- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 09:02:57 -0400
- To: "Ian B. Jacobs" <ij@w3.org>
- Cc: www-tag@w3.org
I just had another thought about the architecture document, for the TAG's consideration. One of the problems I've encountered in communicating my undertanding of Web architecture in the XML Protocol and Web Services Architecture WGs, is that while many appreciate the utility of an "information space", they don't see it as being relevant to the problems they have to solve. Hence the current trend towards inventing a new architecture that is basically OMA/CORBA, which most Web services proponents have used to solve their business problems in the past. I'd really like to see something in the architecture document that talks about the "range of Web architecture"; what sorts of tasks can be coordinated between Web agents, be they human or machine? For example, is Web architecture sufficient(*) to permit two parties to coordinate the purchase of a some shoes, without human intervention? What about three or more parties? etc.. If this is something folks would like to see, I'd be happy to write up some strawman text. And FWIW, I think this would be well suited to an appendix. (*) note that while current standards may not be sufficient for these things, my question is, is the *architecture* sufficient? MB -- Mark Baker, CTO, Idokorro Mobile (formerly Planetfred) Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. distobj@acm.org http://www.markbaker.ca http://www.idokorro.com
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