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Subject: Report from Face to Face meeting in Vancouver
We decided to get down to work early on Tuesday and had a good discussion about the format/presentation of the final specification. The general consensus of what we are doing remained constant (example -> high level overview, expressions by different views, set of normative patterns to illustrate the blueprints and speak to intended audience) however the presentation structure changed. Due to the high number of potential patterns that may emerge from SOA, we contemplated an approach whereby we encapsulate the main specification in one document, then refer to a "Patterns Catalog" for specific patterns. The patterns catalog will likely contain a multitude of patterns (perhaps as many as 35-55 to start with) related to SOA within the context of eBusiness. The main specification would therefore be able to be ratified and approved in advance of the actual catalog of patterns. The main specification will contain multiple views and the normative SOA patterns metamodel. This document was heavily revised during the remainder of the meeting and the Patterns Catalog document began emerging as well. Patterns Catalog: The Patterns Catalog for eBusiness SOA will likely contain a classification system for patterns. So far the main division is to divide the patterns into two main categories - Basic SOA patterns and SOA patterns specialized for eBusiness. It is likely that the latter will be split into several categories as well - SOA Patterns for eBusiness Data (things like CCTS, BIE, UDEF, CAM methodologies), SOA Patterns for Business processes (WS-BPEL, BPSS et al methodologies), SOA patterns for collaboration management (WSDL, CPP methodologies etc.) and potentially many more. Great care has been taken not to subscribe to either WS*, ebXML or any other specific technology during this meeting and the updated documents will be available soon. Some editing has to take place first. The overarching goal is to fly investigate what SOA patterns are required to facilitate eBusiness on a global scale. The resultant blueprints and patterns will likely be very useful for aiding businesses and other standards in driving specific implementations and protocols. Several references to other work should be included in this such as WS-I, W3C etc. We should have postings by mid next week. Duane Nickull -- Senior Standards Strategist Adobe Systems, Inc. http://www.adobe.com
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