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John,
OASIS is very clear on this all.
If you feel you have implementations that conform
to an OASIS specification
then you can notify that technical committee about
the conforming implementation.
So far we have one that we've been made aware
of - the eprXML work from Norway -
and we are working with that team to develop BCM templates from that that will
be publically available.
If you have indeed taken the OASIS specification
and applied to it your project(s)
then I'm sure we'd welcome the feedback on what
worked, and where the gap
analysis is.
And we'd be especially interested in showcasing the
resulting BCM templates
and other artifacts from the project(s) that
illustrate the work done.
We are also beginning to work with other groups
that have expressed interest - one
I can mention is CUNY in New York and their Center
for XML - where they are
actively looking at BCM activities that may fit
their program there.
The other of course is the OASIS eGov TC - and
jointly developing examples
of BCM templates for specific government
domains.
So it seems to me that one path forward would be to
take whatever products
SAIL has done - and cast those into BCM templates -
as Word and Excel
documents for instance - that we can then review
and verify that in fact
they are applying BCM principles and
techniques.
This then has the benefit of providing back into
those projects BCM artifacts
that conform to an open public standard accredited
by OASIS.
With the eprXML project we started by reviewing PPT
materials and specification
and project overview materials that showed how BCM
principles are being actively
integrated into the development of the
project.
Perhaps you can share with us similar overview
materials?
Thanks, DW.
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Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 9:29
PM
Subject: RE: [bcm] Brochure Draft; An
opporunity to put into practice the BCM process
Mike,
David,
I recognize the good
work you are doing, and that the need to ground this effort into
reality. While you are doing a great job developing specifications, a
growing number of agencies and practitioners are putting theory to
practice. Within a couple of week, a new initiative will be formed
called the Solution Architecture Integration Lab (aka SAIL), that is based on
very simular work developed under the ICHnet.org consortia efforts.
When reading your
materials, I find that we are in fact implementation most of your vision,
resulting in very specific real world example; eHealthcare, Discovery
Communications, DARPA Distributed Component-based Architecture Modeling
program (DCAM), GSA Financial Modernization Program, etc. These effort
have been widely recognized as huges successes (see ICHnet.org web site for
letters of reference).
I know we have tried
to open this discussion before, and have been at a loss of how to bring an
existing initiative into a standards process. Maybe we should flip this and
bring the standards process into the SAIL initiative. Attached is the
SAIL public/private partnership. We are already incorporating OMB MDA for the
application development layer, and are using the OMB reference models for the
upper layer. Where specifically do you see BCM fitting into this model, and
how do you envision these two dove tailing.
Any options are good
ones, but need some specifics to ponder. It would be easy to bring any
agency or company into the SAIL program, but cannot figure out how to
incorporate an standards process into a contract vehicle that will be solving
real world problems.
Cheers,
john
John Weiler
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-----Original
Message-----
From: David RR
Webber [mailto:david@drrw.info]
Sent: Tuesday, November
18, 2003 3:01
PM
To: BCM OASIS
Subject: [bcm] Brochure
Draft
I really like how this is
looking.
I've made some minor edits and
fix'ins as
Next bit is the [implementation]
linkage as
The BPSS stuff I posted today
relates - basically
the BCM requires certain
behaviours of the implementation
layer - critical is ability to
support context driven
mechanisms and linking and
switching thru choice points.
And SOA is definately
preferred. Some words along
those lines should
cover.
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