Seems ok with me too. - Venkat
On 10/17/07, Simon Nash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Luciano Resende wrote: > > > "...establish a Project Management Committee charged with the > > creation and maintenance of open-source software for distribution > > at no charge to the public, that simplifies the development, > > deployment and management of distributed applications built as > > compositions of service components, where the components may be written > > using any of a wide range of programming languages and where the > > components can be connected using any of a wide range of communication > > technologies. This software will implement relevant open standards > > including, but not limited to, the SCA and SDO standards defined by the > > OASIS OpenCSA member section." > > > >>From the paragraph above, should we use "...where the components may > > be written using any of a wide range of technologies..." to allow for > > script/dynamic languages, and other technologies such as BPEL, etc ? > > > I think changing "programming languages" to "technologies" is an > improvement. > This language would also encompass declarative components like XQuery. > > I wonder if we could shorten this just a little. How about: > > "...establish a Project Management Committee charged with the creation > and maintenance of open-source software for distribution at no charge > to the public, that simplifies the development, deployment and management > of distributed applications built as compositions of service components. > These components may be implemented with a range of technologies and > connected using a variety of communication protocols. This software will > implement relevant open standards including, but not limited to, the > SCA and SDO standards defined by the OASIS OpenCSA member section." > > Simon > > > > > On 10/16/07, Jean-Sebastien Delfino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Mike Edwards wrote: > >> > >>>Folks, > >>> > >>>ant elder wrote: > >>><snip> > >>> > >>>>Having both the last two sentences start "This software will..." > doesn't > >>>>sound perfect to me so if we are able to move the "for distribution > >>>>at no > >>>>charge..." bit up to the top that seems better, which gives: > >>>> > >>>>...establish a Project Management Committee charged with the > >>>>creation and maintenance of open-source software for distribution > >>>>at no charge to the public, that simplifies the development, > >>>>deployment and management of distributed applications composed of > >>>>independently acting, loosely coupled, linguistically heterogeneous > >>>>components connected using any of a wide range of communication > >>>>technologies. This software will implement relevant open standards > >>>>including, but not limited to, standards defined by the OASIS > >>>>OpenCSA group. > >>>> > >>>>That first sentence is starting to get quite long but unless anyone > >>>>can come > >>>>up with some better wording I could live with that. > >>>> > >>>> ...ant > >>>> > >>> > >>>I'm sorry, but I don't find this wording at all convincing. I suspect > >>>that most people would be mystified by the section: > >>> > >>>"distributed applications composed of independently acting, loosely > >>>coupled, linguistically heterogeneous components connected using any > >>>of a wide range of communication technologies" > >>> > >>>So, let me try another version, which turns out to be longer, but I > >>>hope that it is easier to comprehend. I also explicitly mention SCA > >>>and SDO since these are two core standards that are implemented by > >>>Tuscany. > >>> > >>>"...establish a Project Management Committee charged with the > >>>creation and maintenance of open-source software for distribution > >>>at no charge to the public, that simplifies the development, > >>>deployment and management of distributed applications built as > >>>compositions of service components, where the components may be > >>>written using any of a wide range of programming languages and where > >>>the components can be connected using any of a wide range of > >>>communication technologies. This software will implement relevant open > >>>standards > >>>including, but not limited to, the SCA and SDO standards defined by > >>>the OASIS OpenCSA member section." > >>> > >>> > >>>Yours, Mike. > >>> > >> > >>This version looks better to me. I was a little mystified by the > >>"linguistically heterogeneous" part as well :) I like the "built as > >>compositions of service components" which describes well what we do in > >>Tuscany and the fact that you explicitly mention the SCA and SDO > standards. > >> > >>-- > >>Jean-Sebastien > >> > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
