[SystemSafety] FW: Invitation to Participate - Consumer Device Safety Standards

[Steve Tockey]

Peter,
Good question. I can't claim to be the expert in this, this is just my
opinion. That said, ...

One thing is that OMG has a somewhat more streamlined consensus process
that what's typically encountered in ISO/IEC. OMG can reach consensus
sooner. And, given that OMG is some kind of recognized consensus body (I
don't know what the proper ISO term is), any consensus agreements that
come out of OMG can get on an ISO "fast track" process. OMG's CORBA
(Common Object Request Broker Architecture) and UML (Unified Modeling
Language) are ISO standards that were fast-tracked by this same process.
So whether or not the work originates in OMG or ISO/IEC, in the end it's
irrelevant because it can end up as an ISO/IEC standard either way.

One could also observe that by getting involved in this activity, OMG is
maintaining (or, attempting to?) its relevance as a consensus body...


-- steve



-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Bernard Ladkin <ladkin at rvs.uni-bielefeld.de>
Date: Friday, October 26, 2012 5:41 AM
To: "systemsafety at techfak.uni-bielefeld.de"
<systemsafety at techfak.uni-bielefeld.de>
Subject: Re: [SystemSafety] FW: Invitation to Participate - Consumer
Device Safety Standards

Steve,

On 10/25/12 6:03 PM, Steve Tockey wrote:
> If anyone is interested in participating (below), I asked OMG and they
>said your participation would
> be welcomed. If you are interested, either follow the URL or contact
>Paul Lombardi directly.

Why isn't this going ahead through ISO or IEC?

PBL

-- 
Prof. Peter Bernard Ladkin, Faculty of Technology, University of
Bielefeld, 33594 Bielefeld, Germany
Tel+msg +49 (0)521 880 7319  www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de




_______________________________________________
The System Safety Mailing List
systemsafety at TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE