Notes from WS BPEL issues coordination call Aug 27

[Diane Jordan <drj@us.ibm.com>]

Here are my notes from the call
today.  I've also uploaded them in a document on our web site.  
Let me know if you see anything I missed/misinterpreted. 

Participants: Diane Jordan,
Monica Martin, Peter Furniss, Robert Carpenter, Bob Haugen
Proposed issues for Sept 3.
Agenda:
- Follow
up on Issue 11 – we want to decide the direction for solution.  There
hasn’t been much email traffic on this since last week’s meeting.  
It may mean there are too many folks on vacation this week – if so, we’ll
defer decision from the TC call on 9/3 to a web ballot to allow everyone
enough review time.
- Issue
23:  we’re supposed to get proposed rewording from Kartha/Bernd this
week for review prior to the call next week.  I will send a reminder.
- Issue
42: Sid’s request to cover formalism will be on the agenda if the authors
are back and ready to discuss.  Otherwise we'll defer.
- Issues
25 and 52 have had active email traffic – I will ask appropriate folks
to provide summary/proposed solution if possible.  It was noted that
for issue 52, we might need to have a decision on what the real question
is. 
- One
of the Choreology team may give a short overview of the new BTM related
issues that have been opened and the connections to the existing issues
as a “send ahead” for the proposed discussion at the f2f. 

F2F agenda:
- This is the early thinking from
John and I on the f2f agenda.  I’ve added times but only as examples
to help solidify our thinking – they are open to discussion:
- Day 1  
   1- 1:30 Intro/admin
   1:30-3:30  Use
cases
   3:30 – 5:30 Authors
review goals document
- Day 2
   8:30 – 10:00 Choreology
team reviews BTM paper
   10:00 – 12:00  issues
related to BTM paper (new and existing)
   1:00 – 2:00 Wrap
up on BTM/related issues
   2:00 – 3:30  Issues
related to another major topic (eg, Correlation)
   4:00 – 5:30 Issues
related to another major topic (eg  compensation if not already covered
in context of btm discussion or others)
   Evening “BoF”’s
may be arranged if desired
- Day 3
   8:30 – 9:00 Update
from spec editing team  
   9:00 – 10:00 Update
from liaisons: WS Choreography and CEFACT BPWG  
   10:00 - 11:00 Discuss
work plan and milestones 
   11:00 – 12:00  Wrap
up – summary, actions items, etc.  
- Additional topics we may want
to include:
   Implementations –
topics of interest led by those involved in implementing   

Action items for this team:
- Peter/others on the Choreology
team will go through existing issues and identify those they see as linked
to the btm paper and discussion prior to the f2f (maybe by next week?).
  
- We will all review the categorization
views (Monica’s document shows both her input and some of the authors’
) and our opinions on the email levels for the associated issues and see
if we can come up with suggestions for 1-2 other categories and the issues
associated with them that may be good for discussion at the f2f.  If
these are available by Friday, I will include them in the agenda for next
week’s TC call – otherwise, we’ll bring them up however seems best –
if possible by email before the call otherwise in real time on the call.
 
- Diane will contact those in the
lead on issues proposed for the Sept. 3.
- Diane will start to contact those
who may be part of the f2f agenda to determine their availability and willingness
(eg, liaisons, spec editing team, …)

Additional discussion 
Questions came up regarding the
the Choreology paper that are likely to be raised by others on the TC as
well.  Appropriate IP statements would be provided in accordance with
Oasis policy.  The paper is being presented as a reference document
rather than a normative one.  There is a consideration that the BPEL
spec should make reference to functionality rather than other specs that
may or may not be normative and/or widely adopted. 


Regards, Diane
IBM  Dynamic e-business Technologies
drj@us.ibm.com
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