Data Standards Clearinghouse (DSC)

Project Manager: Tom Teague, (713) 728-9140 or teague@eplantdata.com

Overview

This project develops and maintains an online information resource intended for those who wish to understand more about standards bodies, their current activities, and their ongoing activities.

Throughout this project, we continuously inventory the various standard organizations, identify others, and seek their input in identifying relevant standards for our industry. If you are aware of other groups working in this area, please send an e-mail to Tom Teague at the address above.

To learn more about the basics of software interoperability and the classification system used for this data standards clearinghouse, download this pdf report.

Project Status

Completed and published initial survey in 2002
Updated web site in 2003
Redesigning web site and updating content in 2005

Business Case

By understanding the current state of industry standards, technology users are better able to assess their technology choices and make more informed decisions about when to implement technology that is 1) more interoperable with others in the supply chain, 2) more likely to be supported by technology suppliers in the future, and 3) less expensive. By working collectively and sharing the costs to maintain information on evolving standards, participants have access to more complete information at a fraction of the cost of developing and maintaining the materials individually.

Project Activities

We accept suggestions from FIATECH members or standards groups to include information on the standards activity in the data standards clearinghouse. At regular intervals we seek input to update information in the information clearinghouse.

Name (common and formal)
Sponsoring Organization & Country
Web Page
Point of Contact
Usage
Scope
Characteristics (domain, standard type, standards process, intellectual property, file format, scope, focus, scalability, extensibility, model content, usage, exchange content, data model approach, cost of one interface - see Interoperability Tutorial )
Benefits
Status & Plans
How to obtain
Software (where interfaces could be deployed)
Deployment status
Limitations
Additional resources

Project Participants

AVEVA
Bechtel
Smithsonian Institution

Project Deliverables

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