[CMC] Re: IOP - IOAG - CCSDS

[Jean-Francois.Kaufeler at esa.int]

Adrian, I agree and I think there is no dispute about that even in IOAG, 
there is no hierarchical relation between IOAG and CCSDS. But on the other 
it is up to IOP / IOAG to decide about their agenda and to talk about 
CCSDS, and apparently it is not foreseen to have a presentation made by 
CCSDS.
Best regards, JFK




"Adrian J. Hooke" <adrian.j.hooke at jpl.nasa.gov> 
31.10.2008 14:05

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Re: IOP - IOAG - CCSDS






At 06:00 AM 10/31/2008, Jean-Francois.Kaufeler at esa.int wrote:
It is not (maybe it was, but is not anymore) the intention of IOP to have 
a presentation made by CCSDS about CCSDS, but rather to have an IOAG 
Agency presenting its views about the relation / experience with CCSDS. 

Jean-Francois: that's a quetionable position, since it appears to assume 
that it is the IOAG which decides on the agenda for the IOP. However, such 
as assumption does not appear to be supported by the IOAG's Terms Of 
Reference (attached). Nothing in those Terms Of Reference implies a 
"hierarchy", where the CCSDS and SFCG are subservient to the IOAG. In 
fact, the "Organizational Relationships" diagram on the IOAG's website 
clearly shows two opposite things:




1. That the relationship between CCSDS and IOAG is simply a "Liaison 
Function"
2. That the Agencies who staff the CCSDS also staff the IOP - without 
being filtered by the IOAG.

The notion that the IOAG should be able to present "its views about the 
relation / experience with CCSDS" is fine. However, the notion that the 
CCSDS should be prevented from presenting the Plenary with its own views 
about interoperability - and perhaps about its experiences with the IOAG - 
does not appear to be supported by the established organizational 
relationships.

Best regards
Adrian
Adrian J. Hooke
Chairman, CCSDS Engineering Steering Group (CESG) and
CCSDS Technical Liaison to the IOAG[attachment "IOAG-tor.pdf" deleted by 
Jean-Francois Kaufeler/esoc/ESA] 
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