FAQ for the QUOMOS TC site (and partly, this message is a test of my ability to email to the group)

As a follow-up to my request for members to submit any
questions (and answers) for the QUOMOS FAQ page, here are the set of suggested
questions from OASIS. Material addressing any of these questions is gratefully
accepted. Just send it back to the list.

 

 

1.
What is the rationale behind this standardization effort? What is the

motivation
of the sponsors/authors?

 

2.
What is the scope of this effort? What is explicitly out-of-scope,

and
why?

 

3.
Are there existing comparable or overlapping standards, or comparable 

standardization
efforts currently under way (inside or outside OASIS)?

How
does the work of this technical committee relate to these?

What
distinguishes this TC from similar work?

How
do the differences add value?

 

4.
Is the product of this technical committee intended to be used in

conjunction
with other standards or complementary technologies?

What
are these?

How
does this work relate to these (is the usage of these complements

mandatory?
optional? restricted or profiled?)

 

5.
Can you give some example of concrete applications that will benefit

from
standardizing the specifications from this TC?

 

6.
Is it anticipated that TC deliverables will be broadly used, 

deployed,
and/or implemented?

Or
are the deliverables intended for a narrow audience, possibly 

including
only the TC membership?

 

7.
Do you see external factors that should help a broad acceptance and 

deployment
of the specifications from this TC?

And
factors that may potentially hinder a broad acceptance and deployment?

 

8.
Do you know of companies or industry verticals that have already 

expressed
interest in using the specification(s) produced by the TC in

their
products or services?

 

9.
Regarding the adoption of this specification(s) by a vendor for its 

products:
is this a decision that vendor companies can make individually,

or
are the interoperability aspects important enough to require

industry-wide,
coordinated adoption ?

 

10.
Have the authors and their companies considered further ways to 

promote
the produced specification(s) after completion (PR, marketing,

campaigns,
industry consortia....)

 

11.
What are the security implications, if any, of this effort?

 

 

 

Best regards,

 

Steve
Ray and Frank Olken, Co-Chairs

OASIS
QUOMOS TC

 

 

 

 

Steven R. Ray, Ph.D.

Distinguished Research Fellow

Carnegie Mellon University

NASA Research Park

Building 23 (MS 23-11)

Moffett Field, CA 94305-1000

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