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Subject: RE: Collaboration Services (was: Business Service Interface)


I like to use "choreography" as a more general notion than "sequencing" --
for example, a business collaboration protocol choreographs an interaction
among partners/parties.

Tony Weida
Edifecs

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Haugen [mailto:linkage@interaccess.com]
> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 2:43 PM
> To: 'ebxml-tp@lists.ebxml.org'
> Cc: 'ebXML-BP@llists.ebxml.org'
> Subject: RE: Collaboration Services (was: Business Service Interface)
>
>
>
> <Bob Haugen>
> I also think that in many (if not most) of those cases, the
> sequence is not
> managable by sequence numbers or any other document-local rules, but
> requires interaction with something like actual business objects at one or
> both ends of the collaboration.
> ..
> In other words, sequencing of business collaborations may require
> collaboration software with some business intelligence, it may not be
> manageable exclusively by sequence numbers or linked lists.
> </Bob Haugen>
>
> <Nikola Stojanovic>
> I don't know whether "the sequence" and "sequencing" would be the
> best terms
> (I might rather use something like "Temporal constraints between
> (Economic,
> Business?) Events"), but I strongly agree with the assertions: "is not
> manageable by sequence numbers or any other document-local rules" and "it
> may not be manageable exclusively by sequence numbers or linked lists".
> </Nikola Stojanovic>
>
> Thanks for the feedback, Nikola.  I agree that sequencing is
> not the best term; I just used it to hark back to the previous
> threads on that subject.
>
> Re: >(Economic,Business?) Events
> In the ebXML metamodel, EconomicEvents are transfers of
> EconomicResources from one Partner to another, for example
> a shipment or payment.  EconomicEvents are subtypes
> of BusinessEvents, which cover almost any other event
> of managerial interest.  The reason for specializing
> EconomicEvents is that they have special behavior
> and relationships, for example, EconomicEvents
> may fulfill EconomicCommitments, e.g. shipments
> may fulfill orders.
>
> Regards,
> Bob
>


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