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Subject: RE: confusion on where to discuss trading partners
I don't think we should try and make the defaults deprecated if we can help it. -----Original Message----- From: richard drummond [mailto:rvd2@worldnet.att.net] Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 7:01 AM To: Christopher Ferris Cc: David Burdett; ebxml-transport@lists.ebxml.org; ebxml-tp@lists.ebxml.org Subject: RE: confusion on where to discuss trading partners but the defaults on the transport system should be thought of as a depreciated tpa.... so that this will work without one if necessary for the start up mode and for very small organizations.... rik -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Ferris [mailto:chris.ferris@east.sun.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 8:45 AM To: richard drummond Cc: David Burdett; ebxml-transport@lists.ebxml.org; ebxml-tp@lists.ebxml.org Subject: Re: confusion on where to discuss trading partners I'm not sure that TR&P will be functional without the TPA. That's where all the gory details are kept regarding where and how. Chris richard drummond wrote: > > my overall take on this is that the transport should be usable with out the > tpa, in a degraded mode maybe. pass that i have not thought about it enough > to make a suggesting or a determination on what i believe is appropriate... > rik > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Burdett [mailto:david.burdett@commerceone.com] > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 3:58 PM > To: ebxml-transport@lists.ebxml.org; ebxml-tp@lists.ebxml.org > Subject: RE: confusion on where to discuss trading partners > > Marty > > I agree with you when you say we need the separation of responsibilties > between TRP and TP properly defined. However I think they do overlap so we > need to make sure they are clear. Here are my ideas ... > > THE BASIC SPLIT OF RESPONSIBILITIES ... > --------------------------------------- > 1. TRP is responsibile for: > a) defining (amongst other things) the content and structure of the ebXML > Header Document that accompanies a document > 2. TP is responsible for: > a) defining what information (the Party Profile) one party must hold about > another before they can send an ebXML compliant message to another party > b) defining how two (or more) parties can negotiate and agree the content > of the information and record it in a Trading Partner Agreement (TPA) > > PROBLEM AREAS AND SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS ... > ----------------------------------------- > PROBLEM 1 > There is a use case where, the information one party holds about another is > sent in an ebXML message (see the 2nd use case in the attachment to my > email: Dated: Tue 08/22/2000 2:36 PM; Subject: Trading Partner/Party > Discovery/Agreement Use Cases). This means that there is a conflice between > 1a) and 2a). > SUGGESTED SOLUTION > 1. TRP amends the ebXML Message Header so that there are place(s) in the > document structure to either: > a) reference a previously agreed the Trading Partner Agreement, > b) hold an actual Trading Partner Profile > 2. TP specifies what goes into the Party Profile > > PROBLEM 2 > TP cannot completely specify what goes into the Party Profile as some of it > will be dependent on, for example, how the TRP team specifies the parameters > that are needed to control reliable messaging. > SUGGESTED SOLUTION > 1. The TRP team specifies the parameters needed to control the behavior of > an ebXML Messaging Service using two main sources of information: > a) existing profile specs, e.g IBM's TPA/ML, eCo > b) the requirements of the ebXML Messaging Services Spec itself > 2. The TP team uses this information to help it develop a specification for > the Party Profile that is then reviewed and agreed with the TRP team. > > Hope this helps. > > David > PS Was the "very senior individual in ebXML" Bob Sutor? > =========== > To: ebxml-transport@lists.ebxml.org, ebxml-tp@lists.ebxml.org > cc: > From: Martin W Sachs/Watson/IBM@IBMUS > Subject: confusion on where to discuss trading partners > > A very senior individual in ebXML has noticed a lot of discussion of > trading parners on the TRP list and asked me to remind everyone that > discussion of trading partners belongs on the TP list. I agree. > > However I also recognize that trading partners will continue to come up in > TRP discussions because a large fraction of the TPA consists of > messaging-service configuration information. We should all be sensitive to > the need to transfer any discussion thread to the TP list when it becomes > exclusively devoted to trading-partner matters. > > As a practical matter, I urge that anyone interested in the subject of > trading-partner profiles and electronic TPAs subscribe to both the > transport and the TP lists. > > Praying for a successful delivery (to both lists), I am > > Yours sincerely, > Marty > > **************************************************************************** > ********* > > Martin W. Sachs > IBM T. J. Watson Research Center > P. O. B. 704 > Yorktown Hts, NY 10598 > 914-784-7287; IBM tie line 863-7287 > Notes address: Martin W Sachs/Watson/IBM > Internet address: mwsachs @ us.ibm.com > **************************************************************************** > ********* -- _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Christopher Ferris - Enterprise Architect _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ Phone: 781-442-3063 or x23063 _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Email: chris.ferris@East.Sun.COM _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ Sun Microsystems, Mailstop: UBUR03-313 _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ 1 Network Drive Burlington, MA 01803-0903
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