A13 - ESA Restructuring Issues - CCSDS

CCSDS PlenaryMatera – April 2003Issues for discussionNestor Peccia

Area / WGs Charter Issues‣ Area Charter‣ It covers‣ Whole domain‣ WGs Domain identifying Scope (short-, medium-, long-term) and Priorities ??‣ A WG is created for the High Priorities activities ??‣ It is better less WGs with fixed schedule and committed resourcesthan a lot of activities in parallel w/o enough support‣ Negotiated budget and schedules‣ WGs have a limited lifecycle‣ We believe 3 years (maximum)‣ New CCSDS Structure Doc. Addresses short term WGs : What is short ??‣ Why ? staff committed to a limited percentage of his time‣ more people involved longer procedure‣ less people longer review‣ WG Goal‣ Draft WB RB BB‣ Prototyping Tools‣ If a reference implementation is required (and nothing currently exists), it isdifficult to achieve an standard in less than 2 – 3 years‣ Fast Track if standard already existing from other organization(agency or stand body)09.10.20022

Area / WGs Charter IssuesArea CharterBroad activity for the whole DomainSCC DomainScopePrioritiesNavigation DomainScopePrioritiesArchiving DomainScopePrioritiesInfo DomainScopePriorities1 st / 2 nd Priority3rd Priority4th Priority5th PriorityTimeShort-Medium-Long- TermStrategyWG SCCspecific charterWG NAVspecific charterWG ARCspecific charterWG IPRspecific charter09.10.20023

Working Plan Issues‣ WG‣ a chairman and a deputy ?‣ An staff participating in several WGs / BOFs ?‣ Is an advantage ??‣ ESA approach every staff participates in only 1 WG or Area‣ Nomination of WG Chair to be done by each Agency after MC mtg??‣ Our Working Plan defines‣ Deliverables but no schedule‣ Only to be done when Agencies commit their resources‣ As indicated below ?????Staff Agency Area Role Responsibility athome apart fromCCSDSPercentage of stafftime alocated toCCSDSIndustrial supportto cover CCSDSactivities (Keuro)Mr. X ESA MOIMS xxx xxxx 10% 200 KeuroMr. VMr. YMr. Z…NASACNESNASDA…09.10.20024

The past reality‣ Limitation in manpower dedicated to CCSDSstandards tasks‣ Limitation of funding and permission for travel‣ Limited representation from member agencies‣ What happens with DLR, NASDA, ISAS, BNSC, ASI, INPEsupport to WGs ??‣ We should push industry & government & academicparticipation09.10.20025

Meeting Issues‣ Normal approach‣ WGs meet at their discretion but at the same time / locationof the Area meeting‣ Area meeting‣ Plenary half day‣ AD + WG managers half day‣ How do we solve the issue :‣ GESG / MC just before Area meeting ?‣ To be discussed ??‣ CESG Meeting AD, ADD, CESG Chairman‣ WGs Managers ? Experts ?‣ Ad hoc meeting at WG level can be organized09.10.20026

Why Registries standards on IPR WG ?SANA OpsCCSDS Secretariat+ AgenciesSANA officersSys EngAreaMOIMS AREAIPR WGProduction of Standard for Registry / repository•ebXML is available as a registry standard•We will add I/F, Data Structure and data model tosupport Agencies needs09.10.20027