Fw: RE: [tgf] Fw: OASIS TGF TC - 16th OCTOBER MEETING PAPERS

[John Borras <johnaborras@yahoo.co.uk>]

Posted to the Comment list on behalf of Geoff.
John


--- On Thu, 16/10/14, Geoff Clarke (LCA) <geoc@microsoft.com> wrote:

> From: Geoff Clarke (LCA) <geoc@microsoft.com>
> Subject: RE: [tgf] Fw: OASIS TGF TC - 16th OCTOBER MEETING PAPERS
> To: "Chris Parker" <chris.parker@cstransform.com>, "John Borras" <johnaborras@yahoo.co.uk>, "TGF TC List" <tgf@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Date: Thursday, 16 October, 2014, 7:05
> 
> Hi John et al 
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> As discussed in this
> meeting (and I apologize for not responding earlier) I think
> this paragraph in the “Unpredictable Futures” section:
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> The sheer amount of data that
> services will generate introduces further risk factors such
> as the difficultly in turning it into actionable
> information. The volume will exceed the capability of humans
> to act
>  appropriately upon it and lead to many decisions being
> taken automatically. This introduces the potential for some
> key factors to be missed leading to outcomes that are
> suboptimal or completely wrong.
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>    
> Requires the following
> sentence (or similar):  
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> “Furthermore, the
> responsibility for these decisions will likely remain with
> the governing body and therefore such automatic decisions
> may require some authority or scope boundary.” 
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>    
> I guess the point is
> that, even though your IoT system thinks something is a good
> idea, you probably want to limit the scope of the automatic
> decisions that can be made. For example, altering traffic
> timings might be ok, but automatically
>  reducing the water levels in dams might require human
> intervention. 
>    
> Overall I think the
> document is really useful in highlighting the major policy
> challenges introduced by the IoT – and in pointing to the
> application of appropriate patterns in the TGF.
>  
>    
> thanks 
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> 
> 
>   
> Geoff Clarke 
>  
> Regional Standards
> Manager  |  Microsoft  |  +61 410 533 096  |  skype:
> geoffnclarke 
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