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- From: Len Bullard <cbullard@hiwaay.net>
- To: KenNorth@email.msn.com
- Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 14:27:19 -0500
KenNorth wrote:
> I thought the point of an OASIS repository was something like this:
>
> "We think e-commerce applications will be simpler to build if we develop a
> repository of shared schemas. Why don't you join us and put together a
> working group that will define schemas and transaction sets for your
> industry?"
Ask OASIS. Sounds Good (Maybe Later?) A voluntary effort is a good
thing. Question is, are the locals already writing local rules and
will get back when done?
> Perhaps your viewpoint is the reason industry-specific initiatives have been
> forming.
No. Formed. The auto industry began initiatives years ago. The effect
of that
set of behaviors was to shape the community now engaged in their
designs.
That's a given.
> Others must also have concerns that a repository means someone will
> tell them how to do business.
That is what a schema tells them if they agree to it. Data Item
Deliverable (DID).
A type named in a contract on a Work Breakdown and Schedule.
> Someone from one of the large software companies told me his customers were
> reluctant to participate because too much proprietary information would be
> exposed. (That was before ebXML and BizTalk had any schemas.)
It will. The local behavior is to shape the information to control the
means and contexts by which it is shared.
> My guess is some organizations have taken a wait-and-see attitude. If they
> like what comes out of the repository efforts and believe it serves their
> own interests, they'll participate.
Yes. Meanwhile, the namespaces they have to scribe are closer
to home than the .orgs or .coms.
len
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