[provision] Provisioning meta-data...

One key issue comparing the current SPML specification to
the alternative proposed by Gerry Woods is issue of provisioning meta-data. The
current specification use a protocol specific means to define the meta-data,
where as the alternative proposal uses XML Schema. I think it would be helpful
to look at different protocols that use each approach as a means of evaluated
the likelihood of success or adoption of each approach.

 

Some protocols that use protocol specific meta-data
mechanisms are:

 

UDDI

DSML

OMI

ebXML

 

 

What are some protocols that use XML Schema to define
meta-data (other than WSDL and SOAP)?

 

 

Jeff Bohren

Product Architect

OpenNetwork Technologies, Inc