[INFOD-WG] [Fwd: WS-ResourceTransfer draft published]

[Dieter Gawlick]

Chris,

could you please educate the group during the F2F; maybe it would be a 
good idea to connect with Stephen.

Dieter


Chris Kantarjiev wrote:
> How much do we care?
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Today, IBM, Microsoft, HP, and Intel published on their respective web
> sites the first draft specification from the WSDM and WS Management
> convergence roadmap called Web Services Resource Transfer (WS-RT).
>
> http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/specification/ws-wsrt 
>
>
> This convergence work is in response to our customers request for a 
> common
> set of open standards for the management of resources, devices and
> applications with the goal of achieving interoperability.  Both WSDM and
> WS-Management use lower-level specifications so the approach being 
> used is
> to build on existing specifications defining a set of enhancements that
> enable convergence.  WS-RT is the technical evolution of the OASIS
> WS-Resource Framework and W3C member submission WS-Transfer refactoring
> work from both.  WS-RT describes how a resource manager can manipulate 
> the
> XML representation of a resource.  When the state of a resource can be
> modeled as an XML document, WS-RT defines a mechanism by which SOAP 
> can be
> used to query and manipulate the state of that resource.  Additionally on
> August 16, the WS MetadataExchange specification was republished to
> incorporate changes for better integration with WS-RT.
> ------------------------------------
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject:
> WS-ResourceTransfer draft published
> From:
> Guru Bhat <Guru.Bhat at Oracle.com>
> Date:
> Mon, 04 Sep 2006 15:04:26 -0400
> To:
> ws_stds_us <ws_stds_us at oracle.com>, STANDARDSLEADERS_WW at oracle.com
>
> To:
> ws_stds_us <ws_stds_us at oracle.com>, STANDARDSLEADERS_WW at oracle.com
>
>
> FYI...
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Today, IBM, Microsoft, HP, and Intel published on their respective web
> sites the first draft specification from the WSDM and WS Management
> convergence roadmap called Web Services Resource Transfer (WS-RT).
>
> http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/specification/ws-wsrt 
>
>
> This convergence work is in response to our customers request for a 
> common
> set of open standards for the management of resources, devices and
> applications with the goal of achieving interoperability.  Both WSDM and
> WS-Management use lower-level specifications so the approach being 
> used is
> to build on existing specifications defining a set of enhancements that
> enable convergence.  WS-RT is the technical evolution of the OASIS
> WS-Resource Framework and W3C member submission WS-Transfer refactoring
> work from both.  WS-RT describes how a resource manager can manipulate 
> the
> XML representation of a resource.  When the state of a resource can be
> modeled as an XML document, WS-RT defines a mechanism by which SOAP 
> can be
> used to query and manipulate the state of that resource.  Additionally on
> August 16, the WS MetadataExchange specification was republished to
> incorporate changes for better integration with WS-RT.
> ------------------------------------
>
> The link above includes the following text:
> "Customers and vendors should continue investing in solutions and 
> products based on the
> implementations of the current specifications related to this work. 
> The vendors are assuring that
> this harmonization of the competing specifications will be a smooth 
> evolution from today's
> environment and provide a simplified technology base for the future. 
> As the new specifications are
> finalized a clear migration path will be defined."
>
> I am reading this to mean that we should continue to work with the 
> existing WS-Management
> specification, but keeping an eye on what is happening with the new 
> specifications and new versions
> of existing specifications.  At some stage, probably after our 1.0 
> release, we will want to migrate
> to the newer specifications.
>
> Éamonn
>
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