The SOSA™ Consortium hosted by the Open Group, is chartered with creating a 
common framework for transitioning sensor systems to an open systems architecture, based on key 
                                interfaces and open standards established by industry-government consensus. 
The benefits of this architecture include improved interoperability, as well as reduced development 
                                time, deployment and costs.
                                
                                
                                The SOSA (
Sensor Open Systems Architecture) approach establishes guidelines for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and 
                                Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems. 
The objective is to allow flexibility in the selection and acquisition of sensors and subsystems that provide sensor data 
                                collection, processing, exploitation, communication and related functions over the full life cycle of the C4ISR system.