Candidate RFIs/RFPs

1.	Embedded System Distributed Component Framework
a.	File Services
b.	Devices
c.	Domain Management
2.	Security APIs
a.	Type Separation
b.	Key Management
c.	Crypto
d.	Authentication
e.	Auditing
f.	PKI
3.	Radio Components Interfaces
a.	I/O (audio, serial, etc.)
b.	RF Physical
c.	Etc.
4.	Radio Services
a.	Light Weight Log Service
b.	Light Weight Naming Service
c.	Real-Time Notification Service
d.	Timer

RFIs/RFPs of interest – to evaluate how these other items impact or fit with SWRADIO Platform Independent Model and/or Platform Specific Model.
•	Transducers (Richman Nieradka)
•	Load Balancing (Mike McClimens)
•	CORBA Management
•	CCM TFT (Jerry Bickle)
•	On-live update
•	Wireless CORBA (Richman Nieradka)
•	R/T Notification Service (Richard Stevens)
•	Data Parallel (Jeff Smith)

Roadmap
1.	Before Toronto Meeting
•	Platform Independent Model (PIM) (Vince Kovarik - vkovarik@harris.com)
•	Definition Domain Management and Deployment 
•	Available Aug 6th
•	Comments due Aug 20th
•	Uses Cases (Mike Gudaitis – mike.gudaitis@emergent-it.com)
•	Meta-Model Description and Definition Domain Management and Deployment (Francois-Xavier.LEBAS@fr.thalesgroup.com)
•	Paper by the end of July
•	Comments due by end of August
•	Update Definitions (Mike McClimens)
•	Update Roadmap (Jerry Bickle)
•	Update Deployment Comparison doc (Jerry Bickle)
•	Update SWRADIO Web page (Jeff Smith)
•	Update SCA 2.1 on SWRADIO web page (Mike McClimens and Jeff Smith)
•	Deployment RFP (Jerry with Andreas, GMD Fokus)
•	CORBA Management RFI (all)
•	Subscribe to corba_mgmt@omg.org
•	Post Questions by July 25th
•	Comments on Draft CORBA Management RFI by Aug 17th
•	Final RFI Draft by August 20th
•	Responses to the RFI by Christmas time frame.
•	Real-Time/Embedded Requirements for real-time group (all)
•	Minimum ORB Requirements
•	Light Weight Log, Naming Services, etc.
•	Comments to Antoine.DELAUTRE@fr.thalesgroup.com by COB August
•	Common Enterprise Models DTF (all)
•	Record/Retrieve RFP (evaluate RFP) – for light weight Log Service
•	This is being done jointly with space, transportation, utilities DTFs

2.	Sept 10th-14th, Toronto
•	Deployment RFP
•	Review RFI on Tuesday afternoon at the Toronto meeting in September with Telecom
•	Form up other groups to work other RFIs/RFPs (e.g., Security, Radio Components, Radio Services, etc.).
•	Evaluation of Record/Retieve RFP
•	Review PIM
•	Review Definition
•	Type Separation White Paper (Prithvi Kumar – prk@mitre.org)
•	Review Real-Time/Embedded Reqs

3.	Before November Meeting
•	Submissions against CORBA Management RFI

4.	November 12th-16th, Dublin
•	Have Distributed Component Framework RFP accepted by AB and Domain Technical Committee (Latest Date)

5.	February 2002
•	Initial Submissions for Distributed Component Framework RFP

6.	April 2002
•	Final Submissions for Distributed Component Framework RFP