1. Green-Sustainability Specifications* Knowledgebase (GSK )
OMG Sustainability SIG
August 20th 2009
* For the purpose of this discussion ‘Specification’ is a ‘catch-all’ Term that covers formal, widely used standards, code-of-conduct, guidelines, ratings, vocabularies and established best-practices… a better Term is needed!

2. Green-Sustainability Specifications Knowledgebase
Agenda
Green-Sustainability Specifications Knowledgebase
Drivers
Proposed Scope/features
What it is and what it is not!
Next steps
Issues, Roadmap, Tools, how to get involved

3. Drivers
Green/Sustainability Specifications/Standards, Ratings and Metrics are mushrooming with potential overlaps
Single, authentic resource does not exist to get a ‘complete picture’ of who is developing what standards, challenge they address, their Life-cycle state and adoption leaving an end-user with the burden to figure out:
What standards should be used based on an organization’s interest/perspective of Green/Sustainability and where are the overlaps…
Are these standards mature enough?
How interoperable are the tools based on the standards?
How quantifiable are the Metrics/indicators/guidelines captured?
It is hard to quantify benefits and measure compliance to guidelines, best practices…
An urgent need for a single authoritative source of Green/Sustainability related standards has been expressed in various discussions across the global community

4. Makers and Consumers of
GSK Distilled
Makers and Consumers of
Standards
GSK will be a web-based, authentic, neutral, global and standards driven ‘Public knowledgebase’ Developed and maintained by OMG Sustainability SIG members

5. Summary of Proposed scope/features
Phase 1, Sept. – Dec. 31st 2009
GSK will contain all known Specifications in Green and Sustainability space
Web-based front-end to enable search and discovery of Specifications
Clarification: Objective is NOT to upload all specifications but ‘pointers’ to the specifications and their ‘makers’

6. Summary of Proposed scope/features
Phase 2 Q2, 2010
Automation of content update from sources
Frequency of updates (manual/semi-automated/near real-time) TBD
Formal promotion to other organizations
Collaborate to identify opportunities for content enrichment
Subscription to updates on specifications of interest
Forums for ‘expert’ opinion on specifications
Specifications overlaps
Reference implementation experience
What worked and did not work/areas for enhancements
???

7. Next Steps: Issues/TBD
Ownership/IPR
Must remain neutral and open, free of any IPR/liability
OMG ownership/branding could keep it neutral
Develop Policy for usage/access to the knowledgebase
Anonymous vs. Registered access TBD
Funding to maintain the Knowledgebase
Consideration of data center/hosting cost if it becomes a heavily used resource
Part-time resource to maintain the infrastructure?
Sponsorship by SIG members?
Ability to document what vendor products support which specifications and reference implementations
Other??

8. Next Steps: Roadmap, potential tools, how to get involved…
Phase 1
Sept. 09-Dec. 09
Launch web site at the Dec. OMG meeting (Long Beach, CA)
Phase 2
Jan March 2010
Enhanced version launch at the OMG meeting (Jacksonville, FL)
Tools
Explore use of OMG standards based repository/front-end from Adaptive Inc. ??
How to get involved?
Help with requirements/features of the knowledgebase in Phase 1 (Aug.-Sept. 09)
Test the knowledgebase, provide feedback (Oct-Nov. 09)
Spread the word, more users the better 

9. Thanks for your Time..
Contact Info:
Harsh Sharma:
Pete Rivett: 9