RE: [DS7] Third part intermediary - revised

John, and others:
I was wondering if we could not raise the idea behind DS7 one level up to abstract the principle involved, and then use the blind auction place as an example
or one of several "derivative scenarios" (as per last telcon).

My proposal would be something like:

DS7: An entity serves as a broker for information exchange between anonymous consumers and suppliers of information/data, matching their needs and possibly providing additional business logic.

An example would be: <<your text here>>

Another example is: <<perhaps a publish-subscribe scenario>>

Comments?
Nilo

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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	john_ibbotson@uk.ibm.com [SMTP:john_ibbotson@uk.ibm.com]
> Sent:	Friday, February 02, 2001 6:21 AM
> To:	xml-dist-app@w3.org
> Subject:	[DS7] Third part intermediary - revised
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> Revised version as discussed in last telcon:
> 
> DS7   A blind auction marketplace serves as a broker between buyers
>       and suppliers. Buyers submit their requirements to the marketplace
> hub,
>       which broadcasts this information to multiple suppliers. Suppliers
>       respond to the marketplace hub where the information is logged and
>       ultimately delivered to the buyer.
> 
> instead of:
> DS7   A blind auction marketplace serves as an intermediary between buyers
>       and suppliers. Buyers submit their requirements to the marketplace
> hub,
>       which broadcasts this information to multiple suppliers. Suppliers
>       respond to the marketplace hub where the information is logged and
>       ultimately delivered to the buyer.
> 
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