JTC 1 Technology Watch: Mandate and Objectives

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JTC 1 Technology Watch

Mandate and

Objectives

JTC 1 Technology Watch

Mandate and

Objectives

François Coallierfcoallier @ele.etsmtl.ca

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Table of Content

• History and Mandate

• Process Fit

• Deliverables

• IT Taxonomy Model

• Status

• Next Steps

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History and

Mandate

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History• Concept originated from the JTC 1 2002 Long

Term Business Planning exercise• 2002 Deliverables:

– A presentation (JTC 1 N6827-1) outlining the concept.

– A spreadsheet (JTC 1 N6827-2) mapping the ICT standardizations activities of JTC 1 and some key standardizations and professional organizations to the proposed ICT standard taxonomy.

– A draft Technology Watch Template (JTC 1 N6827-3) that has been partially completed.

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History• Special Working Group (SWG) was put in

place at the Sophia Antipolis JTC 1 Plenary (resolution 23)

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Mandate

• To provide to JTC 1 National Bodies and SCs a yearly status on the future evolution of ICT technology within the Scope of JTC 1 Terms of Reference, as well as information on organisations working on those technologies. This information shall be in the form of a JTC 1 internal technical report, whose first version is JTC 1 N 6827, to be sent to the JTC 1 Secretariat no latter than three months before the JTC 1 Plenary.

• The SWG shall be chaired by Mr. François Coallier.

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Why Technology Watch

• ICT is evolving constantly

• ICT field is wider than the coverage of all of JTC 1 SCs

• JTC 1, its Members and its SCs need a consolidated assessment of ICT evolution to make their business decisions

• We need to bring

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Membership

• The membership of the SWG shall consist of all of JTC 1 SC Chairs or their designate. JTC 1 instructs its secretariat to send a letter to JTC 1 National Bodies, Liaison Organizations and Recognized JTC 1 PAS Submitters inviting nominations for participation in the SWG. JTC 1 noted with pleasure the commitment of the US, France, Australia, Japan and ECMA to participate in the SWG.

• The JTC1 SWG for Technology Watch shall work as much as possible electronically. A face to face meeting may be organised before a JTC 1 Plenary.

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Technology Watch Deliverables

MANAGEMENT documents to assist JTC 1 in its Business Planning

process.

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Process Fit

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Process Overview

Technology

Watch

PLANNING

Market/Customers

Users VISION Alliances

PLAN

IMPLEMENT

RESULTS

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Initial Technology Watch

Constant Incremental Tech Watch Assessment Renewal Gap Analysis

Tech Watch Maintenance

Major Tech Watch Renewal Triggers- Technology Changes- Change in Market Realities- SC and Industrial feedback- Gap Analysis

Feedback from Tech Watch Implementation

Activities

Constantly Renewed Technical Watch

Assessment reflecting the evolution of ICT market, technology and consortia

Clonned and adapted from : Thomas Rehkopf , IT Architecture Management, The Government Enterprise

Architecture Conference, BellSouth Information Systems, October 1999,

Technology Watch Cycle

1 Year Cycle

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Initial Technology Watch Document Structure

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Basic Document Structure• Executive Summary

• Version Control

• Scope and Purpose

• Technology Drivers Overview

• Detailed Technology Forecasts

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Technology Drivers Overview Technology evolution is driven by many

drivers including:• Scientific and Technological progress.

• Market driven generated research and development e.g.

This section of the document will give an overview of the current technology drivers in the field of IT.

