January 2026 - dfdl-wg - lists.ogf.org

Announcing Retirement - Mike Beckerle
by Mike Beckerle 09 Feb '26

09 Feb '26

Well it had to happen eventually... I have reached the age where retirement from my active technical career makes sense. As of Dec 31, 2025 I am retired from my job at Owl Cyber Defense where I have been paid for nearly 15 years to work on DFDL and Daffodil. With that comes a reduction of my time to work on the DFDL workgroup. I did a small flurry of spec changes recently to get all the current corrections and errata into the document and set it up for getting cross-ref/hyperlinks fixed, and a clickable property index, as those are badly needed. I will still be on the DFDL mailing list but I will not be participating as actively, but I can remain acting co-chair until such time as someone else wants to step into the role of chair/co-chair. I have to say it has been an honor and a pleasure to work with all of you for these years on DFDL. Mike Beckerle The ASF (Apache Software Foundation)

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OGF DFDL: What Other Materials needed for Updated submission of DFDL to ISO
by Mike Beckerle 16 Jan '26

16 Jan '26

Alan, When DFDL was first submitted as a PAS standard to ISO, besides the OGF DFDL document itself, I believe there was additional material also that was part of making up the overall submission package. I'm a bit unclear on what materials are part of OGF being accepted as a PAS submitter, and where that material ends, versus which materials accompanied the specific PAS submission of DFDL. I.e., which materials would also need to be updated if a revised DFDL version were submitted. Can you advise on what these additional documents would be to make up a complete submission "package"? An update to DFDL is quite possibly in the works, not imminently, but in a year or so, but I am retiring at the end of 2025 so will be less active going forward. I want to set the stage on what all is involved in creating an updated DFDL spec., beyond just the spec itself, for those still working on it. Thank you for any info Mike Beckerle Apache Daffodil PMC | daffodil.apache.org OGF DFDL Workgroup Co-Chair | www.ogf.org/ogf/doku.php/standards/dfdl/dfdl Owl Cyber Defense | www.owlcyberdefense.com

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review would be appreciated - revised DFDL spec with Errata and ISO-format issues fixed
by Mike Beckerle 10 Jan '26

10 Jan '26

On PR: https://github.com/OpenGridForum/DFDL/pull/80 Mike Beckerle Apache Daffodil PMC | daffodil.apache.org OGF DFDL Workgroup Co-Chair | www.ogf.org/ogf/doku.php/standards/dfdl/dfdl Owl Cyber Defense | www.owlcyberdefense.com

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Fwd: OGF PAS Submitter Status Renewal & Updated Contact Information
by Sill, Alan 07 Jan '26

07 Jan '26

Dear DFDL team, FYI, we have received notification of the PAS Submitter status renewal for OGF as below. Please let us know if you have further work items on which we can coordinate with ISO, such as version changes, further development, etc. Thanks, Alan Sill, Ph.D Managing Director, High Performance Computing Center Adjunct Professor of Physics and Astronomy Texas Tech University Drane 159, MS 4-1167 https://www.depts.ttu.edu/hpcc Co-Director, NSF Center for Cloud and Autonomic Computing https://nsfcac.org Co-Director, REPACSS project https://repacss.org e-mail: Alan.Sill(a)ttu.edu ph. 806-834-5940 Begin forwarded message: From: Lisa Rajchel <lrajchel(a)ansi.org> Subject: RE: OGF PAS Submitter Status Renewal & Updated Contact Information Date: January 7, 2026 at 10:24:09 AM CST To: "'Sill, Alan'" <Alan.Sill(a)ttu.edu> Cc: Wolfgang Ziegler <wolfgang.ziegler(a)z-rands.de>, Jens Jensen <j.jensen.ral(a)gmail.com>, "Bensalem, Norbert" <bensano(a)amazon.fr> Hi Alan, I am pleased to advise that OGF has been reaffirmed as a Recognized PAS Submitter through December 2030. The voting results are attached. Best regards, Lisa

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