The photo shows Tim Huneycutt, Gridlogix Inc.; Anno Scholten, Plexus Technology Inc.; Dave Richards, Trane Global Controls Systems; and Rob Zivney, Hirsch Electronics Corporation, in action. They are creating live demonstrations of connectivity between different systems using XML and Web services technology based on oBIX standards.
Each of the presenters demonstrated a different collection of nationally gathered Web-ready dynamic data, which was formatted in XML based on oBIX's evolving standards. Each used a different software tool to build their demo live and online and then presented the resultant combined information in a standard browser, made ready for programming and calculation interaction on any server. This was an impressive demonstration. Most of the real problems were based on the presenters trying to remember where in the world the data was, the URL, and what data was called, all of which increased the importance of named data conventions and organized oBIX standards. Even if oBIX provides nothing more than English subtitles to work within XML "gobbledygook," it will be a tremendous success.