RE: FW: Call for Review: XML Protocol Activity Proposal

[Marc Breissinger <marcb@webmethods.com>]

Following the links in the email, I came across the following verbage in the
Briefing Package for the W3C XML Protocol Activity:

********
External Groups
The Core XML Protocol WG should liaise with at least the following groups
outside W3C:

IETF
The Activity will informally liaise with work done in any IETF Working Group
that might be created as a result of the recent BLOCKS proposal

ebXML Transport Routing and Packaging
The Activity will informally liaise with work done in the Transport, Routing
and Packaging project team within ebXML (electronic business XML). ebXML isg

a joint activity of UN/CEFACT (the United Nations body responsible for
UN/EDIFACT), the international EDI standard and OASIS (Organization for the
Advancement of Structured Information Standards).

It is also anticipated that the W3C may in the future charter additional
Working Groups in areas of description, discovery, and features providing
added semantics to the basic framework.
*********

Looks like they are open to work together at some level.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rik Drummond [mailto:drummond@onramp.net]
> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 10:55 PM
> To: sutor@us.ibm.com; marcb@webMethods.com
> Cc: ebXML Transport Mailing List
> Subject: RE: FW: Call for Review: XML Protocol Activity Proposal
>
>
> that leaves small companies or consultants.... who in our group fits those
> criteria?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sutor@us.ibm.com [mailto:sutor@us.ibm.com]
> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 2:46 PM
> To: marcb@webmethods.com
> Cc: ebXML Transport Mailing List
> Subject: Re: FW: Call for Review: XML Protocol Activity Proposal
>
>
> I recommend that this project team nominates someone who isn't
> likely to be stringly involved via their own organization (eg, not
> companies like IBM, Sun, Commerce One, etc.) and then we try
> to get them on the eventual working group via the invited expert route.
> ebXML needs someone who is both highly knowledgeable about the
> subject but who really represents this organizations interests.
>
> ..........................................................
> Bob Sutor
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> Marc Breissinger <marcb@webmethods.com> on 07/23/2000 03:06:59 PM
>
> Please respond to marcb@webmethods.com
>
> To:   ebXML Transport Mailing List <ebXML-Transport@lists.ebxml.org>
> cc:
> Subject:  FW: Call for Review: XML Protocol Activity Proposal
>
>
>
> Looks like W3C has made their protocol efforts official.  We'll need to
> figure out how to approach this effort.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Lapp [mailto:jlapp@webmethods.com]
> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 12:34 AM
> To: octo@webmethods.com
> Subject: Fwd: Call for Review: XML Protocol Activity Proposal
>
>
> >Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 15:32:47 -0700
> >From: Janet Daly <janet@w3.org>
> >To: w3c-ac-members@w3.org
> >CC: ph@w3.org, ylafon@w3.org, frystyk@microsoft.com, fallside@us.ibm.com
> >Subject: Call for Review: XML Protocol Activity Proposal
> >
> >
> >Dear Advisory Committee Representative,
> >
> >This serves as a Call for Review of a proposal for the XML Protocol
> >Activity, explained in detail in the briefing package at:
> >
> >    http://www.w3.org/2000/07/01-XML-protocol-BP.html
> >
> >The proposal and call for review is in compliance with section 3.1.1  of
> >the W3C Process Document, at:
> >
> >http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/Process-19991111/activities.html
> #ActivityCreation
> >
> >Please review the briefing package and return your comments according to
> >the procedure below.
> >
> >If you have any questions or need further information, please contact
> >Yves Lafon, proposed XML Protocol Activity Lead. His email address is
> >
> >    ylafon@w3.org
> >
> >
> >for Tim-Berners Lee, Director;
> >
> >Yves Lafon, proposed XML Protocol Activity Lead
> >ylafon@w3.org, +33.(0)4.92.38.79.43
> >Janet Daly, Head of Communications
> >janet@w3.org, +1 617 253 5884
> >
> >--------------
> >
> >Procedure
> >
> >   1. Read the full Briefing Package:
> >      http://www.w3.org/2000/07/01-XML-protocol-BP.html
> >
> >   2. Before 24:00 GMT 18 August 2000, fill out the form below, and
> >      send to
> >
> >    xml-protocol-review@w3.org
> >
> >   3. The W3C Director will announce his decision by 31 August 2000.
> >
> >Your response will be held in confidence by the W3C Team. If you would
> >like to share your comments with other Members, please use
> >w3c-ac-forum@w3.org
> >
> >>From the Briefing Package Executive Summary
> >
> >With the increasing popularity and use of XML, a number of XML protocols
> >have emerged for building distributed applications including e-commerce,
> >business logic, workflow management, etc. Although the scope and feature
> >set of these protocols vary greatly, there is a trend towards a common
> >core set of functionalities which most of them provide.
> >
> >Recently W3C has organized meetings at XTech 2000 and WWW9 on the topic
> >of XML protocols, resulting in significant community support for
> >creating a W3C Activity which defines this core set of functionalities.
> >
> >The purpose of the W3C XML Protocol Activity is to define a protocol
> >framework that promotes interoperability and decentralized extensibility
> >on the Web. The proposed Activity consists of an XML Protocol Core
> >(XML PC) Working Group with the charter to define a lightweight and
> >simple framework consisting of two parts:
> >
> >     1. An envelope for encapsulating XML data to be transferred
> >    in a lightweight manner that allows for distributed
> >    extensibility and evolvability as well as intermediaries.
> >
>
> >     2. A mechanism for serializing data representing non-syntactic
> >    data models such as object graphs and directed labeled graphs.
> >
> >In order to focus the work, a list of related but non-essential features
> >has been defined explicitly as out of scope. This list includes features
> >like
> >
> >     Directly handling binary data
> >     Compact encodings and compression issues
> >     Explicit transport services
> >     Explicit application semantics
> >     Metadata description of services
> >
> >It is proposed that the all technical Working Group discussions are to
> >take place on the public <xml-dist-app@w3.org> mailing list.
> >
> >It is proposed that the XML PC Working Group takes the recent SOAP/1.1
> >submission as a starting point, although it is authorized to make
> >incompatible changes if there are solid technical reasons for doing so.
> >
> >---------------------------
> >FORM BEGINS
> >
> >I, ____________________ ,
> >
> >W3C Advisory Committee Representative of
> >
> >[name of Member organization]
> >
> >available via electronic mail at:
> >
> >[ac representative email address]
> >
> >having read Briefing Package for the XML Protocol Activity hereby cast a
> >ballot:
> >
> >( ) My organization agrees that W3C should proceed as proposed.
> >
> >   [ ] We intend to participate, should the interest group be formed
> >        as proposed. (Please make a special note if you are
> >        willing to volunteer for the co-chair or editor positions.)
> >
> >   [ ] We suggest the following (non-critical) modifications
> >        to the proposal: ____
> >
> >
> >( ) My organization requests the following critical changes.
> >    The Activity should not be started without these changes.
> >
> >   [ ] We intend to participate, should the interest group be formed
> >        as we request.
> >
> >( ) My organization requests that W3C not deploy resources on this
> >    Activity at all.
> >
> >Intellectual Property Rights (please choose one)
> >
> >    ( ) We do not have intellectual property rights relating
> >        to XML protocols
> >
> >    ( ) We have disclosed our IPR following the procedure at
> >        http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/Process-19991111/#ipr
> >
> >
> >FORM ENDS
> >
> --
> Joe Lapp              (http://www.bugsplat.com)
>
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