Re: [soa-rm] [For Issue #525] RE: [soa-rm] Groups - Proposed SOA-RM Relationship Names (SOA-RM Relationships Names.xls) uploaded

["Jeffrey A Estefan" <Jeffrey.A.Estefan@jpl.nasa.gov>]

Colleagues,

 

With respect to the concept map diagrams in the SOA-RM spec, why don't we just keep it simple and adopt the same "standard" that was used in the W3C WSA (Web Services Architecture) in which concepts are shown as boxes and relationships between concepts are shown as labeled arcs (with arrows).  A very short description is provided in Sect 2.2.3 of the WSA.

 

See:

 

http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/soa-rm-ra/download.php/17572/wsa.pdf

 

or

 

http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/NOTE-ws-arch-20040211/

 

Perhaps Frank can provide additional insight since he served on the W3C's WSA team.  Then later on, either under the auspices of this TC or perhaps the Semantic Execution TC, a formal ontology can be developed.  I hate to see us loose momentum on ratification of a pretty darn good SOA-RM spec as it's shaping up right now.

 

Just a thought...

 

 - Jeff, JPL