RE: ebXML in W3C? and OASIS Business Transaction group

["Mark A. Hale" <mark.hale@interwoven.com>]

Karl,

I would just like to further support your stance that this is not duplicate
effort with ebXML.

As an organization that endorsed the BTP submission and also being the ebXML
POC co-chair at the same time, I reviewed the submission as being entirely
complementary to ebXML.  I fielded calls from other ebXML organizations in
the interim between submission and the start date in March.  Most of the
discussion emphasized that this technology does integrate into ebXML.
However, ebXML was on a schedule for May and it was not feasible to
introduce the topic and maintain the final date.  ebXML has been considered
from the start.  Conversely, BTP is nearing the end of its short life-cycle
and I would offer that we evaluate its direction at the final f2f to be held
later this month.

I do not have post privileges on the ebxml-bp mailing list.

	Thanks,

	Mark





> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl F. Best [mailto:karl.best@oasis-open.org]
> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 12:53 PM
> To: ebxml-bp@lists.ebxml.org
> Cc: business-transaction@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: ebXML in W3C? and OASIS Business Transaction group
>
>
> David Welsh wrote:
>
> > I believe BTP was begun before OASIS signed the Memo of
> > Understanding with CEFACT, to jointly continue ebXML development;
> > so there might be a timing issue causing the question of
> > overlaping objectives.
>
> That is correct. The OASIS BTP TC Call For Participation was sent
> out on 18
> January 2001 (see
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200101/msg00002.h
> tml), and
> the first meeting was held 13 March. The MoU between OASIS and
> UN/CEFACT was
> signed 11 May.
>
> The BTP TC Call For Participation identified how the work of this
> TC relates
> to that of ebXML, which Alastair Green clarified in a posting
> earlier today.
> The MoU applied only to the future of the ebXML work, and said
> nothing about
> the status of other OASIS or UN/CEFACT work.
>
> > 'Conflict' might be a strong term, and I've heard how to form a
> > TC but I'm not familar with the OASIS TC on-going workings, so
> > perhaps someone at the OASIS management level would get involved
> > here align the TC work on the OASIS side of the house ?
>
> OASIS technical work is driven by our members; i.e. our members
> decide what
> technical work we will do. Our technical process (see
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.shtml) allows any
> three of our
> members to form a technical committee on any topic, even if that effort
> happens to duplicate the work of other groups. We do our best to ensure
> collaboration, and have a good history of getting competitive
> groups to work
> together, but there may on ocassion be duplicate efforts. But I
> don't think
> that this is the case with BTP.
>
>
> </karl>
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> Karl F. Best
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