Re: [regrep] ACORD Repository Standard

["David RR Webber" <david@drrw.info>]

Farrukh,

The issue appears to be that IBM is running the show at ACORD so
they are hardly likely to encourage anything remotely relating to
ebXML any year soon.

DW.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Farrukh Najmi" <Farrukh.Najmi@Sun.COM>
To: "Peter Kacandes" <pkacande@adobe.com>
Cc: "ebXML Regrep (ebXML Regrep)" <regrep@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: [regrep] ACORD Repository Standard


> Peter Kacandes wrote:
>
> >fyi
> >
> >I received the ACORD newsletter today, and it had an interesting item
about
> >a document repository standard that they had recently approved. (ACORD is
an
> >insurance industry standards organization.
> >
> >I thought you might find it interesting:
> >http://www.acord.org/News/NewsDetail.aspx?Type=1&aid=1170
> >
> >Apparently, they also have a "Repository Interoperability Pilot Project"
in
> >progress.
> >
> >I've attached a copy of the project plan.
> >
> >Perhaps we might want to suggest that they should consider testing if
their
> >repository can interoperate with other registry/repository standards.
> >
> >cheers
> >
> >
> It seems that all the functions they have identified are fulfilled by
> ebXML Registry already.
>
> Maybe some day in the future the ACORD participants will decide that it
> may be much easier
> if they endorsed and adopted a common Registry and Repository standard
> instead of defining
> messages that glue disparate standards together. The former being a long
> term strategy and the later
> being a tactical solution IMHO.
>
> It should be noted the standards based approach is the way that HL7,
> IHE, Open GIS and other
> verticals have gone about it.
>
> If you have any contacts in ACORD please find out if they would like to
> learn about what we have to offer.
> Most current and quickest way to communicate this is:
>
> [6] Web Content Management using ebXML Registry (XML Europe 2003):
>
>
http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/presentations/xmlEurope2004/xmlEurope2004-webcm-ebxmlrr.ppt
>
>
http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/presentations/xmlEurope2004/xmlEurope2004-webcm-ebxmlrr.sxi
>
> http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/presentations/xmlEurope2004/04-02-02.pdf
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- 
> Regards,
> Farrukh
>
>
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