Re: Suggestion for ebXML Knowledge Dissemination

["William J. Kammerer" <wkammerer@foresightcorp.com>]

Bob Haugen apologized for there being too many UML diagrams in the
Business Process Tech Spec. He continues: "On the other hand, I
published a couple of all-text versions before the UML version, and
people found them difficult to decipher, too.  I suspect it is the
difference between writing a spec and writing a simple explanation.
Lots of the XML specs have had this problem, too.  I promise to write a
simple explanation after the attempt at a precise spec gets approved."

Bob:

It may just be me.  My eyes glaze over when I see all these flowcharts
with boxes labeled "Economic Resource Type" pointing via geegaws that
"govern" or whatnot.  I don't have patience for this stuff - it's like
reading tons of C++ and Java code in programming books.  I can actually
read the W3C XML stuff - text and a few diagrams don't intimidate me!

I have glanced over some of your and Bill McCarthy's REA stuff at
http://www.supplychainlinks.com/ and it was eminently readable.  How
much of REA transferred over (or will be adapted) into ebXML's BP?  And
if a lot, then at a minimum the BP Tech spec should have a bibliography
referring to the REA papers so ordinary mortals who hate flowcharts can
figure out what BP is doing.

William J. Kammerer
FORESIGHT Corp.
4950 Blazer Memorial Pkwy.
Dublin, OH USA 43017-3305
(614) 791-1600

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