RE: [wsbpel-primer] Quick update: 2/10 call

Forgot to paste in the URL!  

 

The updated draft of the primer is here: http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/wsbpel-primer/download.php/16618/wsbpel-primer-draft-05.rtf 
  

 

John 

  

  
  From: John Evdemon 
  [mailto:] 
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 
  11:32 AM
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Subject: 
  [wsbpel-primer] Quick update: 2/10 call

  

  
Hello 
  all,

  
 

  
Believe it or not 
  we finally had a call today!  Please accept my apologies for canceling 
  past calls - I've been a bit swamped by my "real job" on this 
  end...

  
 

  
Dieter and I were 
  the only ones on the call.  I posted an updated draft of the primer 
  here:

  
 

  
Here is a list of 
  the changes in this version:

  
    
Replaced Basic 
    Concepts section with scenario from Thomas Erl's book (see Documents section 
    for an MS-Word version of the original source). (Thomas: I tweaked the 
    description of the scenario since the context was hard to follow without 
    having the rest of your book available.) Justification: Thomas' scenario is 
    simpler and I see no reason to simply repeat the scenario used in the spec 
    itself. Since this is a Primer we want things to be simpler, yes? 
    
    
Answered most of the 
    questions in the FAQ with fairly short blurbs. Please review the FAQ - what 
    other questions should we include here? (Note: does anyone want to tackle 
    the "what's changed between 1.1 and 2.0 question? Its apparently not going 
    to be included in the actual spec. 
    
Added a special 
    thank-you to Thomas in the acknowledgements section (with a short plug for 
    his book that is the source for this content)

  
Still 
  to-do:

  
    
Format TOC 
    headers within the Basic Concepts section and rebuild the TOC/index (will 
    leave formatting stuff until last) 
    
Dieter and Simon 
    have been working on content for the Basic Concepts section and will merge 
    it into the content from Thomas' book 
    
Advanced section 
    - Dieter and Simon 
    are planning to develop content for this section as well but have not yet 
    started.  I plan to take an initial crack and generating some content 
    targeting the value of abstract processes for Section 7.2 - let me know if 
    this is something you would like to assist with! 

    
Determine if 
    history/goals/etc can be moved into the WS-BPEL spec. I think they 
    should.   I've contacted the spec editing team but nothing came of 
    it.  I may simply join the spec ed team and drive the effort push this 
    stuff into the spec myself..

  
Action Items for 
  everyone before the next call:

  
    
Have a look at 
    the current draft posted at http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/wsbpel-primer/download.php/16618/wsbpel-primer-draft-05.rtf and 
    post some feedback.  Feel free to make changes to this doc (make sure 
    "track changes" is enabled).  I'm especially interested in getting 
    feedback on: 
    
      
The FAQ: what 
      questions are missing here?  How accurate are the answers I plugged 
      in? 
      
Suitability of 
      Thomas Erl's scenario.  Again, its much simpler than the scenario in 
      the spec but given this is a primer I think a simpler scenario is 
      appropriate.  What do you think? 
      
Read over the 
      content from Thomas' book that I plugged into the Basic Concepts section - 
      is it sufficient?

    
Let me know if 
    you would like to assist with Section 7.2, focusing on the value of abstract 
    processes.

  
Our next call will 
  be on 2/24 starting at 11 AM ET.  (we're back to a bi-weekly 
  schedule).  Call in information is below:

  
    
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Sorry again about the long 
  wait between calls.   

  
 

  
Thanks!  

  
 

  
John