[provision] Provisioning meta-data...

[Jeff Bohren <jbohren@opennetwork.com>]

One key issue comparing the current SPML specification to the alternative proposed by Gerry Woods is issue of provisioning meta-data. The current specification use a protocol specific means to define the meta-data, where as the alternative proposal uses XML Schema. I think it would be helpful to look at different protocols that use each approach as a means of evaluated the likelihood of success or adoption of each approach.

 

Some protocols that use protocol specific meta-data mechanisms are:

 

UDDI

DSML

OMI

ebXML

 

 

What are some protocols that use XML Schema to define meta-data (other than WSDL and SOAP)?

 

 

Jeff Bohren

Product Architect

OpenNetwork Technologies, Inc