Re: [ebxml-msg] FW: Versioning and Compatibility Issues from ebXMLJC

[Duane Nickull <duane@yellowdragonsoft.com>]

Dale:

Is the ebXML JCC still in existence?  My impression is that with 
CEFACT's recent announcement, they are divesting themselves from ebXML.

THis may be worth clarifying.

Duane

Duane

Dale Moberg wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Pete is soliciting input on an old issue we submitted to the OASIS
>Technical Advisory Board.
>I think the origin of the request was in the messaging TC, but it is
>relevant to all of us in ebXML TCs.
>
>I can act as aggregator for the JC of any additional requirements and
>comments, and send them to Pete.
>So post comments and requirements to your TC list and CC me, and I will
>bundle everything up and send it from the ebXML Joint Committee to the
>TAB.
>
>Thanks,
>Dale Moberg
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Pete Wenzel [mailto:pete@seebeyond.com] 
>Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 9:42 AM
>To: Dale Moberg
>Subject: Versioning and Compatibility Issues from ebXML JC
>
>
>Hello, Dale.  The TAB received this request from the ebXML JC some time
>back, and we are now in a position to make some progress on it. Do you
>have any further input (additional requirements or suggested
>implementation ideas) on the schema versioning/documentation standard
>issue?
>
>As to the second point, the TAB is developing a flexible map or model of
>the standards landscape, and it is my feeling that this can be used to
>capture the compatibility relationships desired.  We will take this as
>input into the design of its infrastructure.
>
>Thanks,
>
>--Pete (OASIS TAB co-chair)
>Pete Wenzel <pete@seebeyond.com>
>Senior Architect, SeeBeyond
>Standards & Product Strategy
>+1-626-471-6311 (US-Pacific)
>  
>
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>Subject: [Fwd: ebXML JC input to TAB]
>
>    * From: Karl Best <karl.best@oasis-open.org>
>    * To: tab@lists.oasis-open.org
>    * Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 00:32:25 -0400
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>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: ebXML JC input to TAB
>Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:14:47 -0600
>From: Colleen Evans <cevans@sonicsoftware.com>
>Organization: Progress Software Corporation
>To: Karl Best <karl.best@oasis-open.org>
>CC: "ebxml-jc@lists.oasis-open.org" <ebxml-jc@lists.oasis-open.org>
>
>Karl,
>The ebXML JC would like to submit the following input to the OASIS
>Technical Advisory Board.  Could you please submit it on our behalf?
>
>Regards,
>Colleen
>
>(1)  We feel there is a need for an OASIS-wide way to implement shema
>versioning and documentation across OASIS approved schemas.
>More generally, specifications should include a formal representation
>of their version number, e.g. using a common XML document format.
>All this would make it easier to obtain, query, and process the
>version number
>of an implementation.
>
>(2) We also feel there is a need for a common way to represent
>compatibility links to other specs.  While the ebXML Joint Technical
>Liaison Team  is developing an ebXML standards compatibility matrix, a
>more
>formal way to code a compatibility matrix (for integration as well as
>interoperability)
>is required across OASIS, ideally a model that could be processed by a
>tool
>and well understood across specifications.
>
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