Open Source Leadership Summit 2018

In the not too distant past interoperability was driven by Standards produced by SDOs such as W3C and OASIS. Paper Standards first, followed by code to prove the Standard. Since then we've flipped things around. Today, the trend is towards code first, specification next (or at the same time), and the word "Standard" (as defined by SDOs) is almost a dirty word. Yet, there is clearly still a need for some way to ensure interoperability. Are "specifications" developed by one OSS implementation really sufficient?

In this talk we'll explore how the CNCF is finding a middle ground between these two extremes. Through experience-based collaborative efforts, the CNCF is developing interoperable, cross-product, specifications without raising the concerns people might have of traditional Standards development work.