xml-dev - Services-based automation (WAS RE: Realistic proposals to the W3C ?)

["Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@ingr.com>]

NPR radio ran a satire last night on the evolution 
of web sites that do B2B.  I almost lost control 
of the car in the cloverleaf because I was laughing 
so hard.  They nailed it precisely.  Cluelessness was 
a prime theme.

But let's not blow the services-approah off.  That 
actually works although it may not be as important 
to people whose primary experience is web-surfing.  
For organizations that need logistical support for 
large systems, this kind of technology is ideal 
because they have already defined processes in detail.
It is a good basis for requirements because it is NOT a 
metaphor.  The Semantic Web simply tells me that there 
is something to be done involving meaning and leaves 
the usual suspects to figure that out.  I don't want 
to wait for that.

Before people get too far on this, it would be useful 
to review XLang and understand how the macro-level 
transactions can be designed with the nesting of 
the micro transactions.  There is a lot to learn 
and understand.  It isn't automatic, but once 
set up, it is highly automated.  It absolutely 
depends on a solid reliable framework and in fact, 
is dangerous without it.

I should have said, I want the pizza service to 
get me a pizza, not have the pizza oven looking 
up mozarella to determine it is a type of cheese. 
The oven might want the cheese bringer to know 
that.


Len Bullard
Intergraph Public Safety
clbullar@ingr.com
http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard

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-----Original Message-----
From: Bill dehOra [mailto:wdehora@cromwellmedia.co.uk]

 "What have buyers been doing for years?" asks Edward McCabe, a B2B
analyst at Merrill Lynch. "Whittling down their preferred-vendor list."