Re: [ws-rx] Synchronizing references across the WS-RX/SX/TX specifications

[Christopher B Ferris <chrisfer@us.ibm.com>]

+1

Christopher Ferris
STSM, Software Group Standards Strategy
email: chrisfer@us.ibm.com
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Jeff Mischkinsky <jeff.mischkinsky@oracle.com>
wrote on 04/02/2007 11:37:06 AM:

> To the Members of the WS-RX, WS-SX, and WS-TX Technical Committees,
> 
> Recently many of the WS-* specifications in the OASIS WS-RX, WS-SX
 
> and WS-TX Technical Committees have reached, or are close to  
> reaching, the significant milestone of becoming OASIS standards. As
 
> these specifications are being completed at different times and in
 
> different committees some of their normative references are not  
> synchronized. Some of these specifications reference the W3C  
> submission of WS-Policy 1.2. Some of these specifications reference
 
> both the WS-Policy 1.2 submission and WS-Policy 1.5 which is still
in  
> progress at the W3C. Some of these specifications reference final
 
> OASIS specifications and others reference the contributed drafts.
> 
> We believe that it would be beneficial to the community to have the
 
> same references in a synchronized set of the RX, SX, and TX  
> specifications. Having a consistent set of synchronized references
 
> across all of these specifications could enhance eventual interop
 
> profiling, provide a more consistent experience across  
> implementations and provide a basis for subsequent specifications.
We  
> propose that after the current specifications in the OASIS WS-RX,
WS- 
> SX and WS-TX TCs have reached OASIS Standard status and after W3C
WS- 
> Policy 1.5 is a W3C Recommendation that the references in the RX,
SX,  
> and TX specifications should be updated to create a new synchronized
 
> set of standardized versions of the RX, SX and TX specifications.
We  
> would like to see these updated references point to only the WS- 
> Policy W3C Recommendation. We recommend the TCs' charters should be
 
> clarified to reflect this direction.
> 
> Thank for your consideration,
> 
> Gilbert Pilz,     BEA
> Tom Rutt,         Fujitsu
> Bob Freund,       Hitachi    (2)
> Chris Ferris,     IBM
> Paul Cotton,      Microsoft
> Frederick Hirsch, Nokia      (1,3)
> Jeff Mischkinsky  Oracle
> Sanjay Patil,     SAP        (3)
> 
> (1) not a RX member
> (2) not a SX member
> (3) not a TX member
> 
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