Time to Meet soon - quick strategy huddle

[toby.considine@fac.unc.edu]

With recent developments, and Builconn Europe past, we need to talk to plan a stategy for keeping oBIX in the public eye and managing the next set of deliverables.

The 0.5 release of the specification is an important milepost, as at last there is something that one can put your arms around.
(<a href='http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/obix-xml/download.php/9660/wd-obix-0.5.doc'>oBIX v0.5</a>). If you have not read it, and you are receiving this email, then you should do so.

We have some hints that as many as 4 oBIX implimentations *could* be available at BuilConn.  This would be an extraordinary coup if achieved.  The possible mix today includes two BAS companies, one Power company, and an open source implimentation. Do we want to put a stake in the ground and announce this?  What do we have to do to get to the point where we can comfortably do so? How do we recruit more participants for the oBIX bake-off?

The next function that is coming up, with the bare bones of oBIX in place, is the schema.  In part, this is tied to my long-term rants on IFC, AECXML, and GBXML.  AEXML would clearly be another candidate to allign with.  Harmonization with any schema for OPC coming out of the MIMOSA effort might be on the field as well.  I would like to discuss how we should approach SCHEMA, to provide guidance for the XML group.

Finally, there is publicity and buzz. We have not managed either recently.  I would like to invite some frank conversations about that.

So, when is a good time to meet?