ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38

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ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 Cloud Computing and Distributed Platforms is a standardization subcommittee, which is part of the Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1 of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

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ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 serves as the focus, proponent, and systems integration entity on Cloud Computing, Distributed Platforms, and the application of these technologies. ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 provides guidance to JTC 1, IEC, ISO and other entities developing standards in these areas. The Subcommittee is addressing the demand pull from users, especially governments, for standards to assist them in specifying, acquiring and applying Cloud Computing and distribute platform technologies and services.

History

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 was formed at the October 2009 ISO/IEC JTC 1 Plenary Meeting in Tel Aviv via approval of Resolution 36. The international secretariat of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 is the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), located in the United States. [1] The first meeting of the subcommittee took place in Beijing, China in May 2010. ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 approved its scope, established three working groups and developed terms of reference for each at this inaugural meeting.

Established to address three related areas of technology - Web Services, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), and Cloud Computing - ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 was initially titled Distributed Application Platforms and Services (DAPS). Meeting in Plenary 2 times per year during its first 6 years, with interim electronic and face-to-face meetings of its Working Groups, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 completed work in Web Services and SOA and increased its focus on Cloud Computing. To reflect this evolution in focus, the JTC 1 2014 Plenary Meeting in Abu Dhabi approved a revised scope and new title for ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38, Cloud Computing and Distributed Platforms.

Scope and mission

The scope of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 is the “Standardization in the area of Cloud Computing and Distributed Platforms”. [2] This includes:

Structure

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 is made up of two working groups (WGs). Each working group carries out specific tasks in standards development within the field of Cloud Computing and Distributed Platforms, where the focus of each working group is described in the group’s terms of reference. The two active working groups of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 are: [3] [4]

Working GroupWorking Area
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38/WG 3Cloud Computing Fundamentals (CCF)
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38/WG 5Cloud Computing Data and its Flow (CCDF)

Terms of Reference:

  1. Projects related to Cloud Computing Service Agreements
  2. Projects related to fundamental concepts, terminology and definitions for Cloud Computing
  3. Projects related to guidance on use of international standards in the development of policies that govern or regulate cloud service providers and cloud services, and policies that govern the use of cloud services in enterprise organizations
  4. Establish liaisons and collaborate with other entities within JTC 1, SDOs and consortia performing work related to Cloud Computing


Terms of Reference:

  1. Standardization in the area of data in cloud computing, distributed platforms, connected devices and related technologies
  2. Establish liaisons and collaborate with other entities within and external to JTC 1 as appropriate

Collaborations

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 works closely with a number of other JTC 1 subcommittees, including ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7, Software and Systems Engineering, and ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27, IT Security Techniques. [2] In addition, the subcommittee works with a number of external forums, including the Cloud Security Alliance, Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), the Open Grid Forum and The Open Group. [5] Together, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 (specifically WG 3: Cloud Computing) and ITU-T/SG 13 formed Collaborative Teams on Cloud Computing Overview and Vocabulary (CT-CCVOCAB) and Cloud Computing Reference Architecture (CT-CCRA) that developed two standards: ISO/IEC JTC 1 17788 – Cloud Computing Vocabulary and ISO/IEC JTC 1 17789 – Cloud Computing Reference Architecture.

Organizations internal to ISO or IEC that collaborate with or are in liaison to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 include: [6]

Organizations external to ISO or IEC that collaborate with or are in liaison to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 include:

Member countries

Countries pay a fee to ISO to be members of subcommittees. [7]

The 29 "P" (participating) members of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and United States of America.

