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Subject: Submission of SOA RM 1.0 as a standard specification
By way of a special majority vote held between 7/26/06 and 8/2/06, we are hereby making a formal submission to advance the OASIS SOA RM TC's Reference Model for SOA to an OASIS standard status. Here is our submission package: 1.Links to the approved Committee Specification in the TC's document repository, and any appropriate supplemental documentation for the specification, both of which must be written using the OASIS templates. The specification may not have been changed between its approval as a Committee Specification and its submission to OASIS for consideration as an OASIS Standard, except for the changes on the title page and running footer noting the approval status and date. TC Chair: The link is http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/soa-rm/download.php/ 19434/soa-rm-cs.pdf There are no supplemental or other normative documents for inclusion in the submission. The title, status and date have been changed. 2. The editable version of all files that are part of the Committee Specification; TC Chair: The editable versions of the document are: MS Word: http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/soa-rm/download.php/ 19433/soa-rm-cs.doc HTML: http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/soa-rm/download.php/ 19432/soa-rm-cs.zip 3. Certification by the TC that all schema and XML instances included in the specification, whether by inclusion or reference, including fragments of such, are well formed, and that all expressions are valid; TC Chair: Given the abstract nature of the Reference Model, this is not applicable. We have no schemas within our specifications. 4. A clear English-language summary of the specification; TC Chair: This Reference Model for Service Oriented Architecture is an abstract model for understanding significant entities and relationships between them within a service-oriented environment, and for the development of consistent standards or specifications supporting that environment. It is based on unifying concepts of SOA and may be used by architects developing specific service oriented architectures or in training and explaining SOA. Due to its' abstract nature, this reference model is not directly tied to any standards, technologies or other concrete implementation details. It provides a common semantics that can be used unambiguously across and between different implementations. While service-orientation may be a popular concept found in a broad variety of applications, this reference model focuses on the field of software architecture. The concepts and relationships described may apply to other "service" environments; however, this specification makes no attempt to completely account for use outside of the software domain. 5. A statement regarding the relationship of this specification to similar work of other OASIS TCs or other standards developing organizations; TC Chair: This work is abstract in nature and the vocabulary and relationships defined are meant to be used as a template by those who architect SOA. Accordingly, it would be relevant to most SOA activities including the Web Service technology family, any XML based language that may be used within an SOA, W3C specifications for Web Services including WSDL and WS-Policy work and other software architecture practices and standards. It will likely be of interest to ISO, IEEE, IETF, W3C, UN/CEFACT, AIAG, AIA, the Ontolog Forum, Open Group and many other standards organizations. 6. Certification by at least three OASIS member organizations that they are successfully using the specification; TC Chair: We have had the following voluntary certifications regarding the utility of the SOA RM specification: 1. The Government of Canada, specifically the Federal Chief Technical Office, within the Treasury Board Secretariat (the Canadian Federal Government Management Board), continues to successfully use and reference the SOA RM specification. As a key education piece, the specification brings clarity to definitions and significant understanding to the key concepts and associations typically used within any Service Oriented Architecture. Secondly, the SOA RM specification is a solid model from which the Federal Government derives reference architectures. Name: Wesley McGregor Senior Advisor, Enterprise Technology & Application Strategies Chief Information Officer Branch Treasury Board of Canada, Secretariat Ottawa, Canada K1A 0R5 2. Capgemini are successfully using the Reference Model in several engagements as the basis for our SOA work. Name: Steve Jones 3. Adobe Systems is successfully using the Reference Model for Service Oriented Architectures as part of its LiveCycle product. The reference model is abstract, so Adobe is using it as a design paradigm for parts of our product. Name: Matthew MacKenzie Manager, Software Development (LiveCycle) 4. The MITRE organization is successfully using the SOA RM as a guide for architecture. In particular, we are using it as a guide in updating the DoD Architecture Framework to support SOA. We are also succesfully using it as a guide in explaining SOA to various DoD organizations so that they understand the implications of SOA to their architectures. Name: Chris Bashioum The MITRE Corporation 7. The beginning and ending dates of the public review(s), a pointer to the announcement of the public review(s), and a pointer to an account of each of the comments/issues raised during the public review period (s), along with its resolution; TC Chair: There were two Full Public Reviews that happened. The first public review towards becoming a Committee Specification occurred between 13 February 2006, and ends 14 April 2006. The accouncement may be found here: http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200602/msg00013.html The second public review towards becoming a Committee Specification occurred 5 June 2006 to 20 June 2006. The announcement may be found here: http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/soa-rm/200606/msg00003.html The full transcripts of all comments and dispositions are may be linked to from this page: http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/soa-rm/documents.php Under the "issues" folder. They are expressed in Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet format along with a resolution for each and every comment submitted. To our knowledge, there are no outstanding disagreements with the resolutions for any comment. 8. An account of and results of the voting to approve the specification as a Committee Specification, including the date of the ballot and a pointer to the ballot; TC Chair: The ballot for approval as a Committee Specification opened July 12, 2006 and closed July 19, 2006. The ballot results were 100% in favor and the ballot details are archived here: http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/soa-rm/ballot.php?id=1069 9.An account of or pointer to votes and comments received in any earlier attempts to standardize substantially the same specification, together with the originating TC's response to each comment; TC Chair: This is the first time the RM for SOA has been forwarded as a candidate for OASIS Standard, hence there are no pointers available. 10. A pointer to the publicly visible comments archive for the originating TC; TC Chair: The publicly visible comments archive is available at: http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/soa-rm-comment/ 11.A pointer to any minority reports submitted by one or more Members who did not vote in favor of approving the Committee Specification, which report may include statements regarding why the member voted against the specification or that the member believes that Substantive Changes were made which have not gone through public review; or certification by the Chair that no minority reports exist. TC Chair: I hereby certify that no minority reports exist.
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