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Managing the Maze of SmartGrid standards

Jamie Clark, OASIS

Dave Wollman, NISTZahra Makoui, Pacific Gas &

ElectricSanta Clara, CA May 2010

Sheila Slocum Hollis, Duane Morris LLP

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committees producing royalty-free and RAND standards

"The largest standards group for electronic commerce on the Web."

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35% Users & influencers

50% Technology Providers

IntroductionJames Bryce Clark, General Counsel, OASIS

jamie.clark@oasis-open.orgwww.twitter.com/JamieXML

Common transport (HTTP, etc.)

Common language (XML)

Discovery

Orchestration & Management

Security & Access

Messaging

Data Content

S O AS O A Description

Common transport (HTTP, etc.)

Common language (XML)

Discovery

Orchestration & Management

Security & Access

Messaging

Data Content

S O AS O A

Description

ebXML MSG, ebXML IIC, WS-RX, WSQM, [WS-Reliability]

BIAS Integration, DSS-X, EKMI, PKI, SAML, WS-SX, [DSS], [WS-Security], [XCBF]

SCA- Policy, SPML, WS-Federation, XACML, [DSML]

DCML (x2), WSDM, WSRF, WS-Notification

ASAP, CAM, ebXML-BP, Semantic Exec, SCA-BPEL, WSCAF , WS-TX, [BTP]. [WSBPEL]

ebXML RegRep, UDDI

RELAX NG, XSLT Conformance

ElectionML, Emergency, Forest, IHC, Legal XML(4), Materials, OBIX, PLCS, PPS, RCXML, TaxXML,TransWS, XLIFF, [Auto Repair], [AVDL], [eGov]

Code Lists, DITA, SCA-C, SCA-J, SearchWS, XDI, XRI, [Entity Res], [Topic Maps]

ebXML CPPA, HumanML, SCA-Assembly, SDD, UIMA, UIML, WSRP

BCM, ebSOA, FWSI, SCA-Bindings, SOA-RM, Test Assertions, [Conformance]

CIQ, CGM, DocBook, OpenDocument, ODF Adoption, UBL, UnitsML, UOML

Energy Interop, EMIX, WS-Calendar

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What is an Open Standard?An open standard is: publicly available in stable, persistent versions developed and approved under a published,

transparent process open to public input: public comments, public archives,

no NDAs, multiple stakeholder sides licensable under to explicit, feasible IPR termsAnything else is proprietary: Using methods from a single company, or close group,

may be fine: but different risks than using standards Government and industry RFPs increasingly demand

open standards, for modularity & sourcing

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Real-world installations are composed of multiple standards

IPTCP

URIs

SMTP

IMAP / POP3

HTML

ASCII / Unicode

Typical e-mail

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Big networks (like the Internet and the SmartGrid) necessarily are modular: multiple legitimate ways to do things

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Multiple standards may co-exist

SimplerMore complex

Lightweight code Heavyweight code, more functionality

Easier to tool, deploy Bigger tools, higher cost

Loose coupling to other methods More exclusive

Limited use case Highly scalable

Innovation & interoperability require Innovation & interoperability require modularity & flexibilitymodularity & flexibility

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SmartGrid Topology for Dummies

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provider(s)

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SmartGrid Topology for Dummies

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HAN

Data services

provider(s)

© OASIS 2010

Managing the Maze of SmartGrid standards

Jamie Clark, OASIS

Dave Wollman, NISTZahra Makoui, Pacific Gas &

ElectricSanta Clara, CA May 2010

Sheila Slocum Hollis, Duane Morris LLP

© OASIS 2010

Sheila Slocum Hollis Duane Morris LLP 505 9th Street, N.W., Suite 1000 Washington DC 20004 202.776.7810 202.379.9837 (fax) Sshollis@duanemorris.com