Article #105 - GridWise Standards Mapping Overview
In March 2004, an initial GridWise™ Standards Mapping Overview was published (download pdf XYZ kb). This report summarizes a broad review of standards efforts are related to GridWise - those that could ultimately contribute significantly to advancements toward the GridWise vision, or those which represent today's current technological basis upon which this vision must build. Along with an extensive listing of specific standards efforts, this report compiles and synthesizes this information to help readers conceptualize the relative positioning of different standards, or standards-related efforts. A clearer picture of the GridWise standards 'landscape' begins to emerge as we consider these numerous efforts from various different stakeholder viewpoints.
This KnowledgeBase encompasses the information from the 2004 GridWise Standards Mapping Overview, and provides a dynamic resource enabling greater ease of use and progressive updating and expansion of this information. This KnowledgeBase does not provide an exhaustive view of standards surrounding GridWise - those standards efforts are constantly evolving, and there is no simple, accepted view as to what represents a standard or standards development and what does not. Yet, the identification of such an extensive breadth of standards efforts reemphasizes the importance of stakeholder involvement and buy-in for progress toward the GridWise vision. A broad, evolving framework, fully spanning and leveraging stakeholders from each different stakeholder viewpoint will be needed for effective progress toward realizing GridWise envisaged transformation, which will require mutual acknowledgement between technological fields for development, compatibility, integration, interoperation, convergence, adoption and beyond.
As this resource is refined and grows, the GridWise Architecture Council and contributing stakeholders will be able to extend and improve it in a number of ways:
- Studying and identifying linkages between standards in different sectors, clarifying roles, similarities, complementarities, and different approaches.
- Identifying and illustrating migration paths for similar standards which have converged, are being converged, or might/should be converged.
- Identifying interoperability gaps, duplications of efforts, and areas where interoperability guidance needs clarifying.
- Characterizing key standards more fully and analyzing their respective functional objectives, methodology, openness, etc.
- Extending this mapping to incorporate information regarding related organizations and technologies (trade groups, proprietary sources, demo and pilot implementations, and other resources).