OSF DCE SIG		S. Blount (DEC)
Request For Comments: 10.0		July 1992

DCE SIG INFO SHEET

INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this document is to provide a single place where all the basic info relating to the DCE SIG can be found. This document could be viewed as a Everything you always wanted to know about the DCE SIG ... document.

CHARTER OF THE DCE SIG

The purpose of the SIG is to provide input and assistance to the OSF in the area of distributed computing. Specifically, the SIG is chartered:

1. To propose enhancements to OSF to the existing DCE offering, and to help prioritize their relative importance.
2. To make recommendations as to which new or emerging technologies should be included in some future version of DCE. This includes providing input to help OSF draft an RFT for a future distributed computing technology. This also involves recommendations to OSF in regards to the most effective way to acquire such technology.
3. To provide feedback to OSF on the business issues related to pricing, packaging, licensing, and marketing of the DCE technologies.
4. To provide a liasion between OSF and various standards forums.
5. To insure that technical issues which relate to both the DCE SIG and other OSF SIGs, are resolved quickly and appropriately, and in a way which does not compromise the success of the DCE.
6. To provide a forum in which issues and status related to the progress and status of the DCE development can be communicated to all SIG members.

SIG MEETINGS AND MEMBERSHIP

SIG meetings are held primarily in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the OSF headquarters. Meetings start at 9 am on the first day, and conclude in mid-afternoon of the second day of the meeting. The meetings are currently chaired by Sumner Blount (DEC).

There are NO prerequisites for attendance at the SIG meetings, except OSF membership. You don't need to sign up in advance, or inform the SIG chair or OSF that you will be coming. Just show up!

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

The Internet email distribution list for the DCE SIG is called dce-sig@osf.org. To get on this distribution list, send your electronic mailing address to postmaster@osf.org, or sig-dce-request@osf.org. and request that your name be added. Please do NOT send your name to the SIG chairperson, or to the whole distribution list. To get on the distribution list for any of the subgroups listed below, follow the same procedure and request the appropriate distribution list.

OSF also administers the DCE-RFC series of technical notes, which archives DCE SIG communications having some lasting value. See DCE-RFC 0 for complete details.

SIG WORKING GROUPS

The SIG has a number of working groups (or sub-SIG's), each of which is focused on a particular area. In order to create a new working group, you must make a formal proposal (just discuss your idea) at a SIG meeting, and if there are enough people who will want to participate, we can establish a new working group.

The following are the current working groups, their chairperson, and the name of the distribution list for each one:

1. Working Group: DCE Enhancements (currently dormant) Chairperson: Ellen Stokes (IBM) e-mail addr: stokes@ejstokes.austin.ibm.com Phone: 512-838-3725 dist list: sig-dce-enhance Major topics: Any issues relating to general enhancements to the components already existing in DCE V1.
2. Working Group: DCE New Technologies (currently dormant) Chairperson: Bob Price (HP) e-mail addr: rprice@iag.hp.com Phone: 408-447-6759 dist list: sig-dce-tech Major topics: Any issues or proposals relating to the inclusion of new technologies in DCE, particularly technologies which do not currently exist in DCE V1.
3. Working Group: DCE Security (direct liaison with the Security SIG) Chairperson: Morrie Gasser (Digital Equipment) e-mail addr: gasser@grotto.enet.dec.com Phone: 508-486-6180 dist list: sig-dce-security Major topics: Enhancements and extensions to the existing DCE security mechanisms, and the coordination of this effort with the OSF/1 security mechanisms.
4. Working Group: Object-Oriented Technologies Chairperson: Mike Mathews (HP) e-mail addr: mjm@iag.hp.com Phone: 408-447-1959 dist list: sig-dce-objects Major topics: Inclusion of O-O technologies in future DCE offerings.
5. Working Group: DCE Porting Chairperson: Bill Leddy (HAL) e-mail addr: leddy@hal.com Phone: 512-794-2855 dist list: none Major topics: Discussion of issues and problems relating to porting of DCE to non-reference platforms.
6. Working Group: Resource Management Chairperson: Joan Wrabetz (Aggregate Computing) e-mail addr: jmw@luna.aggregate.com Phone: 612-546-5579 dist list: sig-dce-resource Major topics: Remote Execution, Cluster computing. Currently, this working group has completed its requirements document, and will be dormant until OSF requires more technical info.
7. Working Group: DCE Performance Chairperson: Peter Oleinick (Transarc) e-mail addr: pno@transarc.com Phone: 412-338-4400 dist list: sig-dce-perf Major topics: Collection and measurement of DCE performance data, Establishment of benchmarks for DCE performance comparisons, Proposals for performance measurement software and tools.
8. Working Group: DCE Naming Chairperson: Scott Snyder (IBM) e-mail addr: SSNYDER@AUSVM1.VNET.IBM.COM Phone: 512-838-8134 dist list: sig-dce-naming Major topics: Discussion of future requirements for DCE naming, and recommendations for features in the area of CDS and GDS.
9. Working Group: Distributed File Systems Chairperson: Fred Glover (Digital Equipment) e-mail addr: fglover@smurf.enet.dec.com Phone: 603-881-0388 dist list: sig-dce-fs Major topics: Determination of future enhancements for the DCE file system.
10. Working Group: DCE Business Chairperson: Derek Brink (Transarc) e-mail addr: Brink@transarc.com Phone: 412-338-4400 dist list: sig-dce-business Major topics: Issues relating to the marketing and packaging of DCE.
11. Working Group: DCE Reliable Computing Chairperson: Bob Price (HP) e-mail addr: rprice@iag.hp.com Phone: 408-447-6759 dist list: sig-dce-reliable Major topics: Transactional RPC, transparent fault tolerance.
12. Working Group: DCE Application Development Tools Chairperson: Doug Copeland (IBM) e-mail addr: copeland@torolab5.vnet.ibm.com Phone: 416-448-3288 dist list: sig-dce-tools Major topics: Debugging tools, application development aids, etc.
13. Working Group: Internationalization (liaison with I18N SIG) Chairperson: Arne Thormodson (HP) e-mail addr: arnet@cup.hp.com Phone: 408-447-4798 dist list: sig-dce-i18n Major topics: Enhancement of DCE components to improve I18N.
14. Working Group: Serviceability Chairperson: Mark Hubbard (IBM) e-mail addr: HUBBARD@TOROLAB5.VNET.IBM.COM Phone: 416-448-3919 dist list: sig-dce-service Major topics: Discussion of requirements for improved serviceability within DCE.

AUTHOR'S ADDRESS

Sumner Blount		Internet email: blount@tuxedo.enet.dec.com
Digital Equipment Corporation		Telephone: +1-508-486-5966
550 King St.
Littleton, MA 01748
USA