Re: [tequila/sls] comments on SLS scope

From: Abdallah Rayhan (arayhan@nortelnetworks.com)
Date: Tue Apr 10 2001 - 16:00:54 CEST

  • Next message: Panos Georgatsos: "Re: [tequila/sls] comments on SLS scope"

    Panos,

    See comments below.

    Panos Georgatsos wrote:
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    > My understanding from reading the ebXML specifications (please correct me if I
    > am wrong) is that the two parties exchanging messages are assumed to be servlets
    > at known URLs. Therefore, reliable message transfer between
    > 'only-Web-browsing-enabled' customers and a server is not cosidered by ebXML
    > specs. For this, I said that ebXML is suitable for business-to-business type of
    > communication and not so much for customer-to-provider type of communication.
    > One might think that in the latter case, reliability is not the issue; however,
    > in the case of service negotiation, reliability in message transfer is
    > essential, I think.
    >
    > As I understand it, ebXML is not yet cast in stone, so is it not technically

    Is ebXML support part of the charter? As far as I know, it is not.
    Not that I am against ebXML, I think it is good initiative. The
    thing is if we tie ourselves with ebXML and the standardization
    of it takes longer than expected, how would that help SLS?
    Also, it may be the case that some vendors see less value in
    supporting ebXML but they want to support SLS. For that, I
    think the SLS should be as independent from ebXML as possible
    but that should not preclude the need for integrating with
    ebXML in the foreseeable future.

    my 2 cents

    regards
    Abdallah



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