OpenIDS Data Standards WG
- Sean Bohan
Welcome to the OpenIDS Data Standards Working Group (DSWG).
The purpose of this WG is to create an open forum for insurance industry participants to work collaboratively on data standards that can be used by the entire Insurance Industry. Starting with Property and Casualty Insurance, the community will meet, work and develop data standards that will benefit all players in the insurance space.
Co-Chairs:
Catherine Myers, reThought Flood
Robert Clark, Cloverleaf Analytics
Ken Sayers, AAIS
Goals and Objectives
(TBD kickoff call)
Key Characteristics
(TBD work development)
Meetings
The DSWG meets for 30 minutes, every other Monday at 4:30pm ET / 3:30pm CT 1:30pm PT. You can find the main meeting page and the individual agendas at this link. All DSWG calls are held under the Linux Foundation Antitrust Policy and Code of Conduct. Agendas are sent out in advance and these meetings are recorded.
You can find the main meeting page here:
https://lf-openidl.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HOME/pages/648183831/DSWG+Meetings
Communication
The DSWG uses the every-other-week zoom call and the mailing list for communication with participants. You can subscribe to the mailing list by sending an email here: data-standards-wg@lists.openidl.org. You will receive a confirmation email, so please follow the instructions to be properly subscribed.
All subscribers can send and comment on emails to the list. You can find the messages as well as other mailing list commands here: https://lists.openidl.org/g/data-standards-wg
Specification Documentation
For ease of use and making the process more accessible to participants, the working specifications can be found at this link.
Artifacts including whitepapers and contributed specifications can be found at this link.
Specifications Process
The DSWG will be following a modified version of the Community Specifications Process from the Joint Development Foundation at the Linux Foundation. You can find out more about the Community Specification process at this link.
Overall, DSWG will work together to create Data Specification based on the following outline:
Foreword
Introduction
Scope (mandatory)
Notices
Licenses
Governance
Contributing
Code of Conduct
Terms and definitions
Normative references (mandatory)
Clause title 1
Clause title 2
References
Acknowledgement
For an example of a Data Standards project that uses the Community Specifications Process, check out the AnonCreds Specification to see how that community developed an community driven specification for the identity ecosystem.