The AAL Open Association

The AAL Open AssociationFrancesco Furfari

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AAL Forum 16 Sept 2010 Congress Centre Odense

Outline

• A brief history of the Manifesto• The Status of the Community• The Mission• Association• Next actions

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Persona

universAAL

ManifestoV0.1

AALianceConference- Monami Projectcontacted

Other Projects contacted- Osami (ITEA)- Soprano- Wasp

Preparing the ICT Networkingsession- OASIS project

Lisbon Workshop- AALOAWebsiteready

WASP @HealthCom

AAL ForumManifestoV0.12

OpenURC?OHT?Continua?

FP7 projects

The Logo ... not only greetings


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The ALOA Marginata is a Moth

Actually we are now a CaterpillarThe transformation will be completed

at the end of the incubation phase of AALOA

Communitywww.aaloa.org

• 44 subscribers organized in 2 groups–Promoters–Supporters


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Supporters


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Promoters


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Public mailing lists


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Statistics

• 44 Subscribers

• 25 people from Research Institutes• 19 people from Industry and SMEs


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The mission

• “Provide a shared open framework for developers, technology and service providers, research institutions, and end user representatives to discuss, design, develop, evaluate, and

standardize a common service platform in the field of Ambient Assisted Living.”

• Bring together the resources, tools and people involved in AAL in a single forum that makes it much easier to reach

conclusions on provisions needed to achieve AAL progress


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Target Communities

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Industry

End Users

ResearchInstitutions

OS CommunitiesAAL Open Association

ReferenceImplementation

Evaluation

Advances

StandardizationMarket orientation

a non-profit organisation open to individuals, institutions and industry.


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Manifesto Key Points• Fragmentation of the research efforts• Separated market segments• Paradigm shift (transversal cooperation over diverse market

segments of many stakeholders)• We differentiate between infrastructure software and application

services ...• Open Source Policy is a valid strategy• Federation of projects ... how to converge on common solutions• Long term vision

– New languages, AAL Space as networked devices• Short term vision

– Reference architecture to standardize and integrate the resources available in AAL environment


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• The problem for many companies is:– how to combine their business strategies with open source software,– how to control on the software evolution in order to save their competitive

advantage. • It is worth to remember that, historically, Open Source have positioned towards

the platforms and the infrastructural/back-end side of the software spectrum [1]

[1] Brian Behlendorf “Open Source as a Business Strategy” in Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution, O’Reilly Eds,1999

Convincing industries to collaborate by usingan OS approach

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3rd Generation FLOSS organizations

• 1st generation: loosely coupled enthusiasts communities – the GNU project

• 2nd generation: strongly integrated communities of individuals– the Apache Software Foundation

• 3rd generation: foundations composed of stakeholders from industry, users and communities – the Eclipse foundation, OW2

Definitions by François Letellier (OW2)


From 2.5 Generation Community


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2nd Gen. Community

2,5 Gen. Community

3rd Gen. Community

3,5 Gen. Community

AALOA will start with a minimalsupport from SMEs

AALOA objectives are beyond pure industrial interests

Association Principles

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• Technology neutral– It means that we search for the best solution– Independently of the interest of any technology provider

• Transparent– Regarding the technological solutions provided and promoted– Regarding the governance rules and strategic choices

• Open– No discrimination of person , group of persons, or companies– Clear process definition to join the association and to be nominated

for the various elective offices • Non profit

– Just the interest to create market conditions– Costs covered mainly by donation / sponsorship


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Association (www.aaloa.org)Keep it Simple

• Federation of projects– Not only software projects (see proposed mission)

» E.g. a thematic conference with its own scientific committee could be supported by the association as project

• Simple Management – Board of Directors (OS oriented)

» The board mainly decides to accept the new initiatives (mission compliant)» No interference in the design choices of the various projects

– Advisory Board (Industry oriented)» Provide a forum for communications among the industries and the research community» advise on technical & market problems» Organized in Working Groups


Associationother considerations

• Involve– Individuals, other associations, companies

• Diversity– Do not force monoculture (do not filter ideas)– Many projects free to organize their governance rules– Common rules will emerge by practice– Association as common space to share ideas

• Easy adaptation to new needs– Bylaws amendable to convey new players– Bylaws amendable to manage a supersized association


Next Actions

• EvAAL (started - evaal.aaloa.org)• ZigBee4OSGi (October)• WASP - Workshop on AAL Service Platforms• PERSONA Middleware• universAAL , MonAMI, Soprano

• Inviting research groups to contribute to the long term vision of AALOA


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