RE: Web Services - EAI or B2B? (Was RE: [ebxml-cppa] BPSS to WSDLmapping)

[Stefano POGLIANI <stefano.pogliani@sun.com>]

Agreed, Bob.

What I could say is that, whilst the "collaboration" paradigm is
quite useful and generic and can be used both outside and inside
(and in between), it is very practical for EAI to have centralized
integration. It is, culturally, more easy to understand and maps
better to the way in which IT functions.
A centralized integration solution, though, is hardly applicable
outside of EAI.

As to w/s, currently I do not think that there is any issue
in using them for both camps. But to ensure they can be used
in both camps, they should exhibit a more autonomous and
collaborative behavior.

/stefano

» -----Original Message-----
» From: bhaugen [mailto:linkage@interaccess.com]
» Sent: 12 March 2002 19:36
» To: 'OASIS ebxml-cppa'; ebtwg-bps@lists.ebtwg.org
» Subject: Re: Web Services - EAI or B2B? (Was RE: [ebxml-cppa] BPSS to
» WSDL mapping)
»
»
» From: Cory Casanave
» > Aaaarrrrggggg!
» >
» > I have to violently disagree!
» [...]
» > There is no reason the same architecture and technologies can't be
» used for
» > B2B and EIA.
»
» I think it's like network/distributed vs LAN, though.
» You could take a B2B framework and use it internally,
» but not necessarily vice versa.  Or you could take
» a framework designed from the start to be used both
» ways and do so.  But you can't necessarily take
» for example an inventory system that assumes
» everything is owned by "our enterprise" and
» use it as a virtual inventory system covering
» many companies across a value system.
»
» E.g. there is a reason that IBM's San Francisco project
» (objects for internal business systems) failed on the Web.
» Or probably lots of reasons.
»
» -Bob Haugen
»
»
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