Re: Concern with basic ebXML TRP Syntax/Semantics]

["Michael Champion" <Mike.Champion@softwareag-usa.com>]

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From: "Kit (Christopher) Lueder" <kit@mitre.org>
To: "ebxml-requirements" <ebxml-requirements@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 4:01 PM
Subject: [Fwd: Concern with basic ebXML TRP Syntax/Semantics]


> If I understand right, the ebXML TRP
> solution is MIME based only, which is not an XML solution.

> I quote the last paragraph from Section 1 Introduction of the ebXML
> Requirements:
> "A key aspect for the success of the ebXML initiative is adherence to
> the use of the W3C suite of XML and related Web technical
> specifications.  Although these specifications may not provide the
> optimal technical solution, acceptance of ebXML by the business
> community and technical community is tied to XML.  Alternative
> technologies and technical specifications may be incorporated as part of
> the ebXML solution.  However these alternative technologies and
> specifications will only be provided as an alternative to the provided
> XML solution unless the W3C XML and related Web technical specifications
> can not accomplish the same business functionality."

I *hope* that widely supported IETF standards such as MIME fall into the set
of "XML and related Web technical specifications".  XML has a feature called
NOTATION that does more or less what MIME does, but is much less widely
understood and supported.