Re: Carl. KR and the blockchain

As background, my interest in blockchain is based on the 'audit ability and
trustworthiness' insights I gained as a member of OASIS Technical Committee
that produced the ebXML Registry Information Model OASIS Standard
<http://www.oasis-open.org/specs/index.php#ebxmlrimv2.0> (ISO 15000-3) and
the ebXML Registry Services Specification OASIS Standard
<http://www.oasis-open.org/specs/index.php#ebxmlrsv2.0> (ISO 15000-4) that
define interoperable registries and repositories, with an interface that
enables submission, query and retrieval of contents
http://ebxml.xml.org/regrep

Other topics we touched upon that are candidates for future discussions
include:

Can the AIKR work evolve towards authoring a Body of Work that has broad
relevance. As in:

   - Take a path similar to how an excellent method for IT analysis and
   design (SSADM) morphed into ITIL then ITSM - shepherded by Pete Skinner (of
   UK Government’s Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency) who had the
   idea of building an equivalent approach to improve the operations of IT
   services.
   - Provide reference material that is used to certify the capability of
   an AIKR based service.  Perhaps emulate the TickITplus offering of a
   framework of international standards and quality certification that has a
   Capability Dimension based on ISO/IEC 15504: an IT Process Assessment
   standard
   - Curate a list of reference materials that contribute-to understanding
   of AIKR in practice. Much like IDESG Wiki which came out of their focus on
   guiding the development of trust frameworks ://
   wiki.idesg.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category%3AStandards

cheers

Carl Mattocks
co-Chair AIKR CG
It was a pleasure to clarify


On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 2:36 AM Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Today Carl, the new co-chair and I had a skype call, rather long and
> talking about a lot of the corollary that has generated our interest in
> this group, Quick notes here (Carl may edit them as well)
>  https://www.w3.org/community/aikr/wiki/11_Feb_2020
>
> Half of the call was devoted to talk about the blockchain (and similar
> initiatives including cryptocurrency and other alternative currencies and
> other things that can be both opportunities and threats depending how they
> are implemented). and glad to learn that Carl understands may
> concerns/reservations in fact is working on them (mainly concerning the
> auditability and trasntworthiness of the BC) and is looking into it
> I hope he will brief us about his findings
>
> Governments and top management of large institutions may not have the
> expertise to made decisions. so they rely on the expertise of the
> consulting firms they hire, such as KPMG
> https://advisory.kpmg.us/services/digital-transformation/blockchain.html
>
> Having worked  with leading analysts, I can say that they too,  cannot
> answer simple but fundamental questions  about the blockchain, they glide
> over key issues and have no commitment nor obligation to tell the truth. so
> their role is to add a layer of respectability to what nobody really
> understands (how the bc is done in practice)
>
> We agreed in principle to see if AI KR can help to bring clarity to the
> blockchain through a series of actions that Carl will lead. and hopefully
> make a contribution towards devising an instrument that can help users
> evaluate when the blockchain does what it says it does. and when it can be
> used to contribute to deceit and systemic fragility that could lead to the
> next large scale, domino effect world crisis that could impact not only the
> financial world, but politics media and etc.  Because the blockchain is so
> pervasive and nobody so far as we can tell has the visibilty of the whole
> transaction lifecycles and various risks can be hidden
>
> PDM
>
>
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