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Subject: Re: [ebsoa] SOA and Shared Semantics
Oh Darn! Thanks Duane - I recall now that you mentioned this in New
Orleans during lunch.
Joe
Duane Nickull wrote:
>
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>
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> Duane
>
> Chiusano Joseph wrote:
>
> >Ron,
> >
> >Thanks for your followup on this and the voice mail you left me. Here is
> >the error message I get:
> >
> >http://www.incredifind.com/index.cfm?action=lookup&pc=msifh&Keywords=http://www.meiim.com/eii_events.htm
> >
> >Error is: "The Site you are looking for
> >"http://www.meiim.com/eii_events.htm"; is not available."
> >
> >Any ideas as to why?
> >
> >Joe
> >
> >"Schuldt, Ron L" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>ebSOA Team,
> >>
> >>I don't seem to have a problem getting to the
> >>http://www.meiim.com/eii_events.htm Web site - however, it is responding
> >>very slowly.
> >>
> >>If others are experiencing the same problem as Joe, I could post the
> >>documents on the ebSOA Web site.
> >>
> >>Ron
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Chiusano Joseph [mailto:chiusano_joseph@bah.com]
> >>Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 1:10 PM
> >>To: ebSOA
> >>Subject: Re: [ebsoa] SOA and Shared Semantics
> >>
> >>Ron,
> >>
> >>Thanks for the information below on the DLA EII workshop. I noted that
> >>the links below are no longer resolveable, and a Google search did not
> >>yield any results. Would you happen to know where else we might find
> >>this information?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Joe
> >>
> >>"Schuldt, Ron L" wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>ebSOA Team,
> >>>
> >>>On Monday and Tuesday of this week, I participated in an "invitation
> >>>only" Enterprise Information Integration (EII) workshop that was
> >>>sponsored by the Defense Logistics Agency. The focus of the EII
> >>>
> >>>
> >>workshop
> >>
> >>
> >>>was semantics integration solutions to solve a case study (but real
> >>>world problem) involving legacy systems. Approximately 55-60 "thought
> >>>leaders" were invited to the workshop. The attendees represented the
> >>>following -- DoD, the military services, other government agencies,
> >>>prime contractors (Lockheed Martin and Boeing), IT vendors (IBM,
> >>>Microsoft, Unicorn, MetaMatrix, Contivo, Network Inference, and
> >>>
> >>>
> >>others),
> >>
> >>
> >>>standards bodies (X12, IEEE, ebXML and W3C) and recognized experts on
> >>>the topics of OWL, RDF, Topic Maps, UDEF, and other semantics
> >>>integration concepts and technologies.
> >>>
> >>>In addition to an outstanding keynote presentation by Jeff Pollock on
> >>>the subject of semantics integration, the outbriefs by the three teams
> >>>warrant your review - see http://www.meiim.com/eii_events.htm
> >>>
> >>>Following several presentations on Monday morning, the attendees were
> >>>divided into three teams and each was asked to solve the same case
> >>>study. Although the case study was fictitious, it illustrated a real
> >>>world condition involving legacy systems. You can gain some insight to
> >>>the problem by looking at http://www.meiim.com/enter_EII.htm
> >>>
> >>>All three workgroups were assigned the same case study titled "DoD
> >>>Widget Procurement System (WPS)." Within a four hour time span, each
> >>>team was expected to develop an overview of the proposed plan and
> >>>approach; develop an AS-IS characterization of the existing WPS
> >>>environment; develop a TO-BE systems architecture; discuss how the
> >>>
> >>>
> >>group
> >>
> >>
> >>>plans to overcome some of the obstacles cited in the case study; and
> >>>project downstream cost savings and cost avoidance opportunities.
> >>>
> >>>The outbriefs by each team contained some common key elements within
> >>>
> >>>
> >>the
> >>
> >>
> >>>TO-BE architecture - specifically the need for a "loosely coupled"
> >>>metamodel (based on an ontology) and the use of OWL and RDF. Each team
> >>>briefed the DLA customer who was very pleased with the product
> >>>
> >>>
> >>developed
> >>
> >>
> >>>by each team. For reference, I was part of team #2.
> >>>
> >>>IMHO the outbriefs by the three teams plus the presentation by Jeff
> >>>Pollock provide a solid starting point for any discussions regarding
> >>>"shared semantics" by this list.
> >>>
> >>>Ron Schuldt
> >>>Senior Staff Systems Architect
> >>>Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems
> >>>11757 W. Ken Caryl Ave.