The 8 "O" (observing) members of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 are: Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Norway, Serbia, and Uruguay. [1]

Standards

As of 2019, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 has 15 published standards. Some standards related to the work in ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 include: [8]

ISO/IEC StandardTitleStatusDescriptionWG
ISO/IEC 17203Information technology — Open Virtualization Format (OVF) specificationPublished (2017)Specifies an open, secure, portable, efficient and extensible format for the packaging and distribution of software to be run in virtual machines.
ISO/IEC 17788 [9] Information technology -- Cloud computing -- Overview and vocabularyPublished (2014)Provides an overview of cloud computing along with a set of terms and definitions3
ISO/IEC 17789Information technology — Cloud computing — Reference architecturePublished (2014)Specifies the cloud computing reference architecture (CCRA). The reference architecture includes the cloud computing roles , cloud computing activities , and the cloud computing functional components and their relationships.3
ISO/IEC 17826Information technology – Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI)Published (2012)Specifies the interface to access cloud storage and to manage the stored data3
ISO/IEC 17963Web Services for Management (WS-Management) SpecificationPublished (2013)Describes a Web services protocol based on SOAP for use in management‑specific domains1
ISO/IEC 17998 [10] Information technology – SOA Governance FrameworkPublished (2012)Describes a framework for providing context and definitions related to SOA for organizations to use when deploying SOA governance. Defines:
  • SOA Governance
  • SOA Governance Reference Model
  • SOA Governance Vitality Model
2
ISO/IEC 18384-1Information technology — Reference Architecture for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA RA) — Part 1: Terminology and concepts for SOAPublished (2016)Establishes vocabulary, guidelines, and general technical principles underlying service oriented architecture (SOA), including principles relating to functional design, performance, development, deployment, and management.2
ISO/IEC 18384-2Information technology — Reference Architecture for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA RA) — Part 2: Reference Architecture for SOA SolutionsPublished (2016)Describes a Reference Architecture for SOA Solutions which applies to functional design, performance, development, deployment and management of SOA Solutions.2
ISO/IEC 18384-3Information technology — Reference Architecture for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA RA) — Part 3: Service Oriented Architecture ontologyPublished (2016)Defines a formal ontology for service-oriented architecture (SOA), an architectural style that supports service orientation. The terms defined in this ontology are key terms from the vocabulary in ISO/IEC 18384-1.2
ISO/IEC 19086-1Information technology — Cloud computing — Service level agreement (SLA) framework — Part 1: Overview and conceptsPublished (2016)Establish a set of common cloud SLA building blocks (concepts, terms, definitions, contexts) that can be used to create cloud Service Level Agreements (SLAs).3
ISO/IEC 19086-2Cloud computing — Service level agreement (SLA) framework — Part 2: Metric modelPublished (2018)Establishes common terminology, defines a model for specifying metrics for cloud SLAs, and includes applications of the model with examples.3
ISO/IEC 19086-3Information technology — Cloud computing — Service level agreement (SLA) framework — Part 3: Core conformance requirementsPublished (2017)Specifies the core conformance requirements for service level agreements (SLAs) for cloud services based on ISO/IEC 19086‑1 and guidance on the core conformance requirements.3
ISO/IEC 19941Information technology — Cloud computing — Interoperability and portabilityPublished (2017)Specifies cloud computing interoperability and portability types, the relationship and interactions between these two cross-cutting aspects of cloud computing and common terminology and concepts used to discuss interoperability and portability, particularly relating to cloud services.4
ISO/IEC 19944Information technology — Cloud computing — Cloud services and devices: Data flow, data categories and data usePublished (2017)Extends the existing cloud computing vocabulary and reference architecture in ISO/IEC 17788 and ISO/IEC 17789 to describe an ecosystem involving devices using cloud services5
ISO/IEC TR 22678Information technology — Cloud computing — Guidance for policy developmentPublished (2019)Provides guidance on the use of international standards as a tool in the development of those policies that govern or regulate cloud service providers (CSPs) and cloud services, and those policies and practices that govern the use of cloud services in organisations.3
ISO/IEC TR 23186Information technology — Cloud computing — Framework of trust for processing of multi-sourced dataPublished (2018)Describes a framework of trust for the processing of multi-sourced data that includes data use obligations and controls, data provenance, chain of custody, security and immutable proof of compliance as elements of the framework.5
ISO/IEC TR 30102Information technology – Distributed Application Platforms and Services (DAPS) – General technical principles of Service Oriented ArchitecturePublished (2012)Describes general technical principles underlying SOA including principles relating to functional design, performance, development, deployment and management


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