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Host: Ash – CDMP – Certified Copywriter (CMP) – CDMA – Certified Proofreader
and Editor (CMP) – Certified Business Writer (CMP), Content Marketing Manager,
joined The Open Group in 2020, initially working in the Certification Team as a Certification Services Agent, before moving into the Marketing Team, where he now works on marketing collateral, SEO (Search Engine Optimization), and produces/hosts The Open Group, Open Comments Podcast.
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Open Comments, hosted by The Open Group
New Mini Series Coming Soon: Introducing The Open Group News Corner
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We preview an upcoming mini series on what’s new from The Open Group and why these standards matter to architects, business leaders, and technology teams. We give a quick tour of four updates you can download now, before each is broken down into full episodes soon.
To learn more about these standards mentioned in this trailer and how to download them, please visit the following links via The Open Group Library below:
ArchiMate® 4 Specification
The ArchiMate 4 Specification, a standard of The Open Group, defines an open and independent modeling language for Enterprise Architecture that is supported by different tool vendors and consulting firms. It provides a notation to enable Enterprise Architects to describe, analyze, and visualize the relationships among business domains in an unambiguous way. Version 4 represents a substantial evolution of the standard, including housekeeping to clean up and streamline the standard to improve its ease of adoption and use.
Open Agile Architecture™ Standard, Version 2.0
The Open Agile Architecture™ Standard, Version 2.0, a standard of The Open Group, offers an approach to architect at scale with agility. It provides guidance and best practices for Enterprise Architects seeking to transition into Agile and Digital contexts.
The Open Footprint® Standard, Edition 1.0
The Open Footprint Standard aims to be the leading industry-agnostic open data standard for environmental impact. It includes a standardized, comprehensive, and interoperable emissions Data Model that enables the tracking, calculation, integration, and secure exchange of diverse emissions data across complex value chains.
The OSDU® Data Platform Standard, Version 1.0
This document specifies the OSDU® Data Platform as a technology-agnostic data platform reference architecture with application standards, enabling applications to run on any platform instance and leveraging industry data standards for frictionless integration and data access.
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Welcome And Series Preview
SPEAKER_00Hello and welcome back to Open Comments with me Ash. In this episode, we'll be previewing an upcoming series focusing around the Open Group news. This mini series will focus on what's new with the Open Group and beyond. In this mini episode, we'll preview what's to come. First, we'll take a look at the new standards from the Open Group that are set to influence how organizations model their enterprises, scale agility, manage sustainability data, and build interoperable industry platforms. We'll briefly introduce the new Archimate 4 specification, Open Agile Architecture Standard Version 2.0, the Open Footprint Standard, and the OSDU Data Platform Standard version 1.0. This isn't a deep dive, think of it as a preview for what's coming. Over the next few episodes, we'll unpack each of these standards in detail, exploring why they matter, who they affect, and what architects, business leaders, and technology professionals need to know.
ArchiMate 4 In Plain English
SPEAKER_00So let's take a quick tour of what's new from the Open Group. Arcumate 4 specification. The RCMate 4 specification, a standard of the Open Group, defines an open and independent modeling language for enterprise architecture that is supported by different tool vendors and consulting firms. It provides a notation to enable enterprise architects to describe, analyze, and visualize the relationships among business domains in an unambiguous way. Version 4 represents a substantial evolution of the standard, including housekeeping to clean up and streamline the standard to improve its ease of adoption and use.
Open Agile Architecture Standard 2.0
SPEAKER_00Open Agile Architecture Standard version 2.0 The Open Agile Architecture Standard version 2.0, a standard of the Open Group, offers an approach to architect at scale with agility. It provides guidance and best practices for enterprise architects seeking to transition into agile and digital contexts.
Open Footprint Standard For Emissions Data
SPEAKER_00The Open Footprint Standard Edition 1.0. The Open Footprint Standard aims to be the leading industry agnostic open data standard for the environmental impact. Agnostic Open Data Standard for Environmental Impact. It includes a standardized, comprehensive and interoperable emissions data model that enables the tracking, calculation, integration, and secure exchange of diverse and secure exchange of diverse emissions data across complex value chains.
OSDU Data Platform Standard 1.0
SPEAKER_00Finally, the OSDU Data Platform Standard version 1.0. This document specifies the OSDU data platform as a technology agnostic data platform reference architecture with application standards enabling applications to run on any platform instance and leveraging industry data standards for frictionless integration and data access.
Where To Download And Closing
SPEAKER_00To learn more about these standards and how to download them, please visit the Open Group Library. You can find the links to these standards in the description box for this episode. Until next time, thank you, stay safe and happy listening.
