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Frederick Hirsch
Nokia
On Apr 2, 2007, at 11:41 AM, ext Jeff Mischkinsky wrote:
> To the Members of the WS-RX, WS-SX, and WS-TX Technical Committees,
>
> Recently many of the WS-* specifications in the OASIS WS-RX, WS-SX
> and WS-TX Technical Committees have reached, or are close to
> reaching, the significant milestone of becoming OASIS standards. As
> these specifications are being completed at different times and in
> different committees some of their normative references are not
> synchronized. Some of these specifications reference the W3C
> submission of WS-Policy 1.2. Some of these specifications reference
> both the WS-Policy 1.2 submission and WS-Policy 1.5 which is still
> in progress at the W3C. Some of these specifications reference
> final OASIS specifications and others reference the contributed
> drafts.
>
> We believe that it would be beneficial to the community to have the
> same references in a synchronized set of the RX, SX, and TX
> specifications. Having a consistent set of synchronized references
> across all of these specifications could enhance eventual interop
> profiling, provide a more consistent experience across
> implementations and provide a basis for subsequent specifications.
> We propose that after the current specifications in the OASIS WS-
> RX, WS-SX and WS-TX TCs have reached OASIS Standard status and
> after W3C WS-Policy 1.5 is a W3C Recommendation that the references
> in the RX, SX, and TX specifications should be updated to create a
> new synchronized set of standardized versions of the RX, SX and TX
> specifications. We would like to see these updated references point
> to only the WS-Policy W3C Recommendation. We recommend the TCs'
> charters should be clarified to reflect this direction.
>
> Thank for your consideration,
>
> Gilbert Pilz, BEA
> Tom Rutt, Fujitsu
> Bob Freund, Hitachi (2)
> Chris Ferris, IBM
> Paul Cotton, Microsoft
> Frederick Hirsch, Nokia (1,3)
> Jeff Mischkinsky Oracle
> Sanjay Patil, SAP (3)
>
> (1) not a RX member
> (2) not a SX member
> (3) not a TX member
>
> --
> Jeff Mischkinsky
> Director, Oracle Fusion Middleware and Web Services Standards +1
> (650)506-1975
> Consulting Member Technical Staff 500 Oracle Parkway,
> M/S 4OP9
> Oracle Redwood Shores, CA 94065
>
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