RE: [soa-rm] "Industry Analysis Report" from Everware-CBDi on "In Search of a Common SOA Language"

[Danny Thornton <danny_thornton2@yahoo.com>]

Is sometone going to post the report to KAVI? 

Danny

--- "Metz, Rebekah" <metz_rebekah@bah.com> wrote:

> In re-reading my last email, I may have
> unintentionally focused on the
> existence of multiple players in the Reference Model
> Landscape.  I agree
> that the RM, or any model, provides a point of
> reference for discussion.
> In fact, I think that the CBDI analysis is valuable
> so that we, as a
> community, can understand where/how different
> efforts relate to one
> another.  I've read the report several times over
> the weekend and found
> the summary of key definitions from in each model
> quite useful.   
>  
> However, in reading through the section entitled
> 'Differences among the
> Reference Models,' the 'verdict' for each
> fundamental concept seems to
> waiver between Reference Architecture and Reference
> Model as a point of
> comparison.  I wonder if it might not be beneficial
> to others who are
> trying to understand the essence of Service Oriented
> Architecture to see
> how the the relative strengths and weaknesses of a
> Reference Model vs..
> a Reference Architecture differ?  
>  
> From this perspective, a key strength of the SOA-RM
> is how it encourage
> both the business and technology side to move toward
> a common basis of
> understanding - independently of the mechanisms used
> to implement.  
> ________________________________
> 
> From: Duane Nickull [mailto:dnickull@adobe.com] 
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 2:39 PM
> To: Metz, Rebekah; soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org; Dave
> Mayo
> Subject: Re: [soa-rm] "Industry Analysis Report"
> from Everware-CBDi on
> "n Search of a Common SOA Language"
> 
> 
> 
> 	Rebekah et al:
> 	
> 	I think if anything, the CBDI article may have
> misstated the
> intent.  David Mayo was at the event in VA earlier
> this week and is
> aware of the Reference model.  Lawrence Wilkes is of
> course a member of
> the TC too and has said kind things about the RM.
> 	
> 	The Reference Model was never intended to the the
> singular point
> of reference that the entire industry had to agree
> with, but it does
> give them a point of reference.  As such, I think
> the article tries to
> balance the model with other work to see where
> alignment is (although I
> have to state I have not read it).
> 	
> 	Dave - anything to add?
> 	
> 	Duane
> 	
> 	
> 	On 1/26/07 6:21 AM, "Metz, Rebekah"
> <metz_rebekah@bah.com>
> wrote:
> 	
> 	
> 
> 		SOA-RM'ers:
> 		I receive the monthly newsletter from CBDi and
> usually
> find much useful and insightful information.  I was
> disappointed to
> receive this month's newsletter with the following
> headline "in Search
> of a Common SOA Language."  The article starts out
> with "we believe that
> a widely accepted reference model for SOA will
> accelerate the take up of
> SOA, since tool vendors and practitioners will have
> a more solid and
> common base to work from." 
> 		
> 		As part of the reference model landscape, the
> following
> sources were analyzed: 
> 		W3C Web Services Architecture
> 		OASIS SOA-Reference Model
> 		IBM UML 2.0 Profile for Software Services
> 		OpenGroup Open SOA Ontology
> 		UK Ministry of Defence Ministry of Defence
> Architectural
> Framework Metamodel
> 		Everware-CBDi "A Meta Model for Service
> Architecture and
> Engineering"
> 		
> 		I'm working through the article in a bit more
> depth
> today....but would welcome a discussion on this list
> on the validity of
> the strengths and weaknesses that were identified. 
> 		
> 		
> 		The full article can be found at:
>
http://www.cbdiforum.com/bronze/journal/2007-01/in_search_common_soa_lan
> guage.php
> 		
> 		Rebekah 
> 		
> 		
> 
> 	
> 	
> 	-- 
> 
>
**********************************************************
> 	Sr. Technical Evangelist - Adobe Systems, Inc.     
>      *
> 	Chair - OASIS SOA Reference Model Technical
> Committee    *
> 	Blog: http://technoracle.blogspot.com              
>      *
> 	Music:
> http://www.mix2r.com/audio/by/artist/duane_nickull*
> 
>
**********************************************************
> 	
> 
> 



 
____________________________________________________________________________________
Any questions? Get answers on any topic at www.Answers.yahoo.com.  Try it now.