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

[Norman Paton]

I think there is an obvious answer to this, which is that you certainly 
shouldn't care now, or at least you shouldn't rush to intercept this 
emerging activity.

Brief history of specifications that support state (dates not checked):

- 2002: OGSI arrives.  2004 OGSI dies.
- 2004: WSRF arrives. 2006 WSRF dies.

Lesson: minimise explicit dependencies in your specifications, in 
particular to proposals that support state.

Regards, Norman


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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