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Subject: Re: [soa-rm] Re: Autonomous Services?
John (...and not his wife), reg/rep is too specific for the RM. We step up one level to "Discovery, Presence and Availability". -Matt On 1-May-05, at 7:05 AM, john c hardin wrote: > This is coming from John, not his wife!!! Damned Comcast / Thunderbird > mail client problem that I am wrestling with currently.... > > john > > meggan hardin wrote: >> My assumptions (so far) about the central metadata concepts have been >> that the reg/rep holds this data. Are we delving to the level of >> defining specific types of resources / components that should be >> included in a major component such as the reg/rep? I think that the >> concept of storing semantic metadata as an independent integration >> reference point is important enough to be included in the RM. >> FWIW - Contivo terms the semantic metadata repository the "enterprise >> vocabulary"... >> john >> Smith, Martin wrote: >>> Violent agreement. >>> martin >>> ________________________________ >>> >>> From: Schuldt, Ron L [mailto:ron.l.schuldt@lmco.com] >>> Sent: Fri 4/29/2005 6:39 PM >>> To: Smith, Martin; Sharma, Sameer; Duane Nickull; >>> john@crossconnections.ws >>> Cc: ebSOA OASIS TC; soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org >>> Subject: RE: [soa-rm] Re: Autonomous Services? >>> >>> >>> >>> Sameer will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that his intent >>> was >>> to include the notion of central metadata within a "Reference >>> Architecture" not the Reference Model. Appendix B is the place where >>> example use cases would be defined. I suspect that Sameer might be >>> willing to submit an example use case. >>> >>> Ron Schuldt >>> Senior Staff Systems Architect >>> Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems >>> 11757 W. Ken Caryl Ave. >>> #F521 Mail Point DC5694 >>> Littleton, CO 80127 >>> 303-977-1414 >>> ron.l.schuldt@lmco.com >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Smith, Martin [mailto:Martin.Smith@DHS.GOV] >>> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 4:19 PM >>> To: Sharma, Sameer; Duane Nickull; john@crossconnections.ws >>> Cc: ebSOA OASIS TC; soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org >>> Subject: RE: [soa-rm] Re: Autonomous Services? >>> >>> >>> Sameer - - >>> >>> Let me practice being Matt <g>: >>> >>> The term " 'central' metadata" presumes a specific implementation >>> strategy and should not be in the RM. Perhaps "metadata associated >>> with >>> the service should be available in the environment." Now in my >>> example >>> SOA for Appendix B, I'll probably show a UDDI services directory, or >>> maybe a combo registry/repository that can in fact store all the >>> description metadata. >>> >>> Martin >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Sharma, Sameer [mailto:sameer.sharma@lmco.com] >>> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 2:16 PM >>> To: Smith, Martin; Duane Nickull; john@crossconnections.ws >>> Cc: ebSOA OASIS TC; soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org >>> Subject: RE: [soa-rm] Re: Autonomous Services? >>> >>> >>> My feeling is that some of what you are alluding to might be covered >>> by >>> UDDI, >>> however as is happening in an instance of SOA deployment that I am >>> involved >>> in - UDDI by itself is not going to be sufficient to express all the >>> metadata >>> that is needed for a client to successfully and contextually >>> interpret >>> all >>> that a Web Service does. >>> >>> My attempted solution is to capture this additional metadata by >>> leveraging >>> central metadata services of my enterprise. I guess what I am saying >>> is >>> that >>> the concept of "central metadata" might be a valid candidate as a >>> component of >>> the Reference Architecture we are considering. >>> >>> Since I was unable to participate in the F2F, (due to some last >>> minute >>> commitments that I got called into), if this topic was discussed, >>> please >>> accept my apologies for bringing it up again. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> >>> >>> L >>> Sameer Sharma >>> Principal Applications Architect >>> Lockheed Martin Corporation >>> Chief Technology Office (CTO) >>> 12506 Lake Underhill Road - MP 166 >>> Orlando, FL-32825 >>> Tel: (407) 306 5640 >>> Fax:(407) 306 1392 >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Smith, Martin [mailto:Martin.Smith@DHS.GOV] >>> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 1:38 PM >>> To: Duane Nickull; john@crossconnections.ws >>> Cc: ebSOA OASIS TC; soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org >>> Subject: RE: [soa-rm] Re: Autonomous Services? >>> >>> Folks - - >>> >>> On my way home from N'awlins Wed night, I had a thought on this >>> discussion. >>> >>> I think we expect services in an SOA to be independent of the kind of >>> shared contextual knowledge we usually presume within a local >>> computing >>> environment. We expect that the requesting service will be able to >>> obtain all the info it needs to use the responding service >>> successfully >>> by processing the responding service's description metadata. I do >>> think >>> this is a core characteristic of SOA services. >>> >>> I'm not suggesting we reinstate the use of the word "autonomous" as a >>> handle for this concept since it demonstrably caused confusion at the >>> f2f. If we need a handle, perhaps "self-sufficient" or >>> "self-documenting" or "introspective" (naaah - forget that one.) >>> >>> Martin >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Duane Nickull [mailto:dnickull@adobe.com] >>> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 12:43 PM >>> To: john@crossconnections.ws >>> Cc: ebSOA OASIS TC; soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org >>> Subject: [soa-rm] Re: Autonomous Services? >>> >>> We discussed and the submitter withdrew the submission pending >>> clarification on exactly what is meant by Autonomous nature WRT >>> services. It may be re-submitted and probably will however we do not >>> have consensus on it at present. >>> >>> Duane >>> >>> john c hardin wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Duane and SOA-RM group - >>>> Can someone enlighten the members of the eb-soa group regarding a >>>> description of Autonomous Services? Any resulting conversations from >>>> the meetings this week, on the subject of Autonomous Services would >>>> be >>> >>> >>> >>>> good also. >>>> >>>> thanks >>>> john >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *********** >>> Senior Standards Strategist - Adobe Systems, Inc. - >>> http://www.adobe.com >>> Vice Chair - UN/CEFACT Bureau Plenary - http://www.unece.org/cefact/ >>> Adobe Enterprise Developer Resources - >>> http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/developer/main.html >>> *********** >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~ > john c hardin > Chair, OASIS ebSOA Technical Committee > http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=ebsoa > 313.279.1377 new *VONAGE* number > mailto:john@crossconnections.ws > > "The new electronic interdependence recreates the world in the image > of a global village." > > Marshall McLuhan, "Gutenberg Galaxy", 1962 >
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