Re: [tequila/sls] comments on SLS scope

From: Abdallah Rayhan (arayhan@nortelnetworks.com)
Date: Mon Apr 02 2001 - 22:00:43 CEST

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    Panos Georgatsos wrote:
    >
    > Hello,
    >
    > Bandler, Paul wrote:
    >
    > > Forgive my intrusion on this discussion (I am normally a silent and
    > > infrequent monitor of this list), but if I understand correctly, the
    > > discussion is about how to go about producing a standardized framework for
    > > negotiating SLS which will lead to contractual SLA's between service
    > > providers and customers right? Also you're considering the role of
    > > modelling to represent a semantic model of the universe of discourse and
    > > then possibly using XML as a data exchange and possibly storage format....
    > > Well, in that case is it not reasonable to consider SLS/SLA negotiation as a
    > > vertical market application of any eCommerce transaction and align with the
    > > ebXML (http://www.ebxml.org/index.htm) efforts to create a standard
    > > approach, framework and communication infrastructure for eCommerce?
    >
    > Your proposal indeed makes sense and it should be sought for.
    >
    > ebXML has been considered for providing the underlying reliable message
    > exchange service required for exchanging the service negotiation messages
    > between a customer and a provider. In fact, we have specified a service
    > negotiation protocol (SrNP) for negotiating the TEQUILA SLSs, where we have
    > specified exactly the interfaces to a reliable message exchange service (such as
    > ebXML). However, I think, the current ebXML specifications are not suitable for
    > B-C type of communication, as it is the case in SLS negotiation. Therefore, in
    > the current implementation of SrNP, we have specified and developed a message
    > exchange service (ala ebXML, also capable for B-C communication) based on http
    > or on tcp.
    >

    Is SrNP a proprietary protocol or an open standard?

    regards
    Abdallah



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