Re: suggested changes to ebsoa content

[john c hardin <john@crossconnections.ws>]

Thanks Jacques,
I will adjust according to your advice here, and also taking into account 
Monica's advice from a few days ago.

I am moving today and tomorrow, so will not be on any calls. My apologies in 
advance.

john

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Jacques Durand wrote:
> John:
> 
> I am fine in general with the proposed updates.
> 
> One comment on the value of making the tech architecture normative: it 
> might be prudent to state the purpose of this, as a technical 
> architecture seems to already have value as best practice or deployment 
> guideline, without need to be normative. So in case some users decide to 
> deviate somehow from the canonical architecture for some reason, but 
> without breaking interoperability or portability, they should not feel 
> coerced to fit back in. I guess "normative" here implicitly calls for 
> conformance criteria, and it would be useful to state the meaning of 
> being / not being conforming here.
> 
> (now that probably just need to be in the spec if not in the charter)
> 
> Cheers,
> Jacques
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: john c hardin [mailto:john@crossconnections.ws]
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 5:24 AM
> To: ebsoa
> Cc: andy.moir@oasis-open.org; brett.trusko@oasis-open.org; Jacques 
> Durand; Dale Moberg; Monica J. Martin; James Bryce Clark; 
> ian.c.jones@bt.com; Doug Bunting; mcrawford@lmi.org; 
> david@crossconnections.ws; Keith Swenson
> 
> Subject: suggested changes to ebsoa content
> 
> Hello to all -
> The ebSOA group has undergone a change of the guard in the past two months,
> including the approval of a new chair, new secretary and new editors. In 
> that
> light, and taking into account the formation of the SOA-RM group, I 
> would like
> to start a conversation regarding the the description and charter of the 
> ebSOA
> group.
> 
> Please review the following suggested changes to the description and 
> charter. I
> am seeking feedback so that we can iterate these items until they 
> accurately
> reflect characteristics of the groups' focus. Since the ebSOA group subject
> matter is the composition of many specs into usable framework 
> architectures, I
> have included chairs of the e-Business and Service Oriented Architecture 
> groups
> for their comments also.
> 
> #### Home Page Revision ####
> 
> Change Group Description from:
> 
> "Advancing architectural patterns for using Service Oriented 
> Architecture in
> electronic business"
> 
> To:
> 
> "Delivering Service Oriented Architecture framework composition 
> guidelines, and
> accompanying technical specifications."
> 
> 
> #### Charter Revision ####
> 
> Statement of Purpose:
> 
> To provide an updated normative technical architecture specification
> illustrating the composition of e-Business Service Oriented Architectures
> through the use of the various specifications ratified by OASIS, 
> including Web
> Services and ebXML based technologies. To provide a set of high-level usage
> guidelines accompanying the technical architecture specification, with the
> purpose of illustrating the features and benefits of e-Business Service 
> Oriented
> Architectures based on OASIS specifications, for managers and project 
> teams.
> To facilitate discussion and evolution of architectural models for SOA's.
> 
> Scope - no changes
> 
> 
> Thank you. Based on the suggestions and conversation, I will make 
> changes to the
> items, and place them up for vote.
> 
> -- 
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> john c hardin
> CIO - crossconnections.ws
> 313.930.5323 cell
> mailto:john@crossconnections.ws
> 
> "The new electronic interdependence recreates the world in the image of 
> a global
> village."
> 
>      Marshall McLuhan, "Gutenberg Galaxy", 1962
>