RE: [regrep-semantic] MetaMatrix and ebXML Registry

["John Gillerman" <john.gillerman@sisconet.com>]

Don't know if people have seen this already, but it seems relevant to the
discussion of integration of EII tools.

-----Original Message-----
From: Chiusano Joseph [mailto:chiusano_joseph@bah.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 3:41 PM
To: carlmattocks@checkmi.com
Cc: Registry TC - SCM SC
Subject: Re: [regrep-semantic] MetaMatrix and ebXML Registry


Carl Mattocks wrote:
>
> We at CHECKMi call the semantic structure that supports the interaction of
> many different  registries / repositories / etc. a 'Compendium'.
>
> Lat time I took an in depth look at MetaMatrix it did not have an XML
> interface

[JMC] That has since changed. See p.2, top right of [1]: "SOAP API. Web
services can submit queries to the MetaMatrix Server through the SOAP
API. The result is returned as an XML document compliant to the XML
Schema chosen for the requesting service."

[1] http://www.metamatrix.com/datasheets/MetaMatrixServer.pdf

> and its Metabase Schema /RIM was not public.

[JMC] It appears that that is still the case. I'm attributing this to
intel prop.

Joe

> <quote who="Chiusano Joseph">
> > Q: How can our SCM-enabled ebXML Registry interact with an Enterprise
> > Information Integration (EII) product such as MetaMatrix MetaBase [1]?
> >
> > A: I believe that such a product could interface with SCM-enabled ebXML
> > Registry by treating the Registry as an "extension" of its native
> > metadata repository (see p.4 of[1], top left, just above header
> > "Information Integration Through Metadata"). Operations (such as
> > queries) that interact with its own native metadata repository can then
> > virtually include an SCM-enabled ebXML Registry, for an overarching
> > "virtual operation" that spans repositories.
> >
> > And the best part - the product could use its own EII capabilities to
> > achieve this seamless integration.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > [1] http://www.metamatrix.com/whitepapers/eiiwhitepaper.pdf
> >
>
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TQ03_Semantic_Technology_Briefing.pdf