Organization Overview

Learn more about the OSDU® Forum structure, the various Capability Groups, Working Groups and Special Interest Groups.

The Open Group Legal and Operating Framework

The Open Group legal and operating framework provides a pro-competitive collaborative environment for the development of the OSDU open-source Data Platform and the associated OSDU technical standards and business processes.

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OSDU Focal Points

1-2 per member company

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OMC (11 Members)

OSDU Management Committee

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PMC

Project Management Committee

Capability Groups

Capability Mapping

Capability Groups are responsible for defining the technical services and capabilities that make up the OSDU Data Platform. This includes: microservices, Airflow Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG), OSDU domain data models, and the required assurance of fit and function.

Platform Functionalities include all the key activities required in making a code release.

The Reference & Helper Services provide generic capabilities (e.g. Units of Measure & CRS), which are needed by many other services.

The Data Ingestion Service are used to load and enrich data on the OSDU Data Platform.

OSDU Data Platform resource and content data can be consumed via a read-only consumption zone. The data in this consumption zone is synchronized with (commonly a subset of) the data platform and optimized for specific purposes.

Domain Data Management Service (DDMS) is an OSDU specific definition and capability. It is a component of the OSDU Data Platform that facilitates business data (content included) access to the relevant applications and processes in an optimized manner.

Platform capabilities provide additional business functionality.

To deliver and maintain the core services (including helper services) supporting the continuous delivery of OSDU workflow and dataflow oriented services.

Community Utilities are additional functionailty that assist with the useability of the Platform, These Utilities are not included in the OSDU Data Platform Releases.

The Community Implementation (CI) is a cloud agnostic version of the OSDU Data Platform

Working Groups

Working groups

Working Groups are established to enable collaborative definition of requirements, standards, practices, priority, roadmap, community alignment and progress toward platform and forum goals. There are 5 Named Working Groups (NWG) which are established by the OSDU Forum Governance and Operating Charter (Section 7.4 & Appendix 1).

 

These NWG often have sub-activities (projects) that are chartered for specific tasks/ activities within the broader charter of the group.

The 5 NWG are:

  • Data Definitions & Modelling Business
  • Model & Outreach
  • Business Capability Maturation
  • Enterprise Architecture
  • Information Security

Link to The OSDU Forum Governance and Operating Charter. Click Here.

The Data Definitions & Modeling named Working Group is responsible for coordinating and delivering all schema definitions work and data definitions related services and artefacts.

Named Working Group (NWG) Chair: Jenni LaRue and Chris Hough
Group Lead: Jenni LaRue and Chris Hough
Group Lead Company: Chevron and bp

The Business Model and Outreach named Working Group aims to provide support for a broad set of OSDU Forum enablers including strategy development, communication & outreach, risk management, event planning, certification and interoperability. It is responsible for activities including Forum strategy, operating models, sustainability funding plans, certification program, and outreach (events, communications). There are a number of active sub-projects related to specific areas of activity.

Named Working Group (NWG) Chair: Patrick Kelly, Chevron
Group Lead: Patrick Kelly
Group Lead Company: Chevron

The Enterprise Architecture (EA) named Working Group is responsible for coordinating architectural decisions, providing processes and best practices, and delivering decision-support artefacts for the OSDU Data Platform. It is the main synchronisation call for the EA subcommittee. It focuses on how we work, key architecture topics, progression and maintenance of our Work Products.

Named Working Group (NWG) Chair: Jane McConnell, Spinning Yarns Ltd
Group Lead: Jane McConnell
Group Lead Company: Spinning Yarns Ltd

Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

SIGS

Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are discussion forums created by Members or groups of Members. These groups may be temporary (e.g. evaluating abstract submissions for Member meetings) or more permanent (e.g. operator or ISV interest groups). SIGs must be approved by the Forum Chair and should have their own leader (chair) and a description/charter.