WSDM TC Response to Comments on No votes

[Heather Kreger <kreger@us.ibm.com>]

Eduardo Gutentag, Sun Microsystems
Peter Wenzel, SeeBeyond
Rob Philpott, RSA Security
Martin Chapman, Oracle
Steve Caughey, Arjuna
Roger Martin, AOL

Gentlemen, 
The WSDM TC has asked OASIS to
approve WSDM despite the 7 No votes.  However, the TC would like you
to know that we take your concerns very seriously, and out of respect for
your issues we would like the opportunity to respond to your concerns.
 

The WSDM TC understands your concerns
with the WSDM V1.0 dependency on non standard versions of specifications.
However, the TC believes that there is an industry need for standards for
management using Web services and management of Web services that are implementable
today. WSDM 1.0 is first industry standard that meets this need. The WSDM
TC made WDSM 1.0 based on explicit versions of the specification in order
to eliminate any ambiguity with regard to what it is dependent on and therefore
ensure that WSDM is fully implementable and interoperable.  The TC
did ensure that that the references are not in violation of OASIS policy.

The WSDM TC is expecting standard
versions of these dependent specifications; therefore the TC will create
a new version of the WSDM specifications to refer to the standard and,
if necessary, make changes to WSDM specification to come into compliance.
Any updated versions of the WSDM  specifications will be put though
the normal OASIS standardization  process.
Many companies are implementing and looking forward to the upcoming interoperability
activity. 

These specifications are referred
to in a normative way.  WSDM can not be implemented without using
them.  

Web services Description Language (WSDL)
1.1, W3C Note, March 2001, http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl

Web services Addressing (WS-Addressing),
W3C Member Submission, August 2004, http://www.w3.org/Submission/2004/SUBM-ws-addressing-20040810/

Web Services Resource Properties 1.2 (WS-ResourceProperties),
OASIS Working Draft, June 2004, http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrf/2004/06/wsrf-WS-ResourceProperties-1.2-draft-04.pdf

 Web Services Base Notification 1.2
(WS-BaseNotification), OASIS Working Draft, June 2004, http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsn/2004/06/wsn-WS-BaseNotification-1.2-draft-03.pdf

Web Services Topics 1.2 (WS-Topics),
OASIS Working Draft, July 2004, http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsn/2004/06/wsn-WS-Topics-1.2-draft-01.pdf

These specifications are referred
to in advisory way.  WSDM can be implemented without using them. 

Web Services Service Group 1.2 (WS-ServiceGroup),
OASIS Working Draft, June 2004, http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrf/2004/06/wsrf-WS-ServiceGroup-1.2-draft-02.pdf

Web Services Resource Lifetime 1.2 (WS-ResourceLifetime),
OASIS Working Draft, June 2004, http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrf/2004/06/wsrf-WS-ResourceLifetime-1.2-draft-03.pdf

Web Services Resource Metadata 1.0 (WS-ResourceMetadataDescriptor),
OASIS Working Draft, October 2004, http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/9758/wsrf-WS-ResourceMetadataDescriptor-1.0-draft-01.PDF

Thank you for the opportunity,
Heather Kreger
Co-Chair OASIS WSDM TC
kreger@us.ibm.com