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Subject: RE: Collaboration Services (was: Business Service Interface)
I like to use "choreography" as a more general notion than "sequencing" -- for example, a business collaboration protocol choreographs an interaction among partners/parties. Tony Weida Edifecs > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Haugen [mailto:linkage@interaccess.com] > Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 2:43 PM > To: 'ebxml-tp@lists.ebxml.org' > Cc: 'ebXML-BP@llists.ebxml.org' > Subject: RE: Collaboration Services (was: Business Service Interface) > > > > <Bob Haugen> > I also think that in many (if not most) of those cases, the > sequence is not > managable by sequence numbers or any other document-local rules, but > requires interaction with something like actual business objects at one or > both ends of the collaboration. > .. > In other words, sequencing of business collaborations may require > collaboration software with some business intelligence, it may not be > manageable exclusively by sequence numbers or linked lists. > </Bob Haugen> > > <Nikola Stojanovic> > I don't know whether "the sequence" and "sequencing" would be the > best terms > (I might rather use something like "Temporal constraints between > (Economic, > Business?) Events"), but I strongly agree with the assertions: "is not > manageable by sequence numbers or any other document-local rules" and "it > may not be manageable exclusively by sequence numbers or linked lists". > </Nikola Stojanovic> > > Thanks for the feedback, Nikola. I agree that sequencing is > not the best term; I just used it to hark back to the previous > threads on that subject. > > Re: >(Economic,Business?) Events > In the ebXML metamodel, EconomicEvents are transfers of > EconomicResources from one Partner to another, for example > a shipment or payment. EconomicEvents are subtypes > of BusinessEvents, which cover almost any other event > of managerial interest. The reason for specializing > EconomicEvents is that they have special behavior > and relationships, for example, EconomicEvents > may fulfill EconomicCommitments, e.g. shipments > may fulfill orders. > > Regards, > Bob >
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