Re: [ebxml-bp] BPSS evolution

["Monica J. Martin" <Monica.Martin@Sun.COM>]

Charles Ames wrote:

>Hello All,
>
>I am new to the TC, so please forgive my ignorance of protocol.  Is there a
>primer of some sort that I could read in order to get up to speed our
>agenda, goals, and procedures?  I look forward to working with you all and
>being a productive contributor.
>  
>
mm1: Thanks, Charles. We hope to have all our team as productive 
contributors.  I think this brings up whether we need a short summary 
(1-2 pages) that introduces BPSS to our team (for newcomers and as a 
refresher as well).  I will bring this up today in the call at 1 p.m. 
PST (Monday, Tuesday in Asia). Thanks.

>Best,
>
>-Chuck
>
>---
>Charles Ames
>CEO, Oak Grove Systems
>http://oakgrovesystems.com
> 
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jean-Jacques Dubray [mailto:jeanjadu@Attachmate.com] 
>Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 8:26 PM
>To: ebxml-bp@lists.oasis-open.org
>Subject: [ebxml-bp] BPSS evolution
>
>
>hi:
>
>here is a list of possible directions to evolve ebXML BPSS:
>
>1. Control flow: 1.01 / 1.1 BPSS control is based on modified UML  activity
>diagram semantics. This is a bit limiting and UML is changing these
>semantics in UML 2.0
>    a. we could liaise with ws-chor and see if we could reference a ws-chor
>definition for a business transaction, binary and multiparty collaboration
>definitions.
>    b. we could look at the work of Will Van Der Aalst if liaison with
>ws-chor is not possible
>2. Business Transactions: 1.01 / 1.1 BPSS BT Message Exchange Pattern is not
>general enough
>    We could extend the definition of BT (or other concepts) via different
>MEPs
>3. Business Transaction Protocol: 1.01/1.1 Embedded in the BPSS spec
>    a. we could liaise with ws-caf or other relevant BTP groups and specify
>their usage in the context of BPSS rather than 
>4. Specify a WSDL binding for the BSI: 1.01/1.1 currently no work has been
>done in this direction.
>5. Allow for a mixed mode: business transaction / web service within a
>collaboration definition. 
>6. Orchestration / Choreography / Collaboration architecture and bindings
>    Today there is still a lot of confusion on these concepts. We need to
>provide a better picture on how these concepts play together in a common
>architecture.
>
>7. I have a few more but I would like for other to propose them
>
>It would be good also if we could surface the issue of web services
>alignement to all ebXML working groups.
>
>Best regards,
>Jean-Jacques Dubray 
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