Re: [ebsoa] Proposal to change TC front page

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

Asking solely out of curiousity regarding OASIS procedures:

It seems to me that the change in purpose stated below would affect the
charter. If this is correct, how is such an alteration of charter
(possibly considered a major one) handled within OASIS?

Joe

Duane Nickull wrote:
> 
> Team:
> 
> Given the current direction of our group, it has been brought to my
> attention that the public page, which states:
> 
> " The purpose of the TC is to continue work on the ebXML Technical
> Architecture to bring it from v1.04 to a more current architecture that
> takes into account both subsequent releases of the ebXML specifications
> and other Web Services and service-oriented architecture works."
> 
> is probably no longer correctly describing what we are doing.
> 
> I would propose that we change it to something along the lines of:
> 
> " The purpose of the TC is to build upon the work of both ebXML and web
> services to develop a formal Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
> specification embracing the requirements of global electronic business.
>  The architecture will utilize the methodologies of Web Services and
> ebXML specifications however remain neutral to prescribing either."
> 
> or something to that effect.
> 
> The purposes is to reflect that we have become a convergence point of
> SOA activity and have a duty to build upon both but like any good
> architecture, must not constrain implementations to using either.  I
> believe this will have a high degree of value in that the principles of
> SOA can be explored for business users and implementers without treading
> in political waters.
> 
> We can likely define areas where web services has gaps that ebXML covers
> and places where convergence may be best suited to bring the two stacks
> as close together as possible.  This will likely start with an
> architectural convergence (actually more of a reconciliation) since we
> cannot normatively prescribe action to any other.
> 
> Comments?
> 
> Duane
> 
> --
> Senior Standards Strategist
> Adobe Systems, Inc.
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Joseph Chiusano
Associate
Booz Allen Hamilton