Luis Maldonado | AtScale

August 6, 2026

[Have Meaning, Will Travel: Why Apache Ossie Needs You](/content/blog/apache-ossie-open-semantic-standard/ "Have Meaning, Will Travel: Why Apache Ossie Needs You"/index.html)

Here's a heretical question worth considering: what if standards are actually beside the point for semantic layers? Apache Ossie was recently announced as the open standard successor to the Open Semantic Interchange (OSI) initiative. Its mission is to create a…