OSSDC 2012: OWF & GOSS

Presented by Tina Coleman, DISA (Ozone Widget Framework Team).

Transcript

1. OWF & GOSS
   An update on the last year
   (circa 2011)
   Tina Coleman, OWF Team
   goss-support@owfgoss.org
   Government Lead: Jason Kahn
   Jason.m.kahn@ugov.gov
   

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2. Program Components
    Program Description
    Software capability initiative which fosters community collaboration
   through lightweight application development using a decentralized,
   decoupled architectural approach.
    Program Components
    OZONE Widget Framework (OWF)
    OZONE Marketplace (OMP)
    Government Open Source Software (GOSS) Infrastructure and
   Processes
    Community support services providing technical support and
   training services
    Implementation engagements
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3.  GOSS > GOTS
    Shared vision of needs across agencies
    Reduction in duplicated development costs
    Ability to influence direction through governance or
   development
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   GOSS vs FOSS
   

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4.  GOSS != FOSS
    No magic elves
    Agency sensitivities lead to licensing restrictions
    Agencies retain control of product features
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   GOSS vs FOSS
   

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5.  GOSS ~= FOSS
    Use FOSS patterns and approaches wherever possible
    Not always possible
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   GOSS vs FOSS
   

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6.  OWF GOSS Advisory Board
    Core Developer, Patch Contributor Development
    Focus on Transparency and Community
   Engagement
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   OWF GOSS Key Components
   

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7.  Responsible for determining feature priorities
    Growing to reflect community’s interests
    Initial set of members in 2010
    New membership process implemented
    2 additional members added since initiation
    Key aspect in charter:
    The duties of the Advisory Board include the following: …
   Terminating the Advisory Board, should the program
   become bogged down in bureaucracy
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   OWF GOSS Advisory Board
   

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   Community Engagement
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   Google Group Messages
    Ozone-developers: Moderated, internet group
    Release announcements, discussions of pending
   features, technical discussions
    Announcement of snapshot alpha releases
    Forge.mil: threaded discussions
    Other venues, including Intellipedia
   

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9.  Consistently delivering releases, quarter over quarter
    Patches received and integrated
    Growing ozone-developers community
    Continual desire and demand from community to be
   MORE open
    Integration with vendor products
    IR&D efforts
    Continual desire and demand from community for…
    More features
    More best practices / patterns
    More, more, more!
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   Successes
   

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10.  Communications
     Multiple disjoint networks
     Limited access
     No consistent infrastructures across networks
     Security sensitivities
     Classifications
     Prepublication
     ITAR
     Need to know
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    Challenges
    

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11.  Additional product line considering becoming part of
    OWF GOSS
     Questions as to GOSS Board structure for new product
    line
     Discussions as to key elements needed to participate in
    OWF GOSS
     Senate Armed Services Committee indicating desire
    for OZONE Widget Framework to be made more
    widely available – FOSS?
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    New Developments
    

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