MEETING MINUTES OF BDXR TC MEETING 28 NOVEMBER 2012
ATTENDANCE
Jens Aabol
Roger Bass
Kenneth Bengtsson (chair)
Pim van der Eijk
Sander Fieten
Giorgia Lodi
Dale Moberg
Alfio Raia
Sven Rasmussen
Susanne Wigard
METADATA SERVICE (CPP/CPA/SMP) DATA FORMATS
Pim suggested that we open up for working on XML metadata formats and volunteered to commence work on this. Since one of the candidate formats (CPA/CPP) is developed in the ebCore TC, Pim furthermore suggested that the ebCore
TC focus on the core data model and that BDXR work on providing requirements and profiles. This was agreed.
ARCHITECTURE COMPONENTS CONTINUED / RESUME OF CONFERENCE CALL
Sander and Roger had a conference call to continue last meeting's discussion of the components diagram made by Sander. An important finding of the call was that different use and understanding of terminology is the cause
of misunderstandings, especially with reference to “metadata”.
TERMINOLOGY
Roger had proposed to use “Profile” instead of “Metadata” to align with terminology of existing communities and to avoid confusion (see: https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/bdxr/201211/msg00009.html).
There was a general discussion about whether “Profile” may be ambiguous since it is also used on protocol level to describe a transport mechanism (i.e. a Web Services profile). It was agreed to individually review the Terminology
page (https://wiki.oasis-open.org/bdxr/Terminology) and put on the agenda for next meeting to agree on final definitions and terminology.
PEPPOL DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED
PEPPOL has officially submitted their specifications to the TC:
START protocol:
It was agreed to start a TC Specification Draft based on the document submitted by PEPPOL. Kenneth will request a starter document from OASIS and begin the process. The original PEPPOL document is available here:
https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=47490&wg_abbrev=bdxr
LIME protocol:
It was agreed to start a TC Specification Draft based on the document submitted by PEPPOL. Kenneth will request a starter document from OASIS and begin the process. The original PEPPOL document is available here:
https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=47487&wg_abbrev=bdxr
SMP:
We had a general discussion about whether the current PEPPOL specification should be published as a version 1.0 TC draft, or if there is a need to have broader discussions about the metadata data model. One point of view
was that there are still features and additions to the SMP data model (particularly with regards to dbms and to the Connect protocol) that need work and discussion, why a publication now may be premature. Another point of view was that the current SMP specification
already has a significant user base whereas the planned work is still on the drawing board and can take quite some time still, why it may be more beneficial to publish a version 1.0 based on the specification currently in use, and publish new features and
revised data model in a later version 1.1. It was agreed that Kenneth requests a starter document from OASIS and commences the specification, to be reviewed internally in the TC with specific attention to ebMS compatibility.
The original PEPPOL document is available here:
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=47489&wg_abbrev=bdxr
SML:
It was agreed that the SML specification will not be published as a TC draft as is, but will instead be edited into the new Metadata Service Location Discovery document, which Dale is working on. The original PEPPOL document
is available here:
https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=47488&wg_abbrev=bdxr
OTHER DOCUMENTS
The following documents are work in progress:
Metadata service location discovery
ebMS gateway-to-gateway profile
Architecture and governance straw man proposal
Use cases
Connect protocol description
ANY OTHER BUSINESS
Next meeting, December 12 will be our last meeting this year. Conference call on December 26 is CANCELLED because of the holiday season. First meeting in 2013 will be January 9.
MEETING SCHEDULE
December 12 2012, conference call
December 26 2012, NO CALL
January 9 2012, conference call
January 23 2012, conference call
Kenneth Bengtsson