Re: [ws-caf] Future of WS-Context

["Ram Kumar" <ram.kumar@oasis-open.org>]

Hi Mark,

WS-CF 1.0 committee draft is currently under a 60 day public review
and the review officially ends on 18 April 2006.

Regards,

Ram
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Little" <mark.little@jboss.com>
To: <ws-caf@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 8:27 PM
Subject: [ws-caf] Future of WS-Context


> I'd like to continue the discussion around the future of WS-CAF and 
> WS-Context. If memory serves, the last time we discussed WS-Context, 
> Martin argued that rather than move to adopt as an OASIS Standard, we 
> should first take the currently agreed specification and do some 
> interoperability testing against it. This is because the last time we did 
> interoperability (Q2 2005?) it was against a much changed version of the 
> specification. I believe we all agreed that this was a good idea but we 
> didn't get commitments for this effort from everyone, so things stalled.
>
> What I'd like to suggest is that we either agree to do some kind of 
> interoperability workshop (could be purely remote) within the next two 
> months (say a deadline of end of May 2006), or that we simply adopt the 
> current specification as an OASIS standard.
>
> This then brings me on to the subject of WS-CAF. Firstly, whatever 
> happened to WS-CF? I believe we fulfilled all of the OASIS rules for 
> getting it to a public review. Was it put up for public review? If so, 
> when does that period end?
>
> Secondly, I'd propose that as soon as WS-Context is adopted as an OASIS 
> standard, we close the TC. Although there is some interest in doing "added 
> value for WS-TX" in the scope of WS-CAF, I don't think there's enough of a 
> critical mass to make it work. I'd personally love to do the work, but 
> without companies such as Oracle, IBM and/or MSFT, I don't think it is 
> worth it.
>
> Mark.
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