ebXML proof-of-concept

[Philippe DeSmedt <PDeSmedt@viquity.com>]

All,

There has been strong support for the Fujitsu proposal, and I'd like to add
mine as well. It identifies the key areas that we need to show at the next
ebXML meeting.

Having also read the GCI proposal (including the hand-out from the PoC
planning meeting in San Jose, and the memo and associated picture that
Melanie sent out earlier this afternoon), I believe that a marriage of the
two would be a good way to go. The Fujitsu proposal is a good blueprint for
the structure and architecture of the demo, and the GCI proposal complements
it with the necessary demonstration model (business process, payloads,
etc.).

As Krishna from Cisco pointed out, it would indeed be worthwhile to identify
facilitators for each of the roles (sender, receiver, hub, repository,
etc.), so that the PoC can be more easily coordinated. 

I'd like to volunteer Viquity to coordinate the hub role, as we did for the
San Jose PoC. Based on other companies' participation and a more detailed
analysis of what the proposed PoC requires, we could also play additional
roles.

The Fujitsu and GCI proposals are both very sound and complement each other
very well, and I trust that combined they can form the basis for a
successful PoC in November. 

I'll look forward to others' suggestions and alternative proposals as well.

-Philippe 
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