Re: [smartobjectdir] Charter

[Fred Baker <[e-mail]>]

yes, I meant the substitution. oops.

On Oct 9, 2011, at 2:22 PM, Romascanu, Dan (Dan) wrote:

> Looks OK to me. 
> 
> In a couple of places you left Smart Power. Is this intentional, or
> rather s/Smart Power/Smart Objects/? 
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [e-mail] [mailto:smartobjectdir-
>> [e-mail]] On Behalf Of Fred Baker
>> Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2011 5:49 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [smartobjectdir] Charter
>> 
>> 
>> On Sep 26, 2011, at 11:31 AM, Russ Housley wrote:
>> 
>>> http://www.ietf.org/iesg/directorate/smart-object.html
>>> 
>>> The name of the directorate was changed.  How should the charter
>> change to match?
>> 
>> A question I would ask is how "Smart Objects" differs from "Internet
> of
>> Things". The latter is a content-free marketing term that was
>> originally coined by the ITU to refer to RFID technologies and is now
>> widely used to refer to various aspects of distributed identification,
>> telemetry, and control technologies. To me, "Smart Objects" is a
> better
>> term for the same thing.
>> 
>> The Smart Grid is a special case of the use of distributed telemetry
>> and control technologies. Note that I left out identification.
>> 
>> My suggestion for an updated charter; everyone please comment:
>> 
>> 
>> Advice and Coordination
>> 
>> Reports to the General Area Director (currently the IETF Chair), and
>> provides coordination between the IETF and others working on Smart
>> Power.
>> 
>> Charter
>> 
>> There are many initiatives related to distributed identification,
>> telemetry, and control technologies; one of these is the Smart Grid,
>> but more generally this includes industrial automation and any
>> application of networked sensors and control elements. The key
>> component is the use of intelligent monitoring and control in a
>> function for which humans set policy but are not directly involved in
>> most specific decisions, and uses two-way and/or multicast
>> communications to reduce cost, improve reliability, and increase
>> transparency.
>> 
>> The Smart Object Directorate provides review and coordination on the
>> use of Internet protocols to provide communications in networks
>> performing distributed identification, telemetry, and control. The
> goal
>> is to point other organizations to relevant IETF documents and provide
>> review of documents from other organizations that depend upon Internet
>> protocols. If the directorate identifies a gap that requires new work
>> in the IETF, the directorate will raise the issue with the IESG. The
>> directorate will not develop new protocols or enhance existing ones.
>> This review and coordination will require expertise from all of the
>> Areas in the IETF.
>> 
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>> 
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>> discussion of topics related to Smart Power.
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