Grid Enterprise Services:
Review of Proposed IPv6
Product Standard
Objective of Meeting
This session had two objectives. The Open Group has been
interacting with the DISA IPv6 Standards Work Group on the subject of a
proposed IPv6 Product Standard. The DISA IPv6 Standards work group
proposed to submit to the GridES Forum an unofficial draft IPv6 product standard
for review. This product standard was based
on a requirements document from the DISA IPv6 Transition Office.
The importance of this work is that it will provide a basis for an initial
industry-based IPv6 product standard. The IPv6 Business
Scenario session, held the previous day, helped to define a
suitable "scope and bounds" for an initial product standard and
certification program. Our current intended goal is to have a
certification program online first quarter of 2006. This session was
the first joint meeting between The Open Group and the IPv6 Forum/NAv6TF
to discuss priorities and direction since the two organizations signed a
Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop an industry-based IPv6
product standard and certification program.
Summary
An overview was conducted by The Open Group on best practices in
developing a industry-based product standard and certification program.
This included the subject of "branding" as well as policy and
processes. The goal of a certification program is to provide fairness,
auditability, and repeatability at the necessary level of assurance while
striking the appropriate balance between risk and benefit. The UNIX03
certification was used as a reference program. The unofficial proposed
draft IPv6 product standard submitted by the DISA Standards work group
was reviewed. This will be made available for public review after
allowing a further internal review by the participants. The original requirements document from the DISA IPv6 Transition Office
will also be made available for public review. The participants in this
session also discussed with The Open Group and the IPv6 Forum next steps
in developing a certification/branding program and product standard.
Note that the participants of this session elected to extend the Thursday
session to include the items scheduled for the Friday
session as well as reviewing the results of the Business Scenario by
email.
Outputs
Both the unofficial proposed draft IPv6 product standard
submitted by the DISA Standards work group and the original requirements document from the DISA IPv6 Transition Office
will be made available for public review and comment. A web site is
being set up specifically for a public review and comment of these
documents. If you would like to be notified when it becomes available,
please send a request to j.spaulding@opengroup.org.
The results of the Business Scenario session will be made publicly
available after internal review by the participants.
Next Steps
Two workgroups were formed:
- The first will investigate the current Logo2 program and determine
what a product standard and its indicator of conformance would have
looked like had the program been developed based on one. This will
enable us to do a gap analysis between the current program and the
proposed product standard.
- The second will develop an extensible set of hierarchical
documents that outlines the structure of a product standard.
The following additional areas were identified as needing to be
addressed:
- Trademark issues
- Broader industry participation is needed to make this effort a truly global industry-based product standard. Additional participants
were identified and their explicit participation will be elicited.
For further information, please contact j.spaulding@opengroup.org.
- Establish a cyber workspace for future collaborative
activities.
- Continue the Business Scenario Workshop with new participants.
Links
Introduction to certification and "branding":
Certification 101
DISA IPv6 Standards workgroup unofficial proposed IPv6 product
standard: IPv6 Product
Profile, Draft 0.3
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