Introduction

Camelot iRING demonstration at the FIATECH Technology Conference & Showcase 2009, Las Vegas, Nevada (photo courtesy of Jim Klein)

In early 2009 the membership of the POSC Caesar Association (PCA) and FIATECH organizations formed an implementation project called Camelot whose mission was to provide an implementation of ISO 15926, Part 7 and include support for a prototype Part 8 & 9.

The Camelot project demonstrated and delivered a set of free, public domain, open source software tools, now called iRINGTools, that were intended to be used in production settings and also provide software vendors with a usage pattern of ISO 15926. The Camelot project used an acronym to name the resulting solution, and the set of standards and protocols which are compliant with ISO 15926 Part 7, 8, & 9; ISO 15926 Realtime Interoperability Network Grid or iRING.

With the success of the Camelot project and availability of an open source solution, the next step was to establish a user group to guide the development of iRING protocols and the iRINGTools software. That user group is the iRINGUserGroup.

2012 Events

Industry events that feature ISO 15926 and iRING

iRING demonstration at the FIATECH Technology Conference & Showcase 2010, Austin, Texas (photo courtesy of Tom Sawyer)

In early 2009 the membership of the POSC Caesar Association (PCA) and FIATECH organizations formed an implementation project called Camelot whose mission was to provide an implementation of ISO 15926, Part 7 and include support for a prototype Part 8 & 9.

• February 6-9, 2012 - ARC Forum, Orlando, Florida
• February 27-March 1, 2012 - OpenO&M/MIMOSA and PCA Forum - Americas 2012
• April 2-4, 2012 - Fiatech 2012 Technology Conference & Showcase
• May 8-10, 2012 - Semantic Days 2012

Charter

The iRINGUserGroup charter defines the iRING online community user group. The charter will introduce the iRINGUserGroup (iUG) and declare its mission, objectives, scope, organization, and governance. View the iRINGUserGroup Charter

Vision

Establish delivery and usage of fully operational software products and reference data content and services that provide seamless interoperability via the ISO 15926, Part 7, 8, & 9 standards.

Mission

The iRINGUserGroup will establish an online community of users, companies, and organizations that have common interest in solutions that implement iRING protocols to address their information interoperability and integration challenges. With the existence of the iRINGUserGroup, participants can seek and provide, guidance and support, from and to the iRINGUserGroup online community.

Scope

Facilitate the iRING user’s communication and collaboration, drive the extension of ISO 15926 reference data and information modeling, drive the direction of iRINGTools via the iRINGTools Software Control Board, manage the iRINGSandbox services, establish and maintain a live iRING reference system, establish iRING certification tools, and provide requirements to the developers of the ISO 15926 standard. The iRINGUserGroup is the organization for iRING.

Participation

Participation in the iRINGUserGroup is open to any user, company, or organization with an interest in learning, using, or improving iRING. There are no requirements for explicit membership to the iRINGUserGroup. Participation in the iRINGUserGroup requires no fees or dues and is considered free. The iRINGUserGroup will maintain an active list of iRING users and volunteers to facilitate the online collaboration of iRING users.