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC Master Plan & Mission & Objectives) [Created with PDF Fillable Form.]
27. International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS)
28. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) [Created with InfoPath; edited with PDF Fillable Form.]
29. National Academy of Engineering (NAE) [Created with PDF Fillable Form.]
30. National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA)
31. National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators (NAGARA) [Created in InfoPath but InfoPath processing instruction removed.]
32. National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC) [Created with PDF Fillable Form.]
33. National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers, and Treasurers (NASACT)
34. National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO)
35. National Council of Nonprofit Associations (NCNA) [Created with PDF Fillable Form.]
36. National Information Standards Organization (NISO) [Created with PDF Fillable Form; edited in InfoPath.]
37. OMB Watch (OMBW)
38. Open Data Foundation (ODaF) [Created with PDF Fillable Form.]
39. OpenTheGovernment.org (OTG)
40. Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS)
41. Peace Operations Policy Program (POPP)
42. Public Health Data Standards Consortium (PHDSC) [Created with PDF Fillable Form.]
43. Smithsonian Institution (SI) [Created with PDF Fillable Form; edited in InfoPath.]
44. Strategic Planning Society (SPS) [Created with PDF Fillable Form.]
45. System Dynamics Society (SDS)
• United Kingdom Chapter (SDS-UK)
46. Volunteers in Medicine Institute (VIM)
47. The World Bank (WB)
• International Finance Corporation (IFC)
48. World Values Survey Association (WVSA)

Since we aim to establish StratML as an international (ISO) voluntary consensus standard, we hope to add the plans of numerous non-U.S. government agencies in the near future:

1. Australian Government Information Management Office, e-Government Strategy (AGIMO)
2. Canada Council for the Arts (CCA)
3. Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
4. Canadian Standards Strategy (CSS)
5. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
6. Digital Government Strategy of Mexico (eGov Mexico)
7. French National Institute for Transport and Safety (INRETS)
8. National Research Council Canada (CNRC)
9. Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
10. Research Council of Norway (RCN)
11. Semantic Interoperability Centre Europe (SEMIC)
12. Sport Canada (SC)
13. Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
14. Sweden’s National Strategy for Sustainable Development 2002 (SNSSD)
15. The United Kingdom's (UK) International Priorities, Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO)
16. United Kingdom (UK) Photonics Strategy, Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR)
17. Others? (If you would like to include your agency's plan, please contact us.)

StratML Search Services

1. Mark Logic Prototype - Contact Owen Ambur for user name and password

2. WWW StratML

3. Software AG (link to be provided as soon as possible)
4. Others?

See also our page listing only the <WebAddresses> (URLs) of the StratML instance documents to facilitate automated indexing  by search services