Open Comments: S3 - Mini Episode - The Open Group News Corner: The OSDU® Data Platform Standard, Version 1.0 with Curley Thomas

In this mini episode (part of The Open Group News Corner for the Open Comments podcast), we sit down with Curley Thomas to break down the OSDU Data Platform Standard version 1.0 and why it sets a stable, technology-agnostic baseline for subsurface data platforms. We focus on how consistent API behavior reduces one-off integrations and points the ecosystem toward real vendor and application certification. • What the OSDU Data Platform reference architecture aims to standardize • Why a stable API baseline improves interoperability across vendors and clouds • How common models replace disconnected tool-specific data approaches • What “frictionless” data integration means in practical platform terms • How the verification matrix supports conformance testing today The OSDU® Data Platform Standard, Version 1.0 This document specifies the OSDU® Data Platform as a technology-agnostic data platform reference architecture with application standards, enabling applications to run on any platform instance and leveraging industry data standards for frictionless integration and data access.Read Curley's blog from The Open Group Blog site here: https://blog.opengroup.org/2026/04/07/exploring-the-upcoming-osdu-data-platform-standard-version-1-0/About Curley ThomasCurley leads data governance for subsurface data at Chevron.  He was previously the Manager of Enterprise Data Performance, reporting to the Chief Data officer at Chevron where he was responsible for data governance across the Chevron enterprise which also includes data quality and enterprise data metrics.  Curley joined Chevron in 2013 in the Gulf of Mexico business unit and has held positions in Drilling operations, Production operations and Upstream Data Foundations.  He has been instrumental in moving the corporation towards a more data product culture.Curley has over 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and has held multiple roles at Chevron but also previously for ExxonMobil and Hess.  He has supported offshore platforms as well as onshore production and drilling operations and grew into leadership roles based on his vast experience.  At Chevron he mentors young professionals and is very active in multiple employee networks.Send us Fan MailCopyright © The Open Group 2023-2026. All rights reserved.