[ebBP] 2/12/2004: RSD (Multiparty collaboration)

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

Discussion|oasis.ebBP;
Topic|Multi-party collaboration;
Point|WI 9-10 coordination agents;
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JJ, can you please answer in more specifics to Simon's question. In our
F2F discussions and in the subsequent email traffic, we have addressed
whether or not
we allow the use of other business process definitions in the BPSS (BTA)
via the OperationActivity. This is still under discussion. The case that
Simon provides some insight as we consider this enhancement.

Martin, can you provide some additional detail to Simon?
As for the BusinessDocument, this is associated with the Business
Transaction. We discussed the logical business document, attachments,
etc and the use of Path in the F2F. There will likely be changes here.

Simon Lee wrote:

>Dear Monica,
>
>As I cant post message on the ebxml-bp@lists.oasis-open.org mailing list,
>could you help me to forward this message? Thanks a lot!
>
>Best Regards,
>Simon
>
>Hi All,
>
>After yesterday's learning session, I've got a more concerte idea on BPSS
>control flow and state management. However when it comes to Multiparty
>collaboration, I still have some questions on it.
>
>In the session, JJ said: "BC doesn't require coordination; MPC requires
>separate agent for coordination (maintain state and context). You have a
>party that may have a more central role, but there are still the multiple
>parties. Need coordination interface (independent agent or driving
>partner)." So how could we specify this "separate agent for coordination" of
>MPC in the BPSS? For instance, in the attached mpc example (sorry for my bad
>drawing), how could we specify the fork and join (choreography) for the MPC
>in BPSS?
>
>My second question goes into BusinessDocument. As I can see,
>BusinessDocument is defined as the top level element in the BPS instance.
>Does it mean that the evaluation of Document Content (Xpath for example)
>could be done in anywhere in the BPSS?
>
>Hope someone could help me. Thanks!
>
>Best Regards,
>Simon Lee
>  
>
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