Re: UDDI, ebXML, and ecoFramework

["Paul R. Levine" <plevine@telcordia.com>]

Mike,

Brian Hayes of CommerceOne worked closely with the BP team in the development of
its metamodel to make sure it was based on the eCo framework, considered to be
elegant and mature.  "Aligns" is probably an overused term these days, with
multiple efforts being pulled together.  While the use of eCo for trading
partner registration and discovery may not have been overtly discussed in ebXML
plenary meetings, it was discussed and agreed to in BP meetings.

Regards,

Paul




Mike Rawlins <rawlins@metronet.com> on 09/08/2000 01:06:31 PM

Please respond to rawlins@metronet.com

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cc:    (bcc: Paul R. Levine/Telcordia)
Subject:  Re: UDDI, ebXML, and ecoFramework




Thanks, Rik, but there are only two specific references to eCO in the BP
metamodel document v2.
They say:

126 -129

2. Markets and Parties
This is the part of the model that allows organizations to register
themselves relative to the markets they perform in and the types of services
they offer. This aligns with the first four of the seven layers of the eCO
framework.

679 - 680 "an eCO style self-registration on your own site might be
workable'"

I assume that the first reference is the most significant.  I'm not familiar
enough with eCo or the BP work effort to know whether "aligns" means just
"corresponds to" or "is based on".  In either case, I still think that
making a generalization about planning to use eCo is still an overstatement.



rik drummond wrote:

> mike the references are in the bp documents.... and were there before we
> read them at the tmwg meeting.... rik
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Rawlins [mailto:rawlins@metronet.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 11:02 AM
> To: ebxml-stc
> Subject: re: UDDI, ebXML, and ecoFramework
>
> All,
>
> I appreciate Klaus' prompt action in addressing the issues UDDI raises
> with his note yesterday.  However, I think that there's a
> misrepresentation in that our plans for using the eCo Framework were
> stated in a stronger fashion than they actually are.   To my knowledge,
> no team has yet developed or approved at the team level even high level,
> informal requirements for trading partner discovery, much less come out
> with a firm position that we plan to use a specific approach such as
> eCo.  It is certainly the opinion of several of us that ebXML will end
> up specifying eCo, but giving the impression now that ebXML has already
> made that decision is premature and inaccurate.  Such representations
> can only have negative consequences, and I request that Klaus and the
> rest of the Executive Committee be a little more careful in the future
> with their statements about such technical matters.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Michael C. Rawlins, Rawlins EC Consulting
> http://www.metronet.com/~rawlins/

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