RE: [ws-caf] Future of WS-Context

["Martin Chapman" <martin.chapman@oracle.com>]

Just playing devil's advocate here... If we can't get enough parties (at
least three) to 
sign up for an interop workshop, is it really worth progressing to OASIS
Standard?

Cheers, 
  Martin.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Little [mailto:mark.little@jboss.com] 
>Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 11:27 AM
>To: ws-caf@lists.oasis-open.org
>Subject: [ws-caf] Future of WS-Context
>
>
>I'd like to continue the discussion around the future of WS-CAF and 
>WS-Context. If memory serves, the last time we discussed WS-Context, 
>Martin argued that rather than move to adopt as an OASIS Standard, we 
>should first take the currently agreed specification and do some 
>interoperability testing against it. This is because the last time we 
>did interoperability (Q2 2005?) it was against a much changed 
>version of 
>the specification. I believe we all agreed that this was a 
>good idea but 
>we didn't get commitments for this effort from everyone, so 
>things stalled.
>
>What I'd like to suggest is that we either agree to do some kind of 
>interoperability workshop (could be purely remote) within the next two 
>months (say a deadline of end of May 2006), or that we simply 
>adopt the 
>current specification as an OASIS standard.
>
>This then brings me on to the subject of WS-CAF. Firstly, whatever 
>happened to WS-CF? I believe we fulfilled all of the OASIS rules for 
>getting it to a public review. Was it put up for public review? If so, 
>when does that period end?
>
>Secondly, I'd propose that as soon as WS-Context is adopted as 
>an OASIS 
>standard, we close the TC. Although there is some interest in doing 
>"added value for WS-TX" in the scope of WS-CAF, I don't think there's 
>enough of a critical mass to make it work. I'd personally love 
>to do the 
>work, but without companies such as Oracle, IBM and/or MSFT, I don't 
>think it is worth it.
>
>Mark.
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