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Subject: Re: [regrep] ebXML and Web Services: Is this a fair assessment?
Oops - I meant to say "Thanks David!!!" :) David RR Webber wrote: > > Joe, > > Errr, no! > > I'd say something along these lines: > > (1) The ebXML initiative began while Web Services was in its infancy; > therefore two models were developed around the foundation of > XML and SOAP messaging. The ebXML approach is collaboration-centric > (CPA) while the web service model is point-services-centric (WSDL). > While this distinction continues today significant blurring has taken > place > leading to the ability to deploy both technologies in tandem. > > (2) For example, the emerging OASIS Web Services Business Process > Execution Language (WS BPEL) is centered on the Web Services hierarchy > presented in WSDL (portType, operation, message, etc.) and networks of > interacting services, while the ebXML Business Process Schema > Specification (BPSS) > is centered on the concept of business process patterns, workflows and > transactions between > business collaboration partners. Therefore BPSS is suited to defining > industry-wide patterns > for collaborations, while BPEL is suited to discreet point services that > may be part of those > collaborations. > > (3) The ebXML Messaging Service (ebMS) specification, whose foundation is > SOAP, > is now also being adapted to support WSDL interfacing as well. > > (4) Many of the ebXML specifications have also incorporated Web > Services mechanisms - one example is the inclusion of > a WSDL definitions for the SOAP interface to ebXML Registry. > > Thanks, DW. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@bah.com> > To: <regrep@lists.oasis-open.org> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 4:39 PM > Subject: [regrep] ebXML and Web Services: Is this a fair assessment? > > > All, > > > > I was not involved in ebXML until after May 2001 (although I monitered > > various listservs prior to that), so I don't have as solid an > > appreciation as I would like regarding ebXML and Web Services. Can > > someone please tell me if the following is a fair assessment - my > > intention is to be as accurate as possible, and not controversial (I've > > numbered the points below for easy referral): > > > > (1) The ebXML initiative began before Web Services became prominent; > > therefore there are many aspects of ebXML that do not utilize Web > > Services to as full a potential as they may have otherwise. > > > > (2) For example, the emerging OASIS Web Services Business Process > > Execution Language (WS BPEL) is centered on the Web Services hierarchy > > presented in WSDL (portType, operation, message, etc.) while the ebXML > > Business Process Schema Specification (BPSS) is centered on the concept > > of "business documents". > > > > (3) An exception to this is the ebXML Messaging Service (ebMS) > > specification, whose foundation is SOAP. > > > > (4) However, many of the ebXML specifications have incorporated Web > > Services since their original version - one example is the inclusion of > > a SOAP interface to ebXML Registry in its 2.0 version. > > > > Thanks, > > Joe > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list (and be removed from the roster of > the OASIS TC), go to > http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/regrep/members/leave_workgroup.php.
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