The Open Group IPv6 Forum Collaboration

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The Open Group - IPv6 Forum Collaboration

• San Jose
• Sept 22, 2005

James de Raeve VP, Certification GSM 44 780
890 4745 Tel [phone] j.deraeve_at_opengrou
p.org
Thames Tower Station Rd Reading RG1 1LX
UK www.opengroup.org
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The Open Group

• IT industry consortium
• 250 members
• 30 buy-side
• Requirements standards
• Operating since 1985
• Platinum Sponsors
• Capgemini, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM, NEC, Sun,
• 45 staff, with offices in Reading UK, San
  Francisco CA, Burlington MA, and Tokyo, Japan
• Operate as not-for-profit

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Mission

• To drive the creation of Boundary-less
  Information Flow by

• Working with customers to capture, understand and
  address current and emerging requirements,
  establish policies and share best practices
• Working with suppliers, consortia and standards
  bodies to develop consensus and facilitate
  interoperability, to evolve and integrate open
  specifications and open source technologies
• Offering a comprehensive set of services to
  enhance the operational efficiency of consortia
  and
• Developing and operating the industry's premier
  certification service and encouraging procurement
  of certified products.

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Certification and Testing Experience
UNIX
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Certification and Testing Experience (2)

• UNIX
• Specification
• Test suites
• Certification and Trademark
• WAP
• Test development
• Certification consulting
• Certification operation
• LDAP
• Test suite
• Server and client certification
• NSAPL
• Certification of best practices

• DMTF (CIM WBEM),
• Certification consulting
• Test architecture, test specifications and test
  development
• DVB-MHP
• Test architecture, test specifications and test
  development
• Cable Labs OCAP
• Test consulting and test development
• SIF
• Certification consulting and program operation
• ICSC
• Test Development

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Market Drivers for Certification

• Certified products meet buyer expectations for
  conformance and interoperability
• Market growth through lower risk and greater
  confidence of buyers
• Buyers can tell the difference between certified
  and non-certified products, and know what
  certification means
• Market share for suppliers who have made the
  investment to get it right

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How we became involved with IPv6 Forum

• Member request for clarity
• Need to know what to ask for
• Need to know what products offer
• The Open Group does not duplicate the work of
  others
• Conclusion
• Work with IPV6 Forum to evolve the logo program
  to address our members needs
• Build on each others strengths

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Certification Overview

• Programs currently operated by The Open Group
  include a warranty of conformance to
  specifications.
• This warranty ensures that
• Products conform to the Specification
• Products remain conformant throughout the life of
  the product
• If there is a non-conformance, the product will
  be fixed in a defined timescale

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Certification Overview (2)

• Conformance is often validated through use of
  test suites to test conformance to the
  specification
• Testing provides an indicator of compliance
• Testing is never complete
• Some programs use self-validation checklists
• Guarantee of conformance means developers use
  tests as part of everyday QA process
• Coverage and thoroughness of test tools set to be
  an appropriate balance between cost and risk
• Tests provide confidence to vendors to enable
  them to undertake the warranty of conformance

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Trademark

• How do you know its certified/branded?
• Trademark
• Public register
• Supplier Claim
• We use trademarks because trademark law can then
  be used to prevent false claims (passing off)
• Use of a trademark is controllable

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Certification Program Phases

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Certification Policy
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Conformance Documents
Conformance Requirements What a conforming
product must do to be certified
Conformance Requirements What a conforming
product must do to be certified (documented in
Product Standards)
Specifications
Conformance Statements Public statement How
product meets conformance requirements
Customers Check vendor claims
Vendors
Select appropriate tests
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Problem reporting and interpretations process
Applicant
SpecificationAuthority
Certification Authority
Anonymous
Q
Consensus
Open
Access
Timely
A
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Testing

• Testing process should yield results that are
• Repeatable at a different time
• Reproducible at a different test centre
• Reproducible with different test tool
• Fair across different products
• At reasonable cost
• Without delaying product availability
• As part of normal day to day QA
• Results must always be auditable
• Test suites that
• Are maintained in line with specifications
• Provide sufficient coverage
• Provide auditable, traceable results

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Collaboration - MOU

• Statement of intent to collaborate
• Roles
• IPv6 Forum to be the Specification Authority
• Responsible for the interpretation of the
  specifications
• IPv6 Forum logo cttee to be responsible for test
  plan maintenance and test tool equivalence

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Collaboration (2)

• The Open Group and IPv6 Forum to develop product
  standards defining the conformance requirements
  for products
• Start small with core device requirements
• Consensus process involving IPv6 Forum, industry
  and buyers
• The Open Group to be Certification Authority
• develop and operate certification program using
  existing processes

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Relationship to Logo Program

• No intent to stop the logo program
• Run Open Group program as an overlay
• Add The Open Groups process and legal
  infrastructure to existing work of the Forum

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Benefits

• Buyers know what to buy
• Vendors know what to build
• A clear, open set of rules for conformance and
  assurance
• Buyers have more confidence in what to buy
• Market growth, wider deployment