Re: ebXML TR&P Interoperabiltiy event

[mwsachs@us.ibm.com]

Any need to share code or hardware in the real world will defeat the whole
purpose of ebXML.  One of the most important requirements on what we in IBM
Research are doing with tpaML and its runtime is that there must be no
requirement for a pair of partners to use the same application code,
run-time middleware, or hardware.

If anyone is really worried about IP in the business process area, build
the demo based on the business process layer of a public-domain protocol
such as OBI.  It wouldn't be OBI because it would have ebXML messaging
instead of the current OBI messaging but it should avoid any IP hassles at
the business process layer.

Regards,
Marty

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Christopher Ferris <chris.ferris@east.sun.com>@lists.oasis-open.org on
06/20/2000 06:41:01 AM

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To:   Nicholas Kassem <Nick.Kassem@eng.sun.com>
cc:   ebXML Transport <ebXML-Transport@lists.oasis-open.org>
Subject:  Re: ebXML TR&P Interoperabiltiy event



Nick,

Yes, I think that this would be a good idea. However, it would
seem to me that it would be necessary to share an example
business process to prove interoperability, no?

e.g. the same set of message types. Either that, or some
form of generic message handler which logged the messages
and returned (or triggered) some reasonable follow on message
would be needed to demonstrate the ability to map a specific
type of message from a specific partner to a specific handler, etc.

The business process folk will want to see that as evidence that
all is rosy.

Cheers,

Chris

Nicholas Kassem wrote:
>
> Dear Transporters,
>
> I am thinking through what it would take to establish a regular
> interoperability event demonstrating TR&P functionality. Given that we
have
> an upcoming meeting in August, it would be good if we had an engineering
> level event where we could work through implementation issues, problems
> etc. This is not going to be a marketing event though we may choose (if
the
> participants elect to do so) publicize our findings. My thinking is that,
> in this way, we will not discourage immature implementations from coming
> forward.
>
> The goal will be to shake-out bugs in early implementations and improve
the
> specifications.
>
> My expectation is that there will be no need to share code, or hardware
to
> accomplish this. So participants who have concerns about IP should expect
> to be able to share a mail-server, a private network and that's about it.
> Hosting of Web servers, development tools etc. etc. will be a private
> matter and implementation specific.
>
> If you feel that wire-level interoperability is an important dimension of
> the ebXML TR&P work - please contact me directly. Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Nick
>
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> Java Software, Sun Microsystems Inc.,
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