RE: [ebsoa] Groups - DiscussionDraft-VisionStatement (VisionStatement.ebSOA_DiscussionDraft.doc) uploaded

Goran,

 

Some responses.

 

While we have to explain our purpose - we have to be careful to not
re-hash familiar ground for the reader.  We only have their
attention for a short while - and I know that when people hit "page
down" and see more several pages of tight text - they stop! 
Better to make the message short and to the point in the Vision - and
leave the long version for the specification...  I know there's
lots of things you would want them to read - but reality is they are
not going to ; -)

 

Short and succinct in the Vision is vital.

 

I like my "XML scripted" assertion.  Since this is fundamental
to what OASIS does - I feel its essential that we state this. 
I've got flak from the BOD before now - particularly WRT the BCM spec's
because there is no apparent mention of XML artifacts - a staple
apparently of what OASIS is!  Overall also - I do believe that
XML-scripting is a key to successful SOA.  People think of XML
just as schema and data.  Alerting them to the other facet of XML
is important.  I do not think this is overly technical.  It
is up to executives to insist that XML-scripting is at the heart of
their SOA implementations.  All to often today - everything is
hard coded - and just gives the semblence of being "agile" - when in
reality everything needs to be changed by hand by programmers whenever
a schema or other component is changed within the "SOA".

 

Similarly - with BCM - this is one specification that is particularly
aligned with ebSOA IMHO - and is about to be (all things being equal) an
approved OASIS specification by Friday.  Relating our work to
approved standards I believe is important and provides people with a
clear foundation.  I see an emerging family of approved OASIS
standards here - and folks should be able to see where ebSOA fits
amongst that.

 

In the case of the BCM - it also saves us having to reiterate things
that it already covers off for us - particularly at the business
level.

 

Point taken that TC members need to assimulate exactly what that all
is - however - overall I sense this should be a savings in time and
effort overall...

 

DW

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From: "Goran Zugic"
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Date: Tue, March 28, 2006 10:39
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To: "David RR Webber (XML)" <>
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David,

 

What you removed and modified in the
document is more than the "motherhood and apple pie stuff ". I think
these are one of the most important parts that would help readers of
the document to better understand the core of ebSOA TC architectural
solution and vision. 

 

You also added 

 

"
-  Software development itself is
become open and global and based upon interoperable components that can
be adapted and purposed using particularly XML scripted
mechanisms.  Providing the roadmap for using such components in a
coherent, reliable and proven way is the value desired by
implementers.

 

"

 

paragraph in the "Background" section. I
think that the "XML scripted mechanisms" is too technical stuff
for this kind of the document. For your information, we decided to take
out technical details (we had before) out of the vision document long
time ago.

 

I also do not understand your BCM-related
additions to the document. I think that this TC needs to better
understand BCM or any other related specs before explicitly mentioning
it in the document like this one.  At the same time, you can also
see that we have not explicitly mentioned any specific standard specs
except the standard "groups" like ebXML and Web Services. However, I
believe that BCM will find its place in ebSOA TC specs.

 

Goran

 

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Subject: RE: [ebsoa] Groups -
DiscussionDraft-VisionStatement
(VisionStatement.ebSOA_DiscussionDraft.doc) uploaded

Folks,

 

Attached edited version - I did more changes et al -
plus re-organization.

 

Eventually I believe we need three documents - this one seems to be
merging all three into one! ; -)

 

The good news is - what I see is very good - I'd venture to say the
best we have ever had.

 

Sometimes though we veer off into telling people motherhood and
apple pie stuff - so I've deleted what I saw as falling into that
category.  Less is more always!!

 

The three eventual products that I see we need are:

 

1) Revised Charter - short succinct - two pager.

 

2) Executive Summary / Outreach / Press Release type material
explaining applicablity of Charter to the real world

3) Approach
and Roadmap to guide our own internal work products

 

I think we can easily derive these from the document - and I've
attempted to re-organize it a bit to make this a bit clearer. 

 

Talk with everyone at 3pm (caveat - I'll be driving around school
parking lots collecting children)

 

Thanks, DW

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Date: Tue, March 28,
2006 11:07 am
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Sally,

I have few comments that are included in the attached file.

Regards,

Goran

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