Re: [regrep] ebXML Registry and Workflow

[Farrukh Najmi <farrukh.najmi@sun.com>]

Peter Kacandes wrote:

>The other question I get is why shouldn't they just use a database?
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Here is an initial listr of reasons why ebXML Registry is better:

-Databases cannot handle arbitrary content very well

-Databases do not provide a standards based web interface

-Databases do not provide standards based distributed capabilities

-Databases do not provided a standard metadata representation

-Databases do not provided authentication based on digital signatures in 
a standard way

-Databases do not provided fine grained authorization based in a 
standard way

-Databases do not provide content based event notification in a standard way

-Databases do not provide first class support for taxonomies

-Databases do not provide first class support for services

-Databases do not provide first class support for content management 
(cataloging, validation)



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Farrukh