Re: [ebxml-msg] RE: "application" vs MSH

[Martin Sachs <msachs@cyclonecommerce.com>]

Jacques,

You have provided an excellent discussion of "application" is
it relates to the MSH.

I have one concern:  You say: "This contract may be realized
via an abstract interface between MSH and application, which is outside
the scope of ebMS."  I agree that the message service team has
made that abstract interface outside the scope of ebMS.  My concern
is that it is not in anyone's scope.  Without a proper specification
of that interface as a standard, there is no guarantee of
interoperability between the software components above the MSH at two
communicating parties.  There is no guarantee that the statements
that you have extracted from the MSH specification form a complete or
proper definition of that interface.  Only a concerted effort to
produce a complete specification of that interface has a chance of
providing confidence that the definition is complete.

Regards,
Marty

At 01:11 PM 6/4/2003 -0700, Jacques Durand wrote:

> Some attempt to
> clarify the notion of "application" in ebMS, 
> as discussed last time. See attached... 
>
> Jacques 
>
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Martin Sachs
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Cyclone Commerce
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