[ebxml-cppa] Fwd: ebxml ms, cpa and bpss signals question (1 of 2)

[James Bryce Clark <jamie.clark@mmiec.com>]

Reposting at John Yunker's request as he is not on the CPPA list (1 of
2).   Jamie 

> Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 08:24:44
> -0700
> From: John Yunker <john.yunker@bleuciel.org>
> Subject: Re: ebxml ms, cpa and bpss signals question.
> To: James Bryce Clark <jamie.clark@mmiec.com>,
>         Rik Drummond
> <rvd2@drummondgroup.com>,
>         "'Paul R. Levine'"
> <plevine@telcordia.com>
> Cc: ebtwg-bps@lists.ebtwg.org, ebxml-cppa@lists.oasis-open.org
>
> Jamie,
>  
> We had very spirited discussions about this
> issue as we were shipping BPSS 1.0.
>  
> We realized that the ebXML MSG signals were
> only addressing TECHNICAL alignment, and NOT BUSINESS ALIGNMENT (using
> the signals from RosettaNet 2.0 which only included technical alignment,
> as the business alignment properties had been stripped out -> (I was
> part of the team that built the initial release of RNIF 2.0 and was an
> author on that document - there were spirited discussions in that process
> as well)).
>  
> We added the RosettaNet RNIF 1.0 signal
> structures into ebXML MSG 1.0 as OPTIONAL properties, so that
> implementors that were only looking for technical application alignment,
> and were not looking for business alignment and enforcability did not
> need to use them. 
>  
> The ebXML BPSS 1.0 spec was fuly aware of the
> MSG signals.  The BPSS level signal structures were added to allow
> legally enforcable contract formation.
>  
> FYI,
> John