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Subject: Re: [wsrm] Candidate Frequently Asked Questions for the OASIS website
The first question that is asked by people looking at ws-reliability is -- what is the difference between this spec and ws-reliablemessaging? Are we going to put that in the FAQ? -Anish -- Tom Rutt wrote: > The following FAQ's were provided by Alan Weissberger in his White paper. > > We should discuss these on email and on the call. OASIS Staff want us to > give them > a set of FAQs to put on the web site. > > -------------------- > . Frequently Asked Questions > > 1. Who is participating in the OASIS WSRM TC and how often do they meet? > A variety of companies are active in the WSRM TC. The members include: > Booz Allen Hamilton, BT, Cyclone Commerce, Fujitsu (3), Hewlett-Packard, > Hitachi(3), NEC Corporation(2), Novell, Oracle (3), SAP, See Beyond, SUN > Micro (2), University of Hong Kong. There are also many observers. > Membership in OASIS is required to participate in the WSRM TC. Telecon > meetings are held weekly and face-to-face meetings are held about every > two or three months. > > 2. When will the WS Reliability spec be completed and what is it based on? > Agreement was reached in Nov 2003 on a committee draft spec (v0.52), > which was implemented in a demo at the Philadelphia XML Conference, in > February 2004. The TC has recently voted on a committee draft spec > (v.0.992) which is out for public review, to complete on April 19, 2004. > Note that the spec is based on Requirements issues that have been > compiled for the committee’s internal use (over 100 requirements have > been identified). > > - An OASIS standard could be approved in the 2nd Quarter of 2004, after > the public review. > > 3. Who participated in the demo of WS Reliability? > Fujitsu, Hitachi, NEC, Oracle, and SUN Micro. The demo was based on > v0.52 of the spec. > > 4. Who will benefit from the completed WS Reliability spec? > > • WS middleware companies that implement the spec will benefit because > it will be universally interoperable. Initial testing can be done with > any company that implements it. The license to implement the spec is > royalty free. > > • Application program developers will also benefit, as their web based > applications will be reliable and robust, operating over WS Reliability > middleware. Using the implemented middleware will also be royalty free. > > • WS End users will benefit in accordance with their application > requirements. For example, “at most once delivery” implies duplicate > elimination. This is important for placing orders, banking transactions, > and insurance claims processing. If an end user is sending a Purchase > Order, for example, he wants to know it actually arrived at the > destination and it arrived exactly once (not multiple times). This is > particularly vital for financial applications. > > 5. Who will generate application specific profiles for the WS > Reliability spec? > > WS-I will most likely develop such profiles. The WS-I Requirements > Working Group has already discussed doing this upon completion of the spec. > > > > > > > > > >
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