Re: Distributed Registry Proposal Approach

[Farrukh Najmi <najmi@east.sun.com>]

Klaus,

I was asking a simple questions for which I did not get an answer. Which of the 3
use cases are the perceived as the target of what needs to be done for phase 1?
Thanks for your (hopefully) one line answer.



Klaus-Dieter Naujok wrote:

> On Sun, 01 Apr 2001 16:32:11 -0400, Farrukh Najmi wrote:
>
> >Most of us are not privy to what went on in StC. We heard it second hand from
> >Scott and at least I am not sure what the StC wanted. The requirements are not
> >clear.
>
> Farrukh,
>
> I am not going to address how the interface between the StC and
> the Project Team is to work. Scott passed along the information
> from the last call, and if I am not mistaken you were at the StC
> meetings in Vancouver where this topic did come up as well.
>
> As to not being sure what the StC wants, let me make it clear that
> this not as much of a StC request, but that of all ebXML potential
> users. This issue of "discovery" has been put forward many times.
>
> As to your comments and question in regard to the focus, I will
> try to keep it brief since I have no intention to start another
> debate. This team needs to move on and produce its final
> specification NOW!
>
> As to my answer, let me point to what Mike Rawlin's said to you -
> it is a good summary where the team is standing and where it needs
> to go. This team is already late with having a specification that
> meets the needs. To continue to argue which way is best, you
> option are limited, to be exact, you have no time to come up with
> your own solution. Maybe with unlimited time this team can invent
> a perfect solution. But given that you have no time, find a
> solution that meets as much as possible for what is needed. UDDI
> seems to be the answer for the problem we trying to address, that
> of the yellow pages (finding out who is a chocolate producer). It
> may not be perfect but it addresses the issue. ebXML will provide
> the green pages (how to do business with any particular chocolate
> producer). That is where your teams work comes in. This team has
> done a good job on providing the stuff that UDDI is not providing.
>
> So let me again urge you all to stop debating and move forward.
> The user has a simple requirement to discovery, that of a single
> entry point for finding a chocolate producer that is ebXML
> enabled. UDDI can be that entry point technically and commercially
> since the industry has indicated support behind it. Let's use it,
> including SUN ONE. Even if we had time to reinvent our own
> solution would it ever be implemented knowing that there is a
> similar solution with large support? I wish nothing more than that
> then world would only use ebXML, but that simply is a wish knowing
> that we are not alone out there. We have a lot to loss, let's not
> be our worst own enemy by ignoring market trends. UDDI does not
> supply all the answers, that is where ebXML comes in. The same way
> SOAP did not do it all and we had to add.
>
> Regards,
>
> Klaus
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> Klaus-Dieter Naujok                          ebXML & TMWG Chair
> Netfish Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, Chief Technology Officer
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Regards,
Farrukh

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