Joe,
Seems like they were floundering around in the
tunnel when their flashlight ran out and they
missed the crown jewel at their feet...namely BPSS
V2.
Interestingly they sight my article in their
references:-
http://www.xml.org/xml/feature_articles/2000_1107_miller.shtml
which clearly shows that ebXML predates web
services, but everywhere their references
allude to the reverse situation.
Having missed BPSS they also did not pick up on the
"Fusion of Five" and how
enabling Agents is the critical fifth piece.
Clearly OWL-S plays most strongly in this
arena and could definately provide enhanced
semantics around BPSS and CPA.
Oh well - ships in the night.
Thanks, DW
----- Original Message -----
From:
Chiusano Joseph
To: ebXML Regrep (ebXML Regrep)
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 10:50
PM
Subject: [regrep] OWL-S W3C Submission:
Reference to ebXML
Not sure if any
others have seen this yet - it's OWL-S' "Relationship to Selected Other
Technologies[1]" as part of its 22 November 2004 W3C Submission. The
technologies discussed are:
WSDL
SOAP
UDDI
BPEL4WS
CDL
ebXML
Grid services
OWL and SWRL
WSMO
The ebXML section
is brief, with nothing earth-shattering (but good for us to be aware of). Key
points:
-
Although ebXML does not restrict the means of B2B interaction to Web services,
their focus is essentially the same as that of
OWL-S.
- Since OWL-S
provides a language for the description of the behaviour of Web services, its
scope is complementary to that of ebXML. In fact, OWL-S descriptions could
themselves be used within ebXML to describe the business processes of
interacting Web services.
[1] http://www.w3.org/Submission/2004/SUBM-OWL-S-related-20041122/#ebxml
Kind Regards,
Joseph Chiusano
Booz Allen Hamilton
Strategy and Technology Consultants to
the World
