Issue 32/R307: Suitability for use across organisational boundar ies

Folks,

I have been asked to draft a resolution to Issue 32[3] which derives from
requirement R307 [4] based on the scenario work that John Ibbotson has been
contributing [3]. Here's my first draft:

"The XML Protocol requirements document [1] contains several design
scenarios that are relevant to operation across organisational boundaries:

  S6 Encrypted Payload, 
  S7 Third party (business) intermediary,
  S8 Conversational message exchange,
  S10 Message header and payload encryption,
  S11 Communication via multiple intermediaries (inc non repudiation of
message route),
  S19 Sending non-XML data,
  S20 Multiple asynchronous responses.
  [May wish to expand/trim this list -- could simply omit this list]

Many of these design scenarios arise through liason with the ebXML
community.

Work currently in progress [2] illustrates how each of these scenarios may
be realised in using SOAP 1.2 and therefore demonstrate the suitability of
SOAP 1.2 for use across organisational boundaries."

Best regards

Stuart
[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlp-reqs
[2] http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/Group/1/10/18-us/XMLProtocolUsageScenarios
[3] http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/Group/xmlp-issues.html#x32
[4] http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlp-reqs/#z307