SC 38

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.

SC 38 Group

SC38/WG3, Vancouver, Feb 2012

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