ELISA

ELISA Seminar - Criteria and Process for Evaluating Open-Source Documentation
2025-05-21 07:00 - 08:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
ELISA Project Seminar Series focuses on hot topics related to ELISA’s mission to define and maintain a common set of elements, processes and tools that can be incorporated into Linux-based, safety-critical systems amenable to safety certification. Speakers are members, contributors and thought leaders from the ELISA Project and surrounding communities. Each seminar comprises a 45-minute presentation and a 15-minute Q&A, and it’s free to attend.
Title: Criteria and Process for Evaluating Open-Source Documentation
Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 7:00-8:00 Pacific / 14:00-15:00 UTC / 16:00-17:00 CET
Speaker: Pete Brink, Principal Consultant at UL Solutions
How to Attend: Register here in advance to attend for free. And please add the webinar joining details to your calendar from the confirmation email you will receive upon registering
Description:

As the open source and safety (and security) communities collaborate more closely, there’s an opportunity to build trust by showcasing how open source development aligns with key safety principles. This webinar aims to introduce a flexible, practical framework for evaluating documentation that supports trustworthiness in development practices. Along with clear evaluation criteria, we’ll walk through a straightforward process designed to adapt to a variety of projects and contexts. The goal is to empower teams to highlight their commitment to quality and safety in a way that works for them.

ELISA Seminar - Software Hash ID: you will not be able to live without it
2025-10-15 07:00 - 08:00
ELISA Project Seminar Series focuses on hot topics related to ELISA’s mission to define and maintain a common set of elements, processes and tools that can be incorporated into Linux-based, safety-critical systems amenable to safety certification. Speakers are members, contributors and thought leaders from the ELISA Project and surrounding communities. Each seminar comprises a 45-minute presentation and a 15-minute Q&A, and it’s free to attend.
Title: Software Hash ID: you will not be able to live without it
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 7:00-8:00 Pacific / 14:00-15:00 UTC / 16:00-17:00 CET
Speaker: Thomas Aynaud, Chief Technology Officer at Software Heritage
How to Attend: Register here in advance to attend for free. And please add the webinar joining details to your calendar from the confirmation email you will receive upon registering
Description:

The Software Hash Identifier (SWHID[1]) is an intrinsic identifier for software source code and artifacts that became an international standard in April 2025 (ISO/IEC 18670:2025[2]). As an open standard, SWHID is developed under open governance and was originally championed by Software Heritage[3], which remains its largest and most prominent use case.
Intrinsic identifiers like SWHID will play a foundational role in activities where provenance, reproducibility, auditing, and SBOMs are essential—such as in industries with complex supply chains, safety-critical systems, highly regulated sectors, and security-sensitive environments.
With recent legislation worldwide making SBOMs mandatory or strongly encouraged, their creation and maintenance have become increasingly challenging, especially for organizations managing complex supply chains. SWHID offers a significant simplification, which explains the growing interest and early adoption.
In this talk, Thomas Aynaud will present Software Heritage missions and data model, introduce the concept of intrinsic identifiers, explain the SWHID specification, and present its open standard governance model. He will share how open source projects and companies can adopt and benefit from SWHID through real-world use cases. The session will conclude with a summary of the key advantages of SWHID and an update on Software Heritage’s plans to support its development and adoption in the coming months.

[1] https://www.swhid.org/
[2] https://www.iso.org/standard/89985.html
[3] https://www.softwareheritage.org/

ELISA Seminar - Introduction to Requirements Engineering
2025-11-05 07:00 - 08:00
ELISA Project Seminar Series focuses on hot topics related to ELISA’s mission to define and maintain a common set of elements, processes and tools that can be incorporated into Linux-based, safety-critical systems amenable to safety certification. Speakers are members, contributors and thought leaders from the ELISA Project and surrounding communities. Each seminar comprises a 45-minute presentation and a 15-minute Q&A, and it’s free to attend.
Title: Introduction to Requirements Engineering
Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 7:00-8:00 Pacific / 15:00-16:00 UTC / 16:00-17:00 CET
Speaker: Pete Brink, Principal Consultant – Software Intensive Systems at UL Solutions
How to Attend: Register here in advance to attend for free. And please add the webinar joining details to your calendar from the confirmation email you will receive upon registering
Description:
This talk provides an introduction to the fundamentals of requirements engineering, covering the following topics:

What are requirements for?
What is a basic process for creating them?
What are some techniques to specify them?
How to evaluate individual requirements or groups of requirements?
Suggestions on how to write requirements. – Challenges with writing and maintaining requirements
