RE: [cpexchange-net] Fostering convergence

[Ram Kumar <rkumar@msi.com.au>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David RR Webber [mailto:Gnosis_@compuserve.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 11:27 AM
> To: Ram Kumar
> Cc: ciq@lists.oasis-open.org; karl.best@oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [cpexchange-net] Fostering convergence
> 
> 
> Message text written by Ram Kumar
> >The efforts of XNS are much needed and can help in the 
> standardization of
> a
> secure, private exchange of customer information. However, it 
> is unclear
> what the current level of development of the standard is, 
> since none of the
> work has been released on the website to date. In addition, one must
> investigate how XNS competes or augments the work of eXtensible
> Name/Address
> Language (xNAL), the associated eXtensible Customer 
> Information Language
> (xCIL), and the Customer Profile eXchange (CPExchange) 
> standard. Perhaps
> the
> three should find some way to merge their efforts as they each solve
> different parts of the same customer information puzzle. As 
> far as XNS is
> concerned, XNS is worth being tracked and evaluating once the 
> specification
> is made available to the public.
> <<<<<<<
> 
> OTA is also another co-involved piece of work too:  http://www.ota.org
> where personal profiles are exchanged.  

OTA is now keen to work with our group as they see value in it.
This is good news and we are talking to OTA regarding this. 

> And also the UK government work on E-Gov portal.

I will have a look at it.

> 
> The key missing piece in all this is control by the 
> individual over the
> use and distribution of their information.  In the US noone 
> cares because
> corporate law means that any information given to a 
> corporation is then
> owns.  In the EU and Canada it is the reverse.
> 

> Anyway - we're solving a smaller part of the puzzle here first!

Agreed.

Ram

> 
> DW.
>