[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: What's your ideology for how applications should be creat
> > >Store the XML documents centrally, in an XML database. Pass > around URLs > >to the documents. > > Isn't that a single point of failure? Isn't that a challenge > for access rights management and other security issues when > many parties are involved? In my article (something that got lost in Roger's precis) I did say that this was appropriate for a workflow within an organisation, but might not be the right approach when the process crosses organisation boundaries. (Though it still might be, if there is one organisation that owns and operates the process). It does create a single point of failure, but databases can be engineered to manage that. The benefit is that you get a high level of management oversight of the operation of the process, for example it becomes much easier to see how effectively the process is running in different parts of the organisation - which (relating to the other thread) is rather useful if you are going to start designing process improvements. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/
[Date Prev] | [Thread Prev] | [Thread Next] | [Date Next] -- [Date Index] | [Thread Index] |
PURCHASE STYLUS STUDIO ONLINE TODAY!Purchasing Stylus Studio from our online shop is Easy, Secure and Value Priced! Download The World's Best XML IDE!Accelerate XML development with our award-winning XML IDE - Download a free trial today! Subscribe in XML format
|