Joe, Since the conceptual model is being developed by industry volunteers and NIST is simply a facilitator, I don't believe it falls into the same category as public information developed by a government organization such as NIST - but I also might be wrong. The eBSC conceptual model team had a telecon yesterday (Mark Palmer of NIST also attended) to discuss the status of the model. We all agreed that the model needed better definitions for the various categories (rows) of standards. We felt that the current definitions are too ambiguous and therefore might cause various industries to improperly indicate within their assigned column which standards they are using, adopting or evaluating for possible adoption. The intent is that once the conceptual model is complete, various industries would be able to fill-in the cells online associated with their assigned column. By simply having this information publicly available would provide a tremendous leverage point for the convergence of ebusiness standards. 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: Chiusano Joseph [mailto:chiusano_joseph@bah.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 10:18 AM To: Schuldt, Ron L Cc: Kremena Gotcheva; ebxml-dev@lists.ebxml.org; dill@gefeg.com Subject: Re: Alphabet soup, was RE: hey whilst we are all asking for things Ron, If the conceptual model is being developed by a group that is sponsored by a federal agency (such as NIST), I believe (but could be wrong) that it has to be considered public information. Joe "Schuldt, Ron L" wrote: > > 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/> -- Kind Regards, Joseph Chiusano Associate Booz | Allen | Hamilton 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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