This year old email has something to do with the BSP charge
From: Brian Frank
[mailto:bfrank@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 12:22 PM
To: obix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [obix] oBIX 2.0 Technical Committee
One of the
primary goals for the next version of oBIX is to define an ontology for
modeling facilities and equipment which can serve as the common layer for
vertical domain ontologies. To give an example it is useful to have a
common definition for a building's logical spaces (such as rooms). In the
HVAC domain a space might mean a VAV zone; in the security domain it might mean
a secure zone with specific entry doors; in the lighting domain it might
reflect zones controlled by scenes or switches.
It is a bit ambitious to tackle the full ontologies in these vertical domains,
but it is important that we understand their requirements before defining the
common layer. To that effect, it is desirable to recruit a broad spectrum
of experts from different verticals for the next oBIX technical committee:
- Building automation (probably covered here)
- Security (knowledge of access control, cameras/video, DVR, SIA)
- Energy (knowledge of meters, rates, distributed power)
- Lighting
- Industrial (knowledge of discrete, process, batch, CFR-21, ISA-95,
ISA-88)
- Fire and life safety
- Construction/architecture (knowledge of physical models, IFC, CAD
systems)
One of my goals is to reuse and glue together work done in existing standards
organizations. So understanding what standards are available and
potentially recruiting liaisons is important too.
Brian