Before going through details and definitions, I think we have to agree on the a few principles.
Since RAF is about SOA ecosystem and we agreed that this one includes both business and technology then:
1) we cannot operate with definitions from RM with no changes because RM did not considered ecosystem. However, the changes of RM definitions should not deny the original definitions but may modify/extend them for the new context - ecosystem
2) all definitions we use have to be either meaningful/"interepretable" in both Business and Technology or we have explicitly identify the scope of the definition and justify that it does not work in the entire ecosystem ( in this case we will never confuse SOA-based system with 'just'/technical system
3) we have to draw a relationship/dependency lines (like in Value Networks) between our definitions to see consistency and influence between them.
This better be not in a table format but in a map format. For example, in one place we say that service purpose is to provide a RWE; in another place we say that RWE is only shared/pubic thing; this leads to the conclusion that the purpose of service is to provide only shared/pubic thing, which is incorrect.
If we can agree on these principles and approach, we can eliminate a lot of unnecessary discussions
- Michael
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From: Peter F Brown <peter@peterfbrown.com>
To: soa-rm-ra@lists.oasis-open.org; soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org
Sent: Wed, Jan 19, 2011 6:07 am
Subject: [soa-rm-ra] Comparison of definitions
As promised, attached is a comparison of the terms defined in the 28 July 2010 draft alongside the definitions used in the latest draft (in Excel and .ods formats)
As you will see, there are precious few instances of where the definitions match exactly, although in many cases it was more a case of cleaning up the wording (particularly to conform with standards for definitions, eg ISO 1087) than actually changing the definition.
Regards,
Peter
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