Talk:GJXDM

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== In my research I've discovered that this company seems to be on the cutting edge of the use of GJXDM, having one of five projects sharing multiple agency data, using GJXDM publications.

The website is www.crossflo.com == —The preceding unsigned comment was written by 68.235.208.200 (talk • contribs) and later modified by 67.153.173.254 (talk • contribs).

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Why do we keep adding, deleting, and moving information on Bohica Associates COTS NIEM Tools and Crossflo DataExchange? I suggest those who continue to make these changes refer to the article WP:CORP. Personally, I am sure these are fine products, and I have no objection to them being referenced in the GJXDM main article. However, I recommend relegating them solely to the heading, "Supporting tools" under "Commercial software that facilitates exchanging data among multiple disparate data sources using both GJXDM and NIEM", removing them from "See also" and anywhere else in the article. Mike 21:55, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Links to both Bohica and Crossflo have been spammed extensively on Wikipedia, that's why we keep seeing them. I think the list of external links to commercial software in the supporting tools section of this article should be removed before more spammers find it. Wikipedia is not a link repository. —Veyklevar 05:12, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Veyklevar, I think you have removed some useful, relevant content in the changes you made on 2006-05-12. I can appreciate your concern about external links, but I believe at least some of the links you removed are appropriate. Perhaps you are unfamiliar with the GJXDM. When I have a little more time I will work on improving the article, and I may restore some of the content you deleted in the process. —Mike 01:15, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

I am not committed to any of the changes I have made. Feel free to make what edits you please. There is no need to take an adversarial (or condescending) tone. My problems with the article were that: (1) it was not organised like a typical Wikipedia article, (2) it contained many redundant links (indeed it seemed like a site-map for ojp.gov) (3) the supporting tools section was an invitation for spammers (4) it contained material (like legal disclaimers) copied from the ojp.gov site that just doesn't belong in an encylopedia article.

It still needs more work. The article is still jargon-heavy. It is unlikely that anyone unfamiliar with GJXDM would be helped much by this article. In fact, there's little reason to read this article at all when it has very little but (1) material copied from the ojp.gov website and (2) links to the ojp.gov webstie. Why not just go there in the first place? —Veyklevar 00:27, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I agree with all your comments except the one about the adversarial (or condescending) tone. Could you please elaborate on your comment, "it was not organized like a typical Wikipedia article"? Mike 03:13, 26 May 2006 (UTC)