Connectivity Framework Annex A: Assessment Template: DDS
A. 6.2 Business Viewpoint
A. 6.2.4 Maturity( Section 6.2.4)
A. 6.2.5 Stability( Section 6.2.5)
A. 6.2.6 Standards
Body( Section 6.2.6)
A. 6.2.7 Openness( Section 6.2.7)
Estimate the technology maturity, state of development and condition relative to perfection. How refined are the connectivity concepts, requirements and demonstrated capabilities? Is the technology consistent and uniform?
The core DDS specifications are mature and have been refined through thousands of applications across multiple industries. DDS vendors collaborate and regularly hold plugfests to show interoperability between independent DDS implementations.
DDS has been applied in multiple verticals to realize higher domain-specific interoperable open architecture specifications. These include:
• SGIP OpenFMB v1.0( uses CIM extensions over DDS)- NAESB Standard
• MDPnP OpenICE Integrated Clinical Environment for Medical Device Interoperability
• ROS: Robot Operating System( Open Source)
• EUROCAE ED-133 flight data exchange between air traffic control centers
• Generic Vehicle Architecture( GVA)
• Future Airborne Capability Environment( FACE)
• Open Mission Systems( OMS)
• Open Architecture Radar Interface Standard( OARIS)
• Unmanned Aircraft Systems Control Segment( UCS)
• Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems( JAUS) over DDS
• Layered Simulation Architecture
• Navy Open Architecture
Describe whether the connectivity technology has been in use for long enough that most of its initial faults and inherent problems have been removed or reduced; how easy is it to use for both non-experts and professionals? Has there been a reduction in the rate of new breakthrough advances related to it?
Yes, DDS is very stable. It has been used for 15 years( counting precursors) across multiple industries. The DDS specifications have also been continuously updated to incorporate the lessons from actual deployments. The core specifications are stable, and easy to use for professionals.
The DDS community has continued to innovate actively and expand the breadth and depth of specifications across all aspects of IIoT data connectivity middleware.
List the relevant organizational bodies developing, coordinating, promulgating, revising, amending, reissuing, interpreting or otherwise producing technical standards and guidelines intended to address the needs of the base of affected adopters.
Object Management Group( OMG)
Is it an open standard? Who can participate? Are the specifications freely available? Are open source implementations available? Does it require any single component from any single vendor?
Yes, DDS is an open standard. The specifications are openly available to anyone at no cost. Anyone is free to download and implement them. The specifications process is open to participation by both vendors and users.
Open source and commercial implementations are available. No, the DDS specifications do not rely on any single component from any single vendor.
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