RE: Idea: Set up an online testbed
Jim,
This seems like a good idea to me, as a way to help restart the IEEE effort!
Phil Jackson
> -----Original Message-----
> From: standard-upper-ontology@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG [mailto:standard-upper-
> ontology@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG] On Behalf Of Schoening, James R Mr CIV USA AMC
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 10:00 PM
> To: standard-upper-ontology@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
> Cc: Brennan, Dan Mr CTR USA AMC
> Subject: Idea: Set up an online testbed
>
> 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