- From: Howard N Smith <howard.smith@ontology.org>
- Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 12:32:53 +0000
- To: public-ws-chor@w3.org
JJ said: >I would be really interested in your opinion about choreography versus orchestration. >Howard thinks that choreography are necessary. I have heard otherwise from some of >the prominent pi-calculus experts. It all depends upon your definition of these terms. Frankly, I dont think definitions exist. And I dont believe the matter can be easily discussed in the abstract. For some, the matter is important to the direction in which standards are developing, to others, to the development of products, to others, the adaptation of existing products. The issue is, given the VERY WIDE set of DIFFERENT needs at OASIS BPEL TC and WS CHOR, what COMMON GROUND exists. Unless common ground is defined, no one will have any reason to implement BPEL. Of course, there will always be a core group with a clear BPML/BPEL mission and who are or have developed products. For me, processes have an inside and an outside. Processes can be put together in a bunch of different ways. Some may be called composition, some orchestration and some choregraphy. BPMI.org took the view that technology should treat the result as a first class citizen entity. --- New Book - Business Process Management: The Third Wave www.bpm3.com Howard Smith/CSC/BPMI.org cell +44 7711 594 494 (operates worldwide, dial UK) office +44 20 8660 1963
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