Our agenda for Wednesday, December 2 in Redwood Shores, near San Francisco, is shaping up to be a terrific cross section of case studies, demonstrations, and updates on activities.
We have presentations from the three biggest application software companies in the world. This includes SAP, Oracle, and Infor. You can find our agenda here.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Presentations from OAGi Amsterdam Meeting Available
We had a tremendous meeting in Amsterdam on October 27. We welcome you to see the results here.
We did this meeting co-located with EDIFICE, one of our partner organizations for the High Tech Industry, although we also had attendees from retail, agriculture, automotive, and telecommunications.
A special thanks to our host, GXS, who is a member of our High Tech Council.
Thanks very much for your support as a member of OAGi!
We did this meeting co-located with EDIFICE, one of our partner organizations for the High Tech Industry, although we also had attendees from retail, agriculture, automotive, and telecommunications.
A special thanks to our host, GXS, who is a member of our High Tech Council.
Thanks very much for your support as a member of OAGi!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
OAGi News for October
We recently published our October newsletter and as usual, we continue to have exciting events to report. Highlights include:
OAGi's Growing Community - Steel Industry Council is coming
Since our September newsletter we have had renewed talks with the Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI) and they have indicated that they want to move forward to form a Steel Industry Council as soon as possible.
The MSCI (www.msci.org) is a trade association that supports and represents the most elements of the metals value chain, including metals producers, distributors, and processors and, to a lesser extent, the interests of metals users.
We are in active planning now to move forward. Please stay tuned for more details.
HR-XML and OAGIS
HR-XML released their next generation Version 3.0 of their standards on September 23rd, 2009. This release represents a major collaboration effort with the OAGi members and staff as they have contributed to the architecture and the review of HR-XML 3.0 from its beginning.
Release 3.0 of HR-XML uses the BOD architecture, our base component libraries, and also the OAGIS implementation of UN/CEFACT Core Components version 2.01 because it is based on the OAGi business standards platform. You can read the HR-XML Press Release here.
UN/CEFACT Approves Core Component Technical Specification (CCTS) and Business Data Type (BDT) Catalog version 3.0.
As most of you know by now, OAGi is working on a next generation version of OAGIS called OAGIS Release 10. This release will use the new versions of UN/CEFACT CCTS and the BDT Catalog, making this milestone approval very important to all members and users of OAGi.
The 3.0 version of the Naming and Design Rules, which OAGIS Release 10 will also use, was also nearly completed as well.
Many of our members and staff contributed directly to the success of this effort.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
OAGi News for September, 2009
We recently published our September Newsletter and it is packed full of good information.
Highlights include:
OAGIS Resources Downloads - We have recently built a tremendous resource for OAGIS members and users. We have added a Resources Downloads page to our website. This webpage contains over 15 White Papers, software and other resources for your use.
OAGi's Growing Community - We updated you on the size and diversity of our web site registrations in our July 6, 2009 newsletter, but I wanted to let you know that we have experienced a 31 per cent growth in registrations in this two month time frame!
OAGIS Release 9.5 Plans - OAGi members are currently working on Release 9.5 of OAGIS. Our plans are to bring this release to Public Review in late November, 2009 with plans to bring it to General Availability the end of January, 2010. As usual, these are planned dates and we will keep you informed of progress.
You can get your complete copy of the September Newsletter here:
Highlights include:
OAGIS Resources Downloads - We have recently built a tremendous resource for OAGIS members and users. We have added a Resources Downloads page to our website. This webpage contains over 15 White Papers, software and other resources for your use.
OAGi's Growing Community - We updated you on the size and diversity of our web site registrations in our July 6, 2009 newsletter, but I wanted to let you know that we have experienced a 31 per cent growth in registrations in this two month time frame!
OAGIS Release 9.5 Plans - OAGi members are currently working on Release 9.5 of OAGIS. Our plans are to bring this release to Public Review in late November, 2009 with plans to bring it to General Availability the end of January, 2010. As usual, these are planned dates and we will keep you informed of progress.
You can get your complete copy of the September Newsletter here:
Monday, August 31, 2009
Good week last week
We had a terrific week last week with our first OAGIS Release 10 development meetings.
With the economy as it is, we tried using online meetings with great success. We met for 3 hours each day on architecture issues, and then we met for three hours on content discussion.
Everyone was very cooperative and disciplined, with constructive discussions on substantive issues, like how to deploy the CCTS 3.0 standard, or how to define lot serial to handle both discrete and process manufacturing.
We have a long way to go, of course, but it was a great start.
With the economy as it is, we tried using online meetings with great success. We met for 3 hours each day on architecture issues, and then we met for three hours on content discussion.
Everyone was very cooperative and disciplined, with constructive discussions on substantive issues, like how to deploy the CCTS 3.0 standard, or how to define lot serial to handle both discrete and process manufacturing.
We have a long way to go, of course, but it was a great start.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
OAGIS and STEP Convergence
The OAGIS and STEP community started an effort last year to look at ways they could harmonize the two standards with the goal of simplifying the task for the end user, and to increase interoperability as well.
We met with representatives from ISO TC184 SC4, PDES, Inc., OASIS PLCS, and OMG PLS, and NIST. We met several times by phone and also face to face since early 2008.
During that time we spent a great deal of effort looking at each others standard, and trying to understand design patterns and approaches.
We also identified to data objects to start with, the Bill of Material (BOM) and the Item. It is always an interesting effort to learn each other's communities terminology.
Recently we published a very complete report on our approach and results so far, and I recommened that you read it if this is an area you are interested in. You can download from our website here.
We met with representatives from ISO TC184 SC4, PDES, Inc., OASIS PLCS, and OMG PLS, and NIST. We met several times by phone and also face to face since early 2008.
During that time we spent a great deal of effort looking at each others standard, and trying to understand design patterns and approaches.
We also identified to data objects to start with, the Bill of Material (BOM) and the Item. It is always an interesting effort to learn each other's communities terminology.
Recently we published a very complete report on our approach and results so far, and I recommened that you read it if this is an area you are interested in. You can download from our website here.
Monday, August 24, 2009
OAGIS Release 10 Working Group Starts Today
In May of this year I started talking about a next generation release of OAGIS we are planning.
We have our first working meeting today to start the OAGIS Release 10 efforts in earnest. As I stated in my May 2009 post, this is a strategic release for the purpose of bringing together many industries under one data standard, and to implement the important harmonized technologies from UN/CEFACT.
This release of OAGIS is the one to eventually supercede the Chem eStandards, thus fulfilling the intent of CIDX to build cross industry standards for the Chemical Industries to use.
In addition to the Chemical Industry, the other industries we are targeting explicitly include Automotive, Automotive Retail, Aerospace and Defense, High Tech, and Agriculture. This list will probably grow over time.
In my next post I will talk more about the UN/CEFACT technologies we are planning to implement.
We have our first working meeting today to start the OAGIS Release 10 efforts in earnest. As I stated in my May 2009 post, this is a strategic release for the purpose of bringing together many industries under one data standard, and to implement the important harmonized technologies from UN/CEFACT.
This release of OAGIS is the one to eventually supercede the Chem eStandards, thus fulfilling the intent of CIDX to build cross industry standards for the Chemical Industries to use.
In addition to the Chemical Industry, the other industries we are targeting explicitly include Automotive, Automotive Retail, Aerospace and Defense, High Tech, and Agriculture. This list will probably grow over time.
In my next post I will talk more about the UN/CEFACT technologies we are planning to implement.
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