Proposal for Registry REST Interface subcommittee

Team,

 

Enclosed below is the proposal for creating a new subcommittee to
focus on creating a REST interface for Registry.

 

This will be an agenda item for the next TC meeting to discuss.

 

Anyone interested in technical details / participation /
contributing - please feel free to contact me directly to discuss.

 

Thanks, DW

"The way to be is to do" - Confucius (551-472 B.C.)

Proposal for REST interface development SC for ebXML Registry.

In keeping with the TC Charter focus on developing future versions
of

the OASIS ebXML Registry Specifications with consideration of
related

technologies adopted by other forums - the REST sub-committee
will

develop a specification document to allow implementers to develop
a

complimentary optional REST-based interface for Registry (the
REST

support will follow the REST principles). This will not replace the

existing interface - but augment the access methods

that Registry can support based on the existing RIM and APIs. The
SC

will first formalize the scope and use cases to be addressed
using
REST-based interfacing and then develop formal mechanisms and

specification details to implement that. This will be tailored
to

ensure focus on rapidly attainable results.  The goal will be
to

support a limited common set of use cases, rather than an extended
set.
One particular use case will be to support development of AJAX-based

user interfaces for registry. If REST is determined to be poorly
suited

to support a particular interface mechanism then that will be
simply

documented and noted. Later work may then optionally address this
when

better understanding and practical experience provide better insights.

Deliverables for the SC: 
- Slide Presentation: Includes, Use cases, Requirements, Motivations,
Assumptions and Overview of Technical proposal. 

- Detailed Technical specification on REST-based Interfacing
which

  the sub-committee will deliver for review by the Registry TC.

- Paper on "REST-based interfacing using the ebXML Registry". Venue
for
submission of paper will be determined later. 

Schedule for the SC:

- Deliverables due within 6 months from start of the SC effort.

 

Provisional Chair: David RR Webber (subject to approval vote)