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Subject: Re: [ebsoa] Proposal to change TC front page
Asking solely out of curiousity regarding OASIS procedures: It seems to me that the change in purpose stated below would affect the charter. If this is correct, how is such an alteration of charter (possibly considered a major one) handled within OASIS? Joe Duane Nickull wrote: > > Team: > > Given the current direction of our group, it has been brought to my > attention that the public page, which states: > > " The purpose of the TC is to continue work on the ebXML Technical > Architecture to bring it from v1.04 to a more current architecture that > takes into account both subsequent releases of the ebXML specifications > and other Web Services and service-oriented architecture works." > > is probably no longer correctly describing what we are doing. > > I would propose that we change it to something along the lines of: > > " The purpose of the TC is to build upon the work of both ebXML and web > services to develop a formal Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) > specification embracing the requirements of global electronic business. > The architecture will utilize the methodologies of Web Services and > ebXML specifications however remain neutral to prescribing either." > > or something to that effect. > > The purposes is to reflect that we have become a convergence point of > SOA activity and have a duty to build upon both but like any good > architecture, must not constrain implementations to using either. I > believe this will have a high degree of value in that the principles of > SOA can be explored for business users and implementers without treading > in political waters. > > We can likely define areas where web services has gaps that ebXML covers > and places where convergence may be best suited to bring the two stacks > as close together as possible. This will likely start with an > architectural convergence (actually more of a reconciliation) since we > cannot normatively prescribe action to any other. > > Comments? > > Duane > > -- > Senior Standards Strategist > Adobe Systems, Inc. > http://www.adobe.com -- Kind Regards, Joseph Chiusano Associate Booz Allen Hamilton
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