now we need SOA-RM participation [was: [soa-rm] Public Review of Reference Architecture Foundation for Service Oriented Architecture Version 1.0]

[Ken Laskey <klaskey@mitre.org>]

Dear SOA-RM TC members,

The Reference Architecture has just been announced for a second 60-day review.  We have made significant progress since the PR1 review in May 2008 and hopefully are close to complete in most of the current document.  However, that is really what the review will tell us.

First, please review the document and provide your comments.  For those of you who have not been active participants in the current writing and have not followed the discussions, what of this document is clear and concise (yes, it's always nice to hear positive thoughts) and what rambles a bit or doesn't adequately make its points?  It is critical that the document be useful and understandable by those who aren't familiar with the debates that led to the current wording.

Second, please distribute this within other communities in which you participate.  I have commented in the past that the formal OASIS comment process can be burdensome unless you are really committed to submitting comments, so I also ask you to listen carefully and submit comments you hear informally from others.  We are looking for the widest possible dissemination and the widest possible review, and that can happen only if our members act as our ambassadors to the wider community.

Note, one of the purposes of the OASIS comment process is to avoid someone slipping their IPR into a spec and making implementation dependent on IPR that has no clear licensing commitments attached.  This should be less of an issue with a spec at the RA level, but it is something to consider when comments come your way.

Our next RM meeting is scheduled for the week after the public review ends.  If there is reason to move it up to be within the review period. bring that up and we can respond accordingly.

Looking forward to your comments.

Ken Laskey

SOA-RM TC chair

Begin forwarded message:

From: Mary McRae <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>

Date: November 13, 2009 11:41:58 PM EST

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Cc: "soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org" <soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org>, OASIS TAB <tab@lists.oasis-open.org>

Subject: [soa-rm] Public Review of Reference Architecture Foundation for Service Oriented Architecture Version 1.0

To OASIS members, Public Announce Lists:

The OASIS Service Oriented Architecture Reference Model TC has recently approved the following specification as a Committee Draft and approved the package for public review:

Reference Architecture Foundation for Service Oriented Architecture Version 1.0

The public review starts today, 14 November 2009, and ends 13 January 2009. This is an open invitation to comment. We strongly encourage feedback from potential users, developers and others, whether OASIS members or not, for the sake of improving the interoperability and quality of OASIS work. We also welcome interested parties to join the TC as it continues to further development of its specifications. Please feel free to distribute this announcement within your organization and to other appropriate mail lists.

More non-normative information about the specification and the technical committee may be found at the public home page of the TC at:
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=soa-rm. Comments may be submitted to the TC by any person through the use of the OASIS TC Comment Facility which can be located via the button marked "Send A Comment" at the top of that page, or directly at:
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/comments/index.php?wg_abbrev=soa-rm.

Submitted comments (for this work as well as other works of that TC) are publicly archived and can be viewed at:
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/soa-rm-comment/. All comments submitted to OASIS are subject to the OASIS Feedback License, which ensures that the feedback you provide carries the same obligations at least as the obligations of the TC members.

The specification document and related files are available here:

Editable Source:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/soa-rm/soa-ra/v1.0/soa-ra-cd-02.doc
PDF:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/soa-rm/soa-ra/v1.0/soa-ra-cd-02.pdf
HTML:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/soa-rm/soa-ra/v1.0/soa-ra-cd-02.html


This specification was previous submitted for a 60-day review on 9 May 2008 under the title: Reference Architecture for Service Oriented Architecture Version 1.0.[1]

OASIS and the OASIS Service Oriented Architecture Reference Model TC welcome your comments.


Mary P McRae
Director, Standards Development and Technical Committee Administration
OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society
email: mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org
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[1] http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200805/msg00003.html
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