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The AAL Open AssociationFrancesco Furfari
CNR-ISTIfrancesco.furfari@isti.cnr.it
AAL Forum 16 Sept 2010 Congress Centre Odense
Outline
• A brief history of the Manifesto• The Status of the Community• The Mission• Association• Next actions
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You are here
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Persona
universAAL
ManifestoV0.1
AALianceConference- Monami Projectcontacted
Other Projects contacted- Osami (ITEA)- Soprano- Wasp
Preparing the ICT Networkingsession- OASIS project
Lisbon Workshop- AALOAWebsiteready
WASP @HealthCom
AAL ForumManifestoV0.12
OpenURC?OHT?Continua?
FP7 projects
The Logo ... not only greetings
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The ALOA Marginata is a Moth
Actually we are now a CaterpillarThe transformation will be completed
at the end of the incubation phase of AALOA
Communitywww.aaloa.org
• 44 subscribers organized in 2 groups–Promoters–Supporters
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Supporters
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Promoters
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Public mailing lists
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Statistics
• 44 Subscribers
• 25 people from Research Institutes• 19 people from Industry and SMEs
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The mission
• “Provide a shared open framework for developers, technology and service providers, research institutions, and end user representatives to discuss, design, develop, evaluate, and
standardize a common service platform in the field of Ambient Assisted Living.”
• Bring together the resources, tools and people involved in AAL in a single forum that makes it much easier to reach
conclusions on provisions needed to achieve AAL progress
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Target Communities
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Industry
End Users
ResearchInstitutions
OS CommunitiesAAL Open Association
ReferenceImplementation
Evaluation
Advances
StandardizationMarket orientation
a non-profit organisation open to individuals, institutions and industry.
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Manifesto Key Points• Fragmentation of the research efforts• Separated market segments• Paradigm shift (transversal cooperation over diverse market
segments of many stakeholders)• We differentiate between infrastructure software and application
services ...• Open Source Policy is a valid strategy• Federation of projects ... how to converge on common solutions• Long term vision
– New languages, AAL Space as networked devices• Short term vision
– Reference architecture to standardize and integrate the resources available in AAL environment
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• The problem for many companies is:– how to combine their business strategies with open source software,– how to control on the software evolution in order to save their competitive
advantage. • It is worth to remember that, historically, Open Source have positioned towards
the platforms and the infrastructural/back-end side of the software spectrum [1]
[1] Brian Behlendorf “Open Source as a Business Strategy” in Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution, O’Reilly Eds,1999
Convincing industries to collaborate by usingan OS approach
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3rd Generation FLOSS organizations
• 1st generation: loosely coupled enthusiasts communities – the GNU project
• 2nd generation: strongly integrated communities of individuals– the Apache Software Foundation
• 3rd generation: foundations composed of stakeholders from industry, users and communities – the Eclipse foundation, OW2
Definitions by François Letellier (OW2)
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From 2.5 Generation Community
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2nd Gen. Community
2,5 Gen. Community
3rd Gen. Community
3,5 Gen. Community
AALOA will start with a minimalsupport from SMEs
AALOA objectives are beyond pure industrial interests
Association Principles
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• Technology neutral– It means that we search for the best solution– Independently of the interest of any technology provider
• Transparent– Regarding the technological solutions provided and promoted– Regarding the governance rules and strategic choices
• Open– No discrimination of person , group of persons, or companies– Clear process definition to join the association and to be nominated
for the various elective offices • Non profit
– Just the interest to create market conditions– Costs covered mainly by donation / sponsorship
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Association (www.aaloa.org)Keep it Simple
• Federation of projects– Not only software projects (see proposed mission)
» E.g. a thematic conference with its own scientific committee could be supported by the association as project
• Simple Management – Board of Directors (OS oriented)
» The board mainly decides to accept the new initiatives (mission compliant)» No interference in the design choices of the various projects
– Advisory Board (Industry oriented)» Provide a forum for communications among the industries and the research community» advise on technical & market problems» Organized in Working Groups
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Associationother considerations
• Involve– Individuals, other associations, companies
• Diversity– Do not force monoculture (do not filter ideas)– Many projects free to organize their governance rules– Common rules will emerge by practice– Association as common space to share ideas
• Easy adaptation to new needs– Bylaws amendable to convey new players– Bylaws amendable to manage a supersized association
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Next Actions
• EvAAL (started - evaal.aaloa.org)• ZigBee4OSGi (October)• WASP - Workshop on AAL Service Platforms• PERSONA Middleware• universAAL , MonAMI, Soprano
• Inviting research groups to contribute to the long term vision of AALOA
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Be Involved !!
Support AALOA info@aaloa.org
francesco.furfari@isti.cnr.it
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