Re: [ebsoa] SOA and Shared Semantics

["Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@bah.com>]

Curiously enough, one of my Booz Allen colleagues was not able to access
the EII workshop links below (he was redirected to some strange,
unrelated site). Has anyone other than Ron (that did not participate in
the workshop) been able to access the site? I wonder if it is accessible
by only workshop participants. If possible, I would like to send the URL
to someone here (not the documents).

Or, my colleague may also have the Incredifind parasite - however, this
is the only URL with which either of us have seen such an error.

Thanks,
Joe

Duane Nickull wrote:
> 
> Joseph:
> 
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> Duane
> 
> Chiusano Joseph wrote:
> 
> >Ron,
> >
> >Thanks for your followup on this and the voice mail you left me. Here is
> >the error message I get:
> >
> >http://www.incredifind.com/index.cfm?action=lookup&pc=msifh&Keywords=http://www.meiim.com/eii_events.htm
> >
> >Error is: "The Site you are looking for
> >"http://www.meiim.com/eii_events.htm"; is not available."
> >
> >Any ideas as to why?
> >
> >Joe
> >
> >"Schuldt, Ron L" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>ebSOA Team,
> >>
> >>I don't seem to have a problem getting to the
> >>http://www.meiim.com/eii_events.htm Web site - however, it is responding
> >>very slowly.
> >>
> >>If others are experiencing the same problem as Joe, I could post the
> >>documents on the ebSOA Web site.
> >>
> >>Ron
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Chiusano Joseph [mailto:chiusano_joseph@bah.com]
> >>Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 1:10 PM
> >>To: ebSOA
> >>Subject: Re: [ebsoa] SOA and Shared Semantics
> >>
> >>Ron,
> >>
> >>Thanks for the information below on the DLA EII workshop. I noted that
> >>the links below are no longer resolveable, and a Google search did not
> >>yield any results. Would you happen to know where else we might find
> >>this information?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Joe
> >>
> >>"Schuldt, Ron L" wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>ebSOA Team,
> >>>
> >>>On Monday and Tuesday of this week, I participated in an "invitation
> >>>only" Enterprise Information Integration (EII) workshop that was
> >>>sponsored by the Defense Logistics Agency. The focus of the EII
> >>>
> >>>
> >>workshop
> >>
> >>
> >>>was semantics integration solutions to solve a case study (but real
> >>>world problem) involving legacy systems. Approximately 55-60 "thought
> >>>leaders" were invited to the workshop. The attendees represented the
> >>>following -- DoD, the military services, other government agencies,
> >>>prime contractors (Lockheed Martin and Boeing), IT vendors (IBM,
> >>>Microsoft, Unicorn, MetaMatrix, Contivo, Network Inference, and
> >>>
> >>>
> >>others),
> >>
> >>
> >>>standards bodies (X12, IEEE, ebXML and W3C) and recognized experts on
> >>>the topics of OWL, RDF, Topic Maps, UDEF, and other semantics
> >>>integration concepts and technologies.
> >>>
> >>>In addition to an outstanding keynote presentation by Jeff Pollock on
> >>>the subject of semantics integration, the outbriefs by the three teams
> >>>warrant your review - see http://www.meiim.com/eii_events.htm
> >>>
> >>>Following several presentations on Monday morning, the attendees were
> >>>divided into three teams and each was asked to solve the same case
> >>>study. Although the case study was fictitious, it illustrated a real
> >>>world condition involving legacy systems. You can gain some insight to
> >>>the problem by looking at http://www.meiim.com/enter_EII.htm
> >>>
> >>>All three workgroups were assigned the same case study titled "DoD
> >>>Widget Procurement System (WPS)." Within a four hour time span, each
> >>>team was expected to develop an overview of the proposed plan and
> >>>approach; develop an AS-IS characterization of the existing WPS
> >>>environment; develop a TO-BE systems architecture; discuss how the
> >>>
> >>>
> >>group
> >>
> >>
> >>>plans to overcome some of the obstacles cited in the case study; and
> >>>project downstream cost savings and cost avoidance opportunities.
> >>>
> >>>The outbriefs by each team contained some common key elements within
> >>>
> >>>
> >>the
> >>
> >>
> >>>TO-BE architecture - specifically the need for a "loosely coupled"
> >>>metamodel (based on an ontology) and the use of OWL and RDF. Each team
> >>>briefed the DLA customer who was very pleased with the product
> >>>
> >>>
> >>developed
> >>
> >>
> >>>by each team. For reference, I was part of team #2.
> >>>
> >>>IMHO the outbriefs by the three teams plus the presentation by Jeff
> >>>Pollock provide a solid starting point for any discussions regarding
> >>>"shared semantics" by this list.
> >>>
> >>>Ron Schuldt
> >>>Senior Staff Systems Architect
> >>>Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems
> >>>11757 W. Ken Caryl Ave.
> >>>#F521 Mail Point DC5694
> >>>Littleton, CO 80127
> >>>303-977-1414
> >>>ron.l.schuldt@lmco.com
> >>>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: Chiusano Joseph [mailto:chiusano_joseph@bah.com]
> >>>Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 5:33 PM
> >>>To: ebSOA
> >>>Subject: Re: [ebsoa] SOA and Shared Semantics
