San Francisco, CA – March 19, 2024 – The Open Group Sensor Open Systems Architecture™ (SOSA) Consortium has today announced the release of the Technical Standard for SOSA™ Reference Architecture, Edition 2.0, Version 2 (Snapshot 2).
The snapshot includes a wide range of additional features and functionality that expand support for EA, SIGINT, SAR, and EO/IR applications, including security services and standards such as MORA V2.5 and VICTORY V1.10. Further definition of the SOSA functions and behaviors of modules and associated interfaces is continued, enabling the capability and development of interchangeable components for sensing. The newly released snapshot also provides guidance to designers of sensor systems on additional chassis connectors and the use of high-speed Ethernet and high-density fiber connectivity. Finally, this new snapshot includes software and hardware, as well as electrical-mechanical interfaces, and incorporates relevant business use-cases and supporting guidance documents.
“We are excited to announce the release of the Technical Standard for SOSA Reference Architecture, Edition 2.0, Version 2 (Snapshot 2) by The Open Group SOSA Consortium,” said Nick Borton, SOSA Steering Committee Vice Chair. “This document provides a ‘snapshot’ of what will, after maturation, become the Technical Standard for SOSA Reference Architecture, Edition 2.0. It is published to make public the direction, thinking, and path the Consortium is taking in the development of the Reference Architecture.”
Snapshots are draft documents, which provide a mechanism for The Open Group to disseminate information on its current direction and thinking to an interested audience and represent the interim results of technical activities that advance the Technical Standard. New features and functionality described in Snapshot 2 are intended for inclusion in Version 2.0 of the standard when officially released.
A copy of the Technical Standard for SOSA™ Reference Architecture, Edition 2.0, Version 2 (Snapshot 2) is available for download here.
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