> >>>#F521 Mail Point DC5694
> >>>Littleton, CO 80127
> >>>303-977-1414
> >>>ron.l.schuldt@lmco.com
> >>>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: Chiusano Joseph [mailto:chiusano_joseph@bah.com]
> >>>Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 5:33 PM
> >>>To: ebSOA
> >>>Subject: Re: [ebsoa] SOA and Shared Semantics
> >>>
> >>>David,
> >>>
> >>>Thank you for giving me a useless answer that does not even come close
> >>>to addressing my question below, not once but twice. I obviously do
> >>>
> >>>
> >>not
> >>
> >>
> >>>even remotely get your point.
> >>>
> >>>Frankly, I am looking for answers that I can convey to my US federal
> >>>clients, not (with all due respect to the efforts) some set of
> >>>
> >>>
> >>acronyms
> >>
> >>
> >>>that they are not even going to have heard of, because the efforts are
> >>>either too bleeding-edge for me to offer, or they have not been widely
> >>>enough embraced by the federal community and/or vendors to make them
> >>>appealing.
> >>>
> >>>If we cannot get straight answers to simple, straightforward questions
> >>>like the ones that I posed below, I believe that the chances of this
> >>>
> >>>
> >>TC
> >>
> >>
> >>>being successful are - at this point - 2% at best. I hope we can
> >>>increase that soon.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>Joe
> >>>
> >>>David RR Webber wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Joe,
> >>>>
> >>>>That's my whole point.
> >>>>
> >>>>The BCM/EPR work does provide a very broad
> >>>>set of usage scenarios.
> >>>>
> >>>>I believe we need to build from a solid foundation.
> >>>>
> >>>>If we just run after isolated aspects - we will
> >>>>lose the opportunity to provide a coherent
> >>>>solution set.
> >>>>
> >>>>That is why I'm focusing on areas that provide
> >>>>such coherence to provide a sensible set of
> >>>>base requirements.
> >>>>
> >>>>DW.
> >>>>
> >>>>Quoting Chiusano Joseph <chiusano_joseph@bah.com>:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Thanks David.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>How about in more general terms, stepping aside for a moment from
> >>>>>specific emerging initiatives - I'm thinking more generally, such
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>as:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>what role should ontologies play? Why are they important in this
> >>>>>context? How about metadata registries? etc.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Thanks,
> >>>>>Joe
> >>>>>
> >>>>>David RR Webber wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Joe,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>At this juncture I would like to point out
> >>>>>>that the BCM/EPR team is preparing a set of
> >>>>>>requirements for submission to ebSOA.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>This stems from the work and meetings in
> >>>>>>Norway over the past two weeks.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>And indeed semantic information is a
> >>>>>>significant part of this - not only
> >>>>>>for common understanding - but also
> >>>>>>when used to create ontologies and
> >>>>>>topic maps for discovery and reuse
> >>>>>>of components.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>The essence of the BCM/EPR needs can
> >>>>>>be distilled in part from the PPT
> >>>>>>presented in Norway - available
> >>>>>>from http://www.eprforum.org
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>However - we are working on formalizing
> >>>>>>the exact mechanisms and base requirements
> >>>>>>so that an ebSOA based set of components
> >>>>>>can support an BCM/EPR deployment.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>It's obviously good to be able to focus
> >>>>>>on a real deployment model - to be able
> >>>>>>to hone exact requirements, and
> >>>>>>combination of requirements - rather than
> >>>>>>things being noted in a piecemeal fashion.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Hope this helps.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Thanks, DW
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Quoting Chiusano Joseph <chiusano_joseph@bah.com>:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Is this a topic that we're planning on including in our spec?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>(I
> >>
> >>
> >>>think
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>>we should) We can emphasize the role of ontologies in helping
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>ensure
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>>"shared semantic understanding" between participants in an
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>SOA.
> >>
> >>
> >>>>>>>Joe
> >>>>>>>--
> >>>>>>>Kind Regards,
> >>>>>>>Joseph Chiusano
> >>>>>>>Associate
> >>>>>>>Booz | Allen | Hamilton
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>http://drrw.net
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>--
> >>>>>Kind Regards,
> >>>>>Joseph Chiusano
> >>>>>Associate
> >>>>>Booz | Allen | Hamilton
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>http://drrw.net
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>--
> >>>Kind Regards,
> >>>Joseph Chiusano
> >>>Associate
> >>>Booz | Allen | Hamilton
> >>>
> >>>
> >>--
> >>Kind Regards,
> >>Joseph Chiusano
> >>Associate
> >>Booz | Allen | Hamilton
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Senior Standards Strategist
> Adobe Systems, Inc.
> http://www.adobe.com
--
Kind Regards,
Joseph Chiusano
Associate
Booz | Allen | Hamilton
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