RE: Questions prompted by the publication of WS-ReliableMessaging

Questions prompted by the publication of WS-ReliableMessagingI agree with
Ugo. Reading through the abstract it's obvious that we have two
specifications that solve the same problem. Is there a value in that?

I actually dug deeper into the specs and I can tell that there are some
differences. But most of us don't have the time to compare green apples to
red apples. It would have been much easier if someone could present a list
of the difference. If WS-ReliableMessaging does something better than WS-RM
then clearly it could be summarized in two pages and presented to the WS
community so we can judge.

Maybe they are so different that we need to have both. I don't see that, but
a more educated explanation would help. Maybe the changes are minor, in
which case such a comparison could help the OASIS TC in addressing the
problem of reliable messaging in a much better way.

Am I the only one interested in seeing such a comparison?

arkin
  -----Original Message-----
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  Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 12:46 PM
  To: 'Ugo Corda'; www-ws-arch@w3.org
  Subject: RE: Questions prompted by the publication of WS-ReliableMessaging


  I suggest you need to read the specs slower rather than quicker :-)
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    From: www-ws-arch-request@w3.org [mailto:www-ws-arch-request@w3.org]On
Behalf Of Ugo Corda
    Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 12:44 PM
    To: www-ws-arch@w3.org
    Subject: Questions prompted by the publication of WS-ReliableMessaging


    Probably most people in the group have had a chance by now to see this
week's announcement of the publication of WS-ReliableMessaging (see [1]).

    After a quick reading of the spec, I have to say that I don't see any
major architectural/technical differences compared to the OASIS
WS-ReliableMessaging TC activity and its input document WS-Reliability (or
at least differences big enough to justify going a completely separate way).


    I really hope that some WSA members whose companies published the new
reliability spec can help me clarify the previous point and provide some
architectural/technical rationale for the separate publication.

    Thank you, 
    Ugo 

    P.S. No need to answer if the rationale for publication is a political
one (I can figure that out by myself ...). 

    [1] http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-03-13-a.html