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

[Mark Little <mark.little@jboss.com>]

There are people out there using WS-Context now who aren't members of 
OASIS (cost, time, whatever). I still think it's a useful specification.

Plus, Redhat is about to join the TC (I think) :-)

Mark.


Martin Chapman wrote:
> Just playing devil's advocate here... If we can't get enough parties (at
> least three) to 
> sign up for an interop workshop, is it really worth progressing to OASIS
> Standard?
>
> Cheers, 
>   Martin.
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mark Little [mailto:mark.little@jboss.com] 
>> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 11:27 AM
>> To: ws-caf@lists.oasis-open.org
>> 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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