- From: Assaf Arkin <arkin@intalio.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 21:24:11 -0800
- To: "Duane Nickull" <duane@xmlglobal.com>, <www-ws-arch@w3.org>
> > It seems a bit like asking IP > > to understand HTTP. On the other hand, maybe our textbook notions of > > protocol layering are not holding up in the Real World, e.g. firewalls > > arguably *should* understand IP, TCP, HTTP, SOAP, SAML, > WS-Security, etc. > > and their interrelationships. > >>>>>>>>>>> > This was driven out of a set of business requirements collected by over > 2000 contributors around the globe. The messaging layer does not need > to understand what the layers up the stack are doing, just be capable of > enforcing those rules of engagement. Therefore, a transport level > acknowledgement should not to be construed as a business acceptance of > the message etc etc. A lot of people are representing the position that in ebXML the messaging layer takes care of business level semantics, and if I understand your position the messaging layer simply takes care of the operational semantic, which is used to support the business requirement to the best of its ability. I think that point needs to be clarified. arkin > > Duane Nickull > - > VP Strategic Relations, > Technologies Evangelist > XML Global Technologies > **************************** > ebXML software downloads - http://www.xmlglobal.com/prod/
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