- From: Charles Kilkenny <kilkenny@gfn.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 11:47:00 +0100
- To: <xml-dist-app@w3.org>
We would like to ask the community for opinions on RACE (the Rapid Application Communication and Emulation Protocol). We will try to avoid any kind of PR and hope we will not waste anyone's time. RACE is a general framework for messaging, XML data transfer, B2B communications, and e-commerce. RACE is not an XML protocol, but rather an underlying transport protocol (which can be used by higher-level XML protocols). The protocol supports different inter-application communication models and can be extended independent of the application. For example, to support different security models, data compression and multiplexing. We have published RACE as an Internet-Draft (http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-gfn-race-00.txt). For the XML Protocol Comparisons Table: Protocol: RACE (Rapid Application Communication and Emulation) Category: non-XML protocols Organisation: Global Financial Networks Limited Architects: Charles Kilkenny (Global Financial Networks Limited) (mailto:kilkenny@gfn.co.uk) Status: Draft Specification XML Syntax: N/A Facets: <needs clarification independent of XML facets> Example: See draft. Facets Notes: serialization - <not xml based> extensibility - yes skinnyness - yes protocol - yes interface discovery - yes transactions - logical grouping, <extendible> remote procedure - <application specific> business process - N/A security - authentication framework, <extendible> routing - <extendible, application specific> packaging - <not xml based>, <extendible for multiplexing, blocking, attachments, etc.> Thank you for your time and consideration. Kind regards, Charles Kilkenny -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Kilkenny (mailto:kilkenny@gfn.co.uk) Global Financial Networks Limited The Leys, 2c Leyton Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2TL, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1582 467 486, Fax: +44 (0)1582 467 488, http://www.gfn.co.uk
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