We Discussed:
Specification:
Reflections on our lessons learned in making ISO 18974, and our process of drafting proposed updates to the standards, to try and provide a template for other projects looking at making and maintaining standards.
Education:
A review of the updated Reference Library, updated open source policy template and drafting underway for a new OpenChain Adoption Guide + discussion about and call for engagement with updates to our online training.
And…
The Future:
The OpenChain Project has been very busy with various things in recent months. AI Compliance in the supply chain. SBOM Quality (Telco and Cross-Industry). Country meetings (Germany, Korea, Japan), and so on. However, attendance on the main monthly call has been modest. We discussed how to change that, and also how to address the issue of timezones.
The second point was front-of-mind for our Specification Chair, Chris Wood. When drafting a specification, or considering an update to a presentation, the majority of the work tends to be live-editing on calls. However, with the geographic split between North America, Europe and Asia, our retrospective on the ISO/IEC 5230 and ISO/IEC 18974 proposed updates revealed this to be a concern.
Starting next month, we will explore options to boost interest, engagement and attendance with this primary call, and to improve the ability of people from around the world to live edit, rather than needing to catch-up via mailing lists or on GitHub.
The first step will be adjusted scheduling (watch this space) and the second step will be to invite the various work groups and study groups to join the main call, and to provide briefings and Q&A around their work.
Check out the Meeting Slides:
Watch the Recording:
Coming Next:
We will be following up on the activities outlined above on the mailing lists, and we will continue our regular series of calls and meetings throughout the year.
Join Our Work:
Everyone is welcome to be part of the Specification Work Group. You can join their mailing list here:
https://lists.openchainproject.org/g/specification/
You can find and be part of all OpenChain calls through our participation page here:
https://openchainproject.org/participate
