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

["John Evdemon" <John.Evdemon@microsoft.com>]

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 

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From: John Evdemon [mailto:John.Evdemon@microsoft.com]
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 11:32 AM
To: wsbpel-primer@lists.oasis-open.org
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:

• US and Canada: +1 866 500 6738, Passcode: 600345
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• All others: +1 203 480 8000, Passcode: 600345

Sorry again about the long wait between calls.  

 

Thanks! 

 

John