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Stephanie Covert
OMG
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OMG Begins Work on Specification for
Assuring Dependability of Consumer Devices; Solicits Input
from Industry
Needham, MA, USA – January 24, 2012 – OMG’s®
Systems
Assurance Task Force has issued a Request for Information as
the first step in the process of creating a new standard for
“Assuring Dependability of Consumer Devices.”
Responses to the RFI are due by May 20, 2012.
“Consumer devices” is a broad category of general
end-user products that includes automobiles, consumer
electronics, service robots, and smart houses. Unlike
industrial devices, consumer devices are massive in numbers,
used by the general public, lower in cost, maintained
infrequently if ever, and used in an open, dynamic and
diverse environment. These devices are often networked
together so software issues can spread well beyond the
initially affected device. This RFI is the first step toward
developing a specification to standardize the process,
methodologies, and tools to assure the software
dependability of consumer devices.
Accountability of manufacturing companies has become
crucial, and consumer device providers need to assure that
their products are sufficiently dependable whenever the
users operate them for any purposes. To satisfy these
requirements, the Systems Assurance Task Force is requesting
information on process models, methodologies, support tools
and the interfaces to realize simultaneous development of
embedded control software and dependability cases.
The Assuring Dependability of Consumer Devices RFI is now
open for comment and participation. A supporting whitepaper
is posted at
http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?sysa/2011-12-08.
Responses from anyone in industry, government or academia
with practical knowledge of assuring dependability of
consumer devices (industrial products: automobiles, service
robots, smart houses, avionics and any products relevant to
this category) are welcome and encouraged. Full details,
contacts for questions about the RFI and instructions on
responding are available in the Assuring Dependability of
Consumer Devices RFI document.
Non-members may download information on any Request
process from
http://www.omg.org/public_schedule. For more information
on any process, send an email to
info@omg.org.
About OMG
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computer industry standards consortium. OMG Task Forces
develop enterprise integration standards for a wide range of
technologies and an even wider range of industries. OMG’s
modeling standards enable powerful visual design, execution
and maintenance of software and other processes. For more
information, visit www.omg.org. The Business Architecture
Special Interest Group of OMG promotes industry consensus
and develops a set of standards to support the concept of
building, evolving and aligning business blueprints. For
more information, visit bawg.omg.org.
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