Re: [ebxml-cppa] [ebxml-dev] New WSCI spec competes with BPSS?

[James Bryce Clark <jamie.clark@mmiec.com>]

At 11:35 AM 6/13/02, Karsten Riemer - Sun IR
Development wrote:
> Marty,
> I am not sure from where you got the attachments that you sent out, nor
> what the background is for any statements made.  On the relationship
> between BPSS and WSCI, however, I would encourage everyone to read the
> FAQ at:
> http://wwws.sun.com/software/xml/developers/wsci/faq.html#1q1

    Hello Karsten -- great to hear from you!  I
hadn't heard of this.  Thanks for the reference.   
    Are you actively involved?  If not, is there a
front person or committee or something live (as opposed to HTTP) to which
we can be directed for further info?  I didn't see any contacts on
the site you provided other than OracularEMailBot@sun.com.
    Is this indeed aligned with BPMI, Intaglio's stuff and
the SAP-Sun-Commerce One axis?   I may be woefully behind on my
industry gossip by now.  But obviously, today, who sponsors a group,
and whether they choose to run it solo, in a vendor forum or a neutral
one, are of some significance -- both to users, and to official standards
groups trying to do the right thing in handling IP issues.  So in
triangulating this work, it would be helpful to get more data on the
pedigree here.  (The web site has positioning statements about how
it's better than or works with each xXML, but not about why a new one was
started.)  Is there any statement about why this was done as a
one-off coalition?  It looks rather like WS-I Lite, from the
outside, but I am not really in a position to tell.   

Best regards  Jamie

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