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Subject: RE: Doc 2 of 4: BP Worksheets and Gudielines
Ok, I will make that change in the worksheets doc (changing message to signal). Question though, this prose that you suggested... are you proposing that for inclusion in the worksheets document? I don't have an opinion as yet..... just trying to decide if I should have one or not right now :-) -----Original Message----- From: Bob Haugen [mailto:linkage@interaccess.com] Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 8:16 AM To: 'Welsh, David'; 'Marcia L. McLure Ph.D.'; 'ebXML-CCBP-Analysis (E-mail)'; 'ebxml-bp@lists.ebxml.org' Subject: RE: Doc 2 of 4: BP Worksheets and Gudielines I'm familiar with the EDI use of the word "message", and agree that is one of the sources of verbal confusion in ebXML-BP. I would be happy to settle on "signal" for the BSV-level stuff. Use Business Document where it applies. *Do not* use the word "message" at all. >I'm not sure how you could easily keep a natural desitinction between >process-based approaches and document-based ? Here is a feeble attempt, please help: Process-based approaches have communicating processes at each end of business collaborations that are a necessary part of the approach. Document-based approaches just send documents back and forth without modeling the communicating processes, or the larger patterns of communication. ebXML is a process-based approach, even at the transaction level, because the requesting and responding activities (processes of a type) govern the transactions. X12 and EDIFACT documents could be used in a process-based way (from process to process with responses etc) or in a document- based approach with single or batched documents being transmitted over the wire with no governing activities other than sending and receiving. In reality, it's the usual fuzzy line...with clear distinctions between extremes and gradations in the middle. -Bob -----Original Message----- From: Welsh, David [SMTP:David.Welsh@nordstrom.com] Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 9:57 AM To: 'Bob Haugen'; 'Marcia L. McLure Ph.D.'; 'ebXML-CCBP-Analysis (E-mail)'; 'ebxml-bp@lists.ebxml.org' Subject: RE: Doc 2 of 4: BP Worksheets and Gudielines Bob, You may find another bigger problem with "message" with the EDI folks. While X12 calls their documents 'transactions', all EDIFACT documents are formally called 'messages'. I'm not sure how you could easily keep a natural desitinction between process-based approaches and document-based ? It's not a perfect world but maybe you have to consider using the word 'signal' some more to help distinguish the extra nature involved with process-based approaches. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this elist send a message with the single word "unsubscribe" in the body to: ebxml-bp-request@lists.ebxml.org
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