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Technical Working Group(TWG) Details

Charter Agreement

  • Working Group Scope
  • Fulfill the project technical oversight to achieve edge-based interoperability across automation vendors, system integrators and platform providers. The intended result will allow edge devices, apps, and orchestration software, sourced from multiple suppliers to be interoperable in heterogenous industrial ecosystems. The working group is responsible to develop and maintain an open-source reference implementation, define and maintain associated open interoperability standards, develop and maintain a compliance framework, process and tooling. Activities also would include education and training for adopters.
  • Copyright Licensing - Open Web Foundation 0.9.
  • Patent Licensing - Open Web Foundation Agreement 0.9 Mode.
  • Source Code - MIT License, available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.

Technical Working Group Repository(TWG)

Repository for Technical Working Group collaboration.

  • Location to view the meeting agenda and minutes for technical working sessions.
    • These are auto generated as an issue within this repository every week per focus group. Focus group leads should edit the agenda post auto creation to inform attendees of topics to be discussed.
    • Meeting minutes are attached to the Meeting agenda MDs then the issue is closed for record keeping.
  • General Information regarding the current Focus groups and planned focus groups for the Margo Release 1 System Design.

Link to Repository

Current Technical Focus Group(FG) Details

Below are details regarding the current focus groups, leads, meeting information, associated Github Project, and associated markdowns within the specification repository.

FG: Workload Fleet Management Agent Interfaces

  • Focus Group Lead
    • Armand Craig(ajcraig@rockwellautomation.com)
  • Focus Group Meeting Details
    • Tuesdays, 2pm CET
  • Associated Github Project to track activites

FG: Application Package definitions

  • Focus Group Lead
    • Arne Broering(arne.broering@siemens.com)
  • Focus Group Meeting Details
    • Wednesdays, 2PM CET
  • Associated Github Project to track activites

FG: Device Requirements (Meetings Currently Paused)

  • Focus Group Lead
    • Merrill Harriman(merrill.harriman@se.com)
  • Focus Group Meeting Details
    • Paused
  • Associated Github Project to track activites

FG: Observability requirements (Meetings Currently Paused)

  • Focus Group Lead
    • Philip Presson(philip.presson@us.abb.com)
  • Focus Group Meeting Details
    • Paused
  • Associated Github Project to track activites

Future Planned Focus Group Details

Note: We are looking for volunteers/contributers within these focus groups.

FG: System Security

  • Short Description: This focus group will be responsible for maintaining security standards throughout the focus group. Both security requirements
  • Notes:
    • This working group is in the process of being constructed.
    • Current discussions can be found in the following Issue

FG: Device Fleet Management Interface

  • Short Description: This is intended to descibe the functionality of the management interface between Device Fleet Management Suppliers and Device Suppliers.
  • Notes:
    • This focus group's scope is under discussion in the following location.

FG: Device Update Definition

  • Short Description: This is intended to describe the device update definition within Margo.
  • Notes:
    • This focus group's scope is under discussion in the following location.

FG: Device Observability

  • Short Description: This is intended to describe the device observability functionality within Margo.
  • Notes:
    • This focus group's scope is under discussion in the following location.

FG: Device Onboarding

  • Short Description: This is intended to describe the device onboarding functionality within Margo.
  • Notes:
    • This focus group's scope is under discussion in the following location.

FG: Policy Agent

  • Short Description: This focus group is related to the Policy Agent that exists within the Margo Compliant Devices.

FG: Test and Compliance Suite

  • Short Description: This focus group is intended to tackle and plan the test and compliance suite that will be utilized by product vendors to ensure compliance with the Margo Specification

FG: Official Reference Implementation

  • Short Description: This focus group is intended to work on the official reference implementation.