> >>>
> >>>David,
> >>>
> >>>Thank you for giving me a useless answer that does not even come close
> >>>to addressing my question below, not once but twice. I obviously do
> >>>
> >>>
> >>not
> >>
> >>
> >>>even remotely get your point.
> >>>
> >>>Frankly, I am looking for answers that I can convey to my US federal
> >>>clients, not (with all due respect to the efforts) some set of
> >>>
> >>>
> >>acronyms
> >>
> >>
> >>>that they are not even going to have heard of, because the efforts are
> >>>either too bleeding-edge for me to offer, or they have not been widely
> >>>enough embraced by the federal community and/or vendors to make them
> >>>appealing.
> >>>
> >>>If we cannot get straight answers to simple, straightforward questions
> >>>like the ones that I posed below, I believe that the chances of this
> >>>
> >>>
> >>TC
> >>
> >>
> >>>being successful are - at this point - 2% at best. I hope we can
> >>>increase that soon.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>Joe
> >>>
> >>>David RR Webber wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Joe,
> >>>>
> >>>>That's my whole point.
> >>>>
> >>>>The BCM/EPR work does provide a very broad
> >>>>set of usage scenarios.
> >>>>
> >>>>I believe we need to build from a solid foundation.
> >>>>
> >>>>If we just run after isolated aspects - we will
> >>>>lose the opportunity to provide a coherent
> >>>>solution set.
> >>>>
> >>>>That is why I'm focusing on areas that provide
> >>>>such coherence to provide a sensible set of
> >>>>base requirements.
> >>>>
> >>>>DW.
> >>>>
> >>>>Quoting Chiusano Joseph <chiusano_joseph@bah.com>:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Thanks David.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>How about in more general terms, stepping aside for a moment from
> >>>>>specific emerging initiatives - I'm thinking more generally, such
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>as:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>what role should ontologies play? Why are they important in this
> >>>>>context? How about metadata registries? etc.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Thanks,
> >>>>>Joe
> >>>>>
> >>>>>David RR Webber wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Joe,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>At this juncture I would like to point out
> >>>>>>that the BCM/EPR team is preparing a set of
> >>>>>>requirements for submission to ebSOA.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>This stems from the work and meetings in
> >>>>>>Norway over the past two weeks.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>And indeed semantic information is a
> >>>>>>significant part of this - not only
> >>>>>>for common understanding - but also
> >>>>>>when used to create ontologies and
> >>>>>>topic maps for discovery and reuse
> >>>>>>of components.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>The essence of the BCM/EPR needs can
> >>>>>>be distilled in part from the PPT
> >>>>>>presented in Norway - available
> >>>>>>from http://www.eprforum.org
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>However - we are working on formalizing
> >>>>>>the exact mechanisms and base requirements
> >>>>>>so that an ebSOA based set of components
> >>>>>>can support an BCM/EPR deployment.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>It's obviously good to be able to focus
> >>>>>>on a real deployment model - to be able
> >>>>>>to hone exact requirements, and
> >>>>>>combination of requirements - rather than
> >>>>>>things being noted in a piecemeal fashion.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Hope this helps.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Thanks, DW
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Quoting Chiusano Joseph <chiusano_joseph@bah.com>:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Is this a topic that we're planning on including in our spec?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>(I
> >>
> >>
> >>>think
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>>we should) We can emphasize the role of ontologies in helping
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>ensure
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>>"shared semantic understanding" between participants in an
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>SOA.
> >>
> >>
> >>>>>>>Joe
> >>>>>>>--
> >>>>>>>Kind Regards,
> >>>>>>>Joseph Chiusano
> >>>>>>>Associate
> >>>>>>>Booz | Allen | Hamilton
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>http://drrw.net
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>--
> >>>>>Kind Regards,
> >>>>>Joseph Chiusano
> >>>>>Associate
> >>>>>Booz | Allen | Hamilton
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>http://drrw.net
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>--
> >>>Kind Regards,
> >>>Joseph Chiusano
> >>>Associate
> >>>Booz | Allen | Hamilton
> >>>
> >>>
> >>--
> >>Kind Regards,
> >>Joseph Chiusano
> >>Associate
> >>Booz | Allen | Hamilton
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> 
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> Adobe Systems, Inc.
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-- 
Kind Regards,
Joseph Chiusano
Associate
Booz | Allen | Hamilton