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Subject: RE: Information on the UDEF - semantic equivalency mechanism
John, Thank you very much for contacting the OASIS XDI TC. We have been aware of the UDEF effort for some time but have not known about the particular details of recent activity. There are many fascinating intersections between the XDI Dataweb vision and how it proposes to accomplish "semantic equivalency" and the UDEF effort, so it very helpful to have a current set of pointers to UDEF resources. The XDI TC is in the middle of its use cases and requirements phase and expects to start work on design in early summer. We should review the UDEF work closely at that juncture. In the meantime, let me give you a new link to the XDI Dataweb white paper, as there has been one revision since the first version in January: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/6434/wd-xdi-intro-white-pa per-2004-04-12.pdf This would be the single best document for UDEF team members to review to understand the Dataweb model and the proposed XRI/XDI approach to semantic equivalency. It would be very helpful to use to understand how you would recommend UDEF fit into this model. If there is strong synergy, we could also investigate developing a formal liason, as we have done with the OASIS SAML and XACML TCs, the Trusted Computing Group, and the ISTPA (www.istpa.org). Again, thank you for getting in touch with us, and I look forward to exploring this together. =Drummond 206.364.0992 office 206.618.8530 cell -----Original Message----- From: john hardin [mailto:john@sanghainteractive.com] Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 3:30 PM To: drummond.reed@cordance.net; ronschuldt@msn.com; ron.l.schuldt@lmco.com; dsommer@comptia.org; dnickull@adobe.com; geoffrey.strongin@amd.com; jim_rapoza@ziffdavis.com; patrick.stickler@nokia.com Cc: udef.builders@topica.com Subject: Information on the UDEF - semantic equivalency mechanism Hello to the OASIS DataWeb team, Please copy this to anyone that you think might be interested. The Universal Data Element Framework (http://www.udef.org) is an upcoming open standards effort that is gaining steam in the international IT community. We are focused on developing and delivering a royalty-free, global resource for "semantic equivalency". The method is to provide a tree structure based on ISO 11179 metadata standards, using the common representation words for Object (18 total) and Property (16 total), eBusiness document formats, ontologies, taxonomies, for use as data in web services and the semantic web. Some details: Specs and Education on the semantic tree structure - http://www.udef.org/specdoc.html link is UDEF Master Trees and Spec Use cases for mechanism on registry / repository - http://www.udef.org/specdoc.html link is UDEF Registry Use Cases There is a NIST / Open Applications Group Proof of Concept in progress: http://lists.topica.com/lists/udef.builders/read/message.html?mid=809089630&; sort=d&start=217 The announcement of the permanent host for UDEF Registry is upcoming... within the next few weeks, most likely. At that point, the build process will begin on the functions defined in the use cases, and the XML'ized trees will be deployed into the Registry. We are reaching out to a number of groups, and are enthusiastic about presenting to the ebSOA group, which was scheduled for the last meeting at New Orleans, but due to scheduling conflicts, needs to be rescheduled. I am reviewing the Dataweb info, and will comment regarding where and how the UDEF can provide solutions. There are some statements of support from various IT leaders also: http://lists.topica.com/lists/udef.builders/read/message.html?mid=808424809&; sort=d&start=142 The mail list for udef.builders is archived at http://lists.topica.com/lists/udef.builders/read Thanks for your time, and best regards, John Hardin http://www.sanghainteractive.com ************************************************************** For those in the UDEF group, here are some links to the DataWeb / XDI OASIS TC, and related materials: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=xdi http://xml.coverpages.org/XDI-IntroWhitePaper20040120.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2004-01-21-b.html >OASIS Sets Path to 'Dataweb'. Effort Would Link, >Synchronize Data. >Yvonne L.Lee, Software Development Times > >OASIS in February began the second phase of work on >what it hopes will be a Web that can not only link data, but also >synchronize it. The new Web, which OASIS refers to as the 'Dataweb,' would >provide a way to publish/subscribe to information. "If you have an >application today that you want to turn into a Web service -- let's say >accounting across a supply chain -- you can design a Web service to do >that, [but] if you look at a different kind of problem, such as sharing >contact data, there are hundreds of applications that need to share >that data," said Drummond Reed, chair of the technical committee for >creating the new system. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ john c hardin director / founder - sangha interactive 877.572.5691 - 313.737.1197 cell john@sanghainteractive.com http://www.sanghainteractive.com http://www.udef.org http://www.topica.com/lists/udef.builders/read/ http://www.geocities.com/johnchardin/
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