Kremena, I am not aware of a "globally recognized" list that puts the various standards acronyms into an architectural perspective (i.e., that describes how they are inter-related and their overlaps). However, I am aware of at least one effort that is attempting to build a framework (conceptual model) of various ebusiness standards. That conceptual model is being developed by an team within the eBusiness Standards Convergence (eBSC) Forum - see http://www.mel.nist.gov/div826/msid/sima/ebsc/index.htm I am a member of the team that is building the conceptual model. One of the stated purposes of the conceptual model is "To provide an approach for standards developers to effectively communicate eBusiness-standards-related concepts among one another promoting more effective standards development, cross-industry standards collaboration, and standards adoption and deployment" Since the conceptual model is only in draft form and not ready yet for public review, I am not at liberty to share it at this time. Ron Schuldt Senior Staff Systems Architect Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems 11757 W. Ken Caryl Ave. #F521 Mail Point DC5694 Littleton, CO 80127 303-977-1414 ron.l.schuldt@lmco.com -----Original Message----- From: Kremena Gotcheva [mailto:infom@bcci.bg] Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 9:27 AM To: Schuldt, Ron L Cc: ebxml-dev@lists.ebxml.org; dill@gefeg.com Subject: Alphabet soup, was RE: hey whilst we are all asking for things Ron, Thanks for the interesting links. One never stops learning ;-) While on the topic of implementation/adoption: you and many others on the list will be familiar with the fact that part of every technology adoption, be it in a private or public organization, is getting non-technical management's approval. To do so, one must report. Can you give me some best practices on how to report the alphabet soup - the difference/interrelations between UDEF, CCTS, ebXML, WSDL, UDDI, and, and, and... The IT world of today is full of thriving acronyms that are difficult to follow and virtually impossible to communicate in a nutshell. Is there a globally recognized, neutral, more or less comprehensive list of acronyms with a schema what technology fits where and what is it good for - a kind of who's who in the acronym mess? If not, I think creating one would greatly facilitate interoperability efforts since IT people will make their needs clear to decisionmakers. I would be happy to work on setting such page up and maintaining it - maybe even as part of the work on the GFP topic on Ecommerce and business [1]. Actually, in case such who's who doesn't exist, please regard this mail as a call to start an open process on the topic. If enough volunteers write me on or off list, I'll set up some kind of discussion forum. Please indicate your background, and views on the presentation of the theme. Also, what would be the critical mass of participants for the success of such undertaking, in your opinion? Thanks in advance, Kremena [1] http://www.gfptt.org/topics/eCommerce The ebxml-dev list is sponsored by OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> The list archives are at http://lists.ebxml.org/archives/ebxml-dev/ To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/>
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