Revision 2012
JTC 1/SC 38 Distributed Application Platforms & Services (DAPS)
Established by JTC 1 at its 2009 Plenary meeting in Tel Aviv, SC 38 on Distributed Application Platforms & Services works in three related technology areas: Web Services, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), and Cloud Computing. At its first Plenary meeting held in April 2010 in Beijing CHINA , SC 38 established three subgroups:
Working Group 1 on Web Services
Terms of Reference:
- Maintain previously approved standards from WS-I PAS submissions: ISO/IEC 29361, ISO/IEC 29362, and ISO/IEC 29363.
- Maintain possible future JTC 1 PAS and Fast Track developed ISO/IEC standards in the area of Web Services.
- Investigate where web service related standardization is already ongoing in JTC 1 entities.
- Investigate gaps and commonalities in work in “iii” above.
Working Group 2 on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Terms of Reference:
- Enumerate SOA principles.
- Coordinate SOA related activities in JTC 1.
- Investigate where SOA related standardization is already ongoing in JTC 1 entities.
- Investigate gaps and commonalities in work in “iii” above, such as SOA governance and management, the latter including lifecycle aspects.
- Liaise and collaborate with relevant SDOs and consortia related to SOA.
- Maintain possible future JTC 1 PAS and Fast Track developed ISO/IEC standards in the area of SOA.
Study Group on Cloud Computing (SGCC)
Terms of Reference:
- Provide a taxonomy, terminology and value proposition for Cloud Computing.
- Assess the current state of standardization in Cloud Computing within JTC 1 and in other SDOs and consortia beginning with document JTC 1 N 9687.
- Document standardization market/business/user requirements and the challenges to be addressed.
- Liaise and collaborate with relevant SDOs and consortia related to Cloud Computing.
- Hold open meetings to gather requirements as needed from a wide range of interested organizations.
- Provide a report of activities and recommendations to SC 38
Subsequently SC 38 and its subgroups met together:
- October 2010 in New York USA
- April 2011 in Paris FRANCE
- September 2011 in Seoul KOREA
Going forward, SC 38 plans to meet once each year in Plenary with subgroups holding co-located interim meetings.
SC38/WG3, Vancouver, Feb 2012