2025-08-21 Meeting notes

Charter

Paul Boyes 

• Presented to board. No further updates needed. 

Paper

Daniel.Alvarez-Coello 

• Accepted as position paper. Review in progress. Target TBD.

Milestones 

Paul Boyes 

Daniel.Alvarez-Coello 

• Setup project by Chaitanya Podalakuru  Setup project by 18 Aug 2025 

• Create feature issue

  • label as feature tag

  • then link it tp project

  • add milestones

• Example milestones (feat has multiple milestones/subitems):

  • Feat: VSS information is fully mirrored in VDM repo

    • sub items that enable it.

  • Feat: Roundtrip path between VSS and VDM

  • Feat: Enabling compatibility with semantic web standards

  • ...

S2DM & VDM education plan?

Paul Boyes 

• Enhanced website (ongoing)

  • How to ...guides?

    • start a new domain model?

    • adopt existing standards?

    • how do I migrate from current VSS?

    • ...

• Workshops

  • AMM

    • Presentation → Full mirrored version of VSS in this approach.

      • Address FAQs directly in the presentation to avoid concerns (see action item).

    • Demo / hands-on session

  • Hands-on workshop (Online)

    • Project setup

    • Authoring Aspects

    • Workshop date (TBD)

  • Tutorial videos (already an action item from other session was written down)

• Hand-on proposal

  • e.g., develop a new exporter.

• Paper

  • Technical / position paper (done)

  • Business paper (in progress) - any member can be part of it.

• Stephen Lawrence (Deactivated) Asian ecosystem 

  • How to get Honda and others onboard?

    • In progress - up coming meetings with in-place.

  • Strong need for migration guide!

    • How do you get from vss to vdm?

      • See the ongoing migration guideline to automate the repo of a new domain data model → https://github.com/COVESA/s2dm/pull/70

    • Daniel.Alvarez-Coello Starting on green field is easier!

    • To prepare material first and once stable state is reached, we can pitch it to others.