Re: Idea -- Set Up Online Testbed (SUOT)
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Hi Jim,
For those of us who have been occupied elsewhere, could you
refresh our memories as to what the current scope and purpose,
or just the ultimate practical objectives, in plain words, are?
Thanks in advance,
Jon Awbrey
PS. I'm assuming that COI means
"committee of interest"? --
not "conflict of interest"?
Schoening, James R Mr CIV USA AMC wrote:
>
> Greetings IEEE Semantic Interoperability COI (formerly SUO WG) Subscribers,
>
> I'd like to resubmit the idea that we set up an online testbed,
> but this time my office can cover the initial server and Technical
> Support costs, and post some initial tests and demonstrations. Here are
> some starter ideas, but let's discuss further.
>
> Idea: Set up an online testbed
>
> Description: Set of online tools and components that can be analyzed,
> tested, and combined by testbed members.
>
> Scope: Semantic Interoperability, data interoperability, ontologies,
> upper ontologies, ontology languages, etc.
>
> Purpose: To advance data and semantic interoperability technologies and
> build knowledge/expertise of participants.
>
> Resourcing Model:
> IEEE volunteer managed governance
> Server infrastructure and basic Tech Support paid for by funded
> projects from independent organizations
> (Free to unfunded projects)
> (My organization has some funded projects, so we will
> cover this cost to start things off, but this group should select the
> best provider)
> Premium Tech Support (from server provider) paid for directly by
> funded projects
> Open-source tools and components contributed by academia and
> open-source-oriented vendors
> Proprietary tools and components contributed by vendors for
> trail-use purposes
> Projects independently resourced and managed
>
> Benefits:
> Peer review of technology demonstrations
> Decomposition of complex capabilities into components.
> Allows participants to focus on specific components, and utilize
> other components contributed by others.
> Allows others to analyze prior tests and demonstrations
> Allows participants to improve open-source components and submit
> back as improved components
> Allows many to focus on key unsolved problems
> Allows funding organizations to see consensus on what the
> unsolved problems are (which should attract funding)
> Enables this open-testbed to collaborate with other
> open-testbeds
>
> I'd like to introduce my follow worker, Dan Brennan, who has explored
> some providers of server capacity and Tech Support. IEEE would probably
> provide free server capacity, but not the Technical Support that funded
> projects would need to make rapid progress, so I strongly suggest going
> with a vendor specializing in server environments. Dan will provide his
> findings on available vendors, but the selection should be by this
> group, not by us. (In parallel, we could set up another site with IEEE,
> if anyone else wants to explore this.)
>
> Thoughts anyone?
>
> Jim Schoening
> U.S. Army Net-Centric Data Strategy Center of Excellence
> http://data.army.mil
> Email: James.Schoening@us.army.mil
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