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Scientific and Technological Progress

Areas to consider:– Moore’s Law– Storage Technologies– Display Technologies– Wireless Technologies– Artificial Intelligence– Direct Human-Machine Interfaces– Quantum Computing

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Markets

Three Key Markets:

– Enterprise Information System Market– Consumer Market– Embedded System Market

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Enterprise Information System Market

The enterprise information system market includes the following:

• Private and public corporation IT infrastructure and systems

• Government IT infrastructure and systems

New player driving IT: Biotech

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Consumer Market

The IT consumer market includes the following:

• Audio and Video entertainment systems

• Gaming

• Home PCs

• Home networking systems

• Digital photography and video

• Other IT enabled devices

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Embedded System Market

The Embedded Systems Market includes the following:

• Telecommunication systems and devices• Automotive and ground/sea transportation• Industrial production and control• Aerospace systems• Military systems• Miscellaneous control and embedded systems

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Markets Size (109 US $)

Telecommunications 777

IT Hardware 336

Internal Spending 304

IT Services 266

IT Software 115

Other Office Equipment 29

TOTAL 1 827

Telecommunications equipment

380

Computer Systems Hardware

240

Software Licenses 70

Project Oriented IT Services

250

Semiconductors 150

Support/Management IT Services

350

TOTAL 1 440

Global ICT 1998 ICT Vendor 2002

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Detailed Technology Forecasts

• Should be done for pertinent entities in the IT Taxonomy Model

• Content:– A statement of the forecast (including the identification of

consortia and/or other standards organization involved)

– The rationale of the forecast– Dates, values and probability of occurrence– Opportunity and threats presented by the forecast– Impact of the forecast on strategic position

From: Bernard Boar, The Art of Strategic Planning for Information Technology, Second Edition, Wiley, 2001, ISBN 0-471-37655-8.

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IT Taxonomy Model

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ICT Taxonomy Model

Human Interfaces

Processes and Methods

APIs and Middleware

Hardware and Devices

Base Technologies

Social and Cultural

ICT

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Base Technologies• Machine level representation of data• Encoding• Compression• Encryption• Telecommunication Protocols• File systems• Processor Instruction Sets• Programming Languages• Data Description Languages• Graphic Description Languages• Document Description Languages• Data and Document Query Languages• Transaction Description Languages• Event Description Languages• Architecture Description Languages• Meta Languages• Modeling formalisms

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Base Technologies

Hot Areas and Key PlayersThe following technical areas are of strategic importance and are evolving at a

fast pace:• Compression• Encryption• Meta Languages and Document Description Languages (XML based)• Data, Event and Transaction Description Languages (UML)Key players in standardization in these areas are:• JTC 1 (Compression and Encryption)• IETF (XML)• W3C (XML)• OMG (UML) (work with JTC 1)

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APIs and Middleware• Operating System APIs• Storage System Services• Data Exchange Protocols• Transaction Protocols• Document Exchange Protocols• General Middleware• Directory services• Geographic/Location Services• Authentification services• Security Services• Network Services• Transaction Processing Services• Rights Management Services• Document Management Services• Messaging Services and EDI• Voice Messaging Services• Mobile Services• Collaboration Services

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APIs and MiddlewareHot Areas and Key PlayersThe following technical areas are of strategic importance and are evolving at a fast

pace:– Directory Services– Document Exchange Protocols– Transaction Services– Authentification Services– Security Services– Copyright Management Services– Messaging Services– Mobile Services

Key players in standardization in these areas are:– IETF– W3C– OMG– OASIS– The Open Group– Liberty Alliance– JTC1– ISO TC211

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Social and Cultural

Standards dealing with:– IT support for human culture and society– IT support for human cultural exchanges– IT support for social activities

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Social and Cultural

• Human Characteristics Conveyance• Consumer Requirements• Learning Support• Privacy Management• Cultural Adaptability• Natural Language Support• Automated translation• IT in education

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Status

• First draft of Technology Plan delivered to JTC 1 for its 2002 Plenary meeting

• Preliminary mapping of many standards organisation work to ICT areas done

• SWG established to carry the work

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Next Steps• Kick-off SWG

• Assess current version of deliverables

• Assess current technology trends

• Identify items pertinent to JTC 1

• Process inputs from JTC 1 National Bodies, SCs and Liaisons

• Update deliverables, in time for the 2003 JTC 1 Plenary in Singapore on 17-21 November