2025-10-30 Meeting notes

Feedback AMM

@Paul Boyes

@Chaitanya Podalakuru

@Stephen Lawrence

• Overall positive

• Some still confused by API and not SDL used as data modeling only!

  • This issue is acknowledged by others in the round

• Still some level of complexity is seen by non-modelers

• Suggestions or concerns:

  • Why not DDS?

  • Why not protobuf + gRPC?

  • Why not ….

VDM scope

@Daniel Alvarez-Coello

• Operational mode explained

  • Modular by nature

  • Sub domains are stand alone project that covesa can host

  • Each sub domain would have dedicated SMEs group

Open

Roadmap

@Daniel Alvarez-Coello

• Roadmap is split into two areas

  • top → Modeling approach itself

    • Federation means being able to have distributed authorship of models that are compatible

  • bottom → application of the modeling approach to achieve the so-called VDM

Open

Expected commitment?

All

• MongoDB @Rami Pinto Prieto & Humza Akhtar

  • Interest in contributing

  • showing the needs of the application layer and who this can benefit it

  • Bringing the database view and practical details

• Michael Höret

  • SMEs can contribute to a model in COVESA

  • Interest, but will learn more about it

• @Stephen Lawrence

  • Bringing best practices in DDD and data mesh (see article on using 4 principles of Data Mesh)

  • VDM support in COVESA Central Data Service Playground (e.g. in data servers and Information and Knowledge Layers) including in upcoming use-case development.