PCA & FIATECH Announce Joint Operational Reference Data
POSC Caesar Association (PCA) and FIATECH have agreed on a single “Joint
Operational Reference Data” project plan to create in 2010 a stable,
scalable and commercially-viable operation of the ISO15926 reference data
system and associated services.
Boards of both member organizations have already agreed funding for the
front-end phase to start in March, with a governance board and project
manager already in place.
A key deliverable of this phase is the business model for the remainder of
the investment project and the sustainable longer term operation, providing
industry with free access to reference data in perpetuity. Existing and new
members will be able to provide further investment in the implementation
phases in the remainder of 2010.
“So much of what ISO15926 promises is already proven, and what industry now
demands is a flexible, scalable and sustainable reference data operation on
which business interoperability can depend. This joint FIATECH and PCA
project will deliver that operation,” explains Ric Jackson, Director,
FIATECH.
Nils Sandsmark, General Manager, PCA adds “the existing PCA reference data
system and services have been developed over many years and were declared
operational in 2009. PCA welcomes this opportunity to work with FIATECH to
extend the global reach and scope of the joint reference data operation.”
“Come and see for yourself and share your expectations with us in ISO15926
workshops at the upcoming conferences,” adds Ian Glendinning, Joint Project
Manager.
* !DigitalPlant Conference, Houston, TX www.daratechplant.com
(1st to 3rd March),
* PCA Members Conference, Houston, TX www.posccaesar.org
(4th March), and
* FIATECH 2010 Technology Conference & Showcase, Austin, TX
www.fiatech.org (29th to 31st March)
For more information contact `ian.glendinning@dnv.com`
ISO15926 – provides unambiguous shared reference data that enables
interoperability across disparate business and technical systems throughout
the whole energy and capital facilities industries life cycles. Reference
data comprises content as a Reference Data Library (RDL) that is an
extensible Work-in-Progress (WIP), enabled and supported by Reference Data
Services (RDS). That reference data ranges from basic dictionary terms to
sophisticated information usage patterns supporting the most advanced
semantic web uses as well as simple file exchanges.
POSC Caesar Association - PCA started as a Norwegian R&D project in 1993 to
develop open standards for information integration and interoperability and
became the international PCA members association in 1997. Having created
ISO15926, it continues to support its development and use, and currently
operates the PCA Reference Data Service. See www.posccaesar.org
FIATECH - is an industry consortium that provides global leadership in
identifying and accelerating the development, demonstration and deployment
of fully integrated and automated technologies to deliver the highest
business value throughout the life cycle of all types of capital projects.
See www.fiatech.org