Re: Revised: Mission Statement

I also agree with Assaf that the 2 definitions of our mission statement are not bad, just a bit too generic.

Assaf Arkin wrote:

> Daniel_Austin@grainger.com wrote:
>
> ><mission statement group = "ws-chor" type="CSF level 0" version = "1.0">
> >The mission of the Web Services Choreography Working Group at W3C is to
> >specify the means by  which Web Services may collaborate with external
> >systems, specifically in the composition of multiple services and the
> >sequencing of messages among them.
> ></mission statement>
> >
> I have a few comments on the specifics of the definition, but what I
> like about this definition is that it's so generic that it allows us to
> consider alternative outputs. Back in May, Mike Champion proposed the
> idea (quoted below) that we specify the way in which existing
> technologies should be used to handle choreographies. Considering all
> the discussions we've had on WSDL yes/no, XSDL good/bad, pi-calculus vs
> no-calculus, best practice and implementation nightmares, I think doing
> just that would by itself offer tremendous value to the community.
>
> 3. Basically do what WS Aarchitecture should do but doesn't really have the
> focus or the expertise to do well: Make sense out of the bleedin' nightmare
> that is WS Choroegraphy  / Orchestration / Business Process Execution /
> Business Process Description / Workflow / etc.  Define the principles,
> describe how they apply to the various "standards" out there now or in
> production, and generally act as a referee in the food fight that is going
> on.
>
> ><mission statement group = "ws-chor" type="CSF level 0" version = "1.1a">
> >The mission of the Web Services Choreography Working Group at W3C is to
> >specify one or more XML-based languages building on the foundation of WSDL
> >1.2 to provide interoperability among Web Services in their communications
> >and ordering of events.
> ></mission statement>
> >
> >
> That definition is not bad, just a bit too generic. WS-RM.1 and WS-RM.2
> already do that ;-)
>
> arkin
>
> ><mission statement group = "ws-chor" type="CSF level 0" version = "1.1b">
> >The mission of the Web Services Choreography Working Group at W3C is to
> >specify the means by which Web Services interoperate, how composition of
> >Web Services is performed, and how the sequencing of events among services
> >may be regulated to ensure interoperability.
> ></mission statement>
> >
> >
> >As always, just my US$0.02, YMMV.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >D-
> >*************************************************
> >Dr. Daniel Austin
> >Sr. Technical Architect / Architecture Team Lead
> >daniel_austin@notes.grainger.com <----- Note change!
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> >
> >"If I get a little money, I buy books. If there is anything left over, I
> >buy clothing and food."
> >-Erasmus
> >
> >
> >
>
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