[Sea-ia] CCSDS Fall Information Architecture BOF Meeting

[Peter Shames]

Congratulations to Dan and the Information Architecture Working Group 
on its formation.  I am really looking forward to working with all of 
you as we define and refine this Information Architecture.

Very best regards, Peter Shames



At 9:55 PM -0800 11/18/03, Dan Crichton wrote:
>Dear CCSDS Info Arch Members:
>
>1. The fall Info Arch BOF meeting was held in Columbia, MD October 
>27 - 28.   The meeting consisted of finalization of a charter for 
>the activity, review of an initial storybook, presentation on the 
>packaging work presented at the MOIMS packaging meeting at RAL, and 
>a presentation on the JPL data product service work, which uses 
>packages for delivery,for the Deep Space Network.  At that meeting, 
>a near term schedule was decided on as follows:
>
>     a. Submit Info Arch charter to CESG for approval as a working 
>group effective immediately.
>     b. Generate a white book based on the current storybook for 
>internal review
>     c. Hold an interim meeting in the February - March time frame to 
>review the white book across agencies
>     d. Hold a meeting at the Spring CCSDS Meetings in Montreal for 
>Info Arch and finalize the white book for publication
>
>2. On 11/3/03 the CESG voted to turn the Info Arch BOF into a WG 
>within the System Engineering and Architecture area.
>
>3. Attached is a copy of the WG charter, the Storybook presentation 
>discussed at the fall meeting, and a summary of the results of the 
>meeting.
>We will be sending out an initial draft White Book for the Space 
>Information Architecture by early December.
>
>Please feel free to forward these materials to anyone else in your 
>organization who might be interested.  Ask them to Email me if they 
>wish to be added to the Email discussion list.
>
>Thank you for your participation in this effort and please feel free 
>to contact me should you have any questions.
>
>
>Dan Crichton
>Dan.Crichton@jpl.nasa.gov
>
>Chair, CCSDS Information Architecture WG, System Engineering and Architecture
>NASA Jet Propulsion Labs
>Pasadena, California
>818-354-9155
>
>
>Attachment converted: Orgone HD:Info_Arch_Report1 1.ppt (SLD3/PPT3) (00311350)
>Attachment converted: Orgone HD:SEA-IA-WG-CHARTER-27Oct03 3.pdf (PDF 
>/CARO) (00311353)
>Attachment converted: Orgone HD:Storybook-Arch-InfoO-Oct03.ppt 
>(SLD3/PPT3) (00311358)


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Peter Shames
CCSDS System Engineering Area Director

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, MS 301-265
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91109 USA

Telephone: +1 818 354-5740,  Fax: +1 818 393-1333

Internet:  Peter.Shames@jpl.nasa.gov
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