dev to bcc, +devaraj Hi Bob,
I think you meant to address Devaraj Das, not the HBase Developer list. Thanks, Nick On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 9:26 PM, Bob Marcus <robert.mar...@et-strategies.com > wrote: > Alan, Arun, Devaraj: > > I am the industry and standards Co-Chair of NIST's Big Data Working Group > Initiative. Participants include representatives of industry, standards > groups (SDOs), vendors, and academia, The goals of the Working Group are to: > Develop Big Data Definitions > Develop Big Data Taxonomies > Develop Big Data Reference Architectures > Develop Big Data Technology Roadmap > I have suggested that the NIST Big Data WG could encourage a dialog > between the Open Source community (e.g. Apache) and SDOs on possible future > de jure standardization of interfaces based on existing de facto standards > (e.g. parts of the Hadoop ecosystem). This de jure interface > standardization would be beneficial for international and US government > adoption. > > I would be interested in your perspective on the possibilities and > potential mutual benefits of a Big Data discussion among Open Source > solution providers, NIST, and SDOs. Thanks. > > Bob Marcus > Co-Chair of NIST Big Data Working Group > 720-352-0784 > > >