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[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: WS-Addressing to W3C: Is the Tide Turning?
 Michael wrote: > IMHO, standardization of this stuff makes sense, even though *at > present* the different implementation components that need to exchange > routing information tend to be proprietary or custom-written. agreed - we've had to implement our own addressing headers to route asynchronous messages in the absence of an interoperable standard with clear IP. > After all, you have a bunch of fierce competitors coming to the W3C and > saying that they would like to see a Recommendation for this so that > they can interoperate better. I'm inclined to give them the benefit of > the doubt. me too, and their coming to the W3C has been backed by a number of end-user organisations petitioning them directly and indirectly inside fora such as the WS-I. > The absolutely last thing the W3C should do, assuming they want to ever > get a web services submission again, is say "thanks, but no thanks, we > don't think that needs to be standardized." i wonder if the worry isn't the other way around. if the submission of WS-Addressing is seen by vendors as a success (as opposed to SOAP 1.2 and WSDL 2.0 which have taken a long time to standardise) then the W3C may be swamped by 100 other competing WS-* specs all waiting to be ratified. It's a fine line the W3C has to now tread - do they give these half-made specs like WS-Addressing (or even WS-MD) a "rubber stamp" and risk devaluing the W3C brand, or risk timely adoption by applying full participation and lengthy process to a Recommendation? Paul -- Paul Sumner Downey http://blog.whatfettle.com 
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