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From the Minutes of the Meeting of the Policy Council of the System Dynamics Society, 28 February 1996

http://www.albany.edu/cpr/sds/SDS%20PC%20Web/28FEB96.HTM

10. Funding of the Effort to Create an Industry Standard for System Dynamics Software and a Common Model Exchange Format.

Mike Radzicki moved and Lou Alfeld seconded a motion that "the Policy Council entertain a proposal by a consortium of system dynamics software firms, for funding to create an industry standard for system dynamcs software and a common model exchange format."

The ensuing discussion centered around the question of who would benefit most from a set of software standards and a common model exchange format. The consensus seemed to be that individual software users and software firms with small installed bases would gain the most, and software firms with large installed bases would gain the least (or even lose). As the Council does not want to fund any activity that could benefit one group of Society members at the expense of others, the motion was defeated.

The discussion then focused on the notion that, if a software standard and model exchange format are good ideas, they will be commercially viable and, as such, are fundable by the software firms themselves. As a result, Jack Pugh moved and George Richardson seconded a motion stating that, for the record "the Policy Council strongly supports the creation of a common model exchange format and a set of standards for system dynamics software. The Policy Council urges the various system dynamics software companies to pool their resources and create the common model exchange format and set of software standards."

 

Discussion thread on "Simulation model interchange language" on the SD discussion forum

http://www.ventanasystems.co.uk/forum/viewthread.php?tid=1624

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