On Nov 26, 2007, at 1:12 PM, Stefan Tilkov wrote: > On Nov 26, 2007, at 7:44 PM, Anne Thomas Manes wrote: > >> One additional feature that I appreciate in a repository is its >> ability to track and maintain information about dependencies. That >> kind of information is invaluable when it comes time to make a change >> to something. >> >> Anne > > I agree; unfortunately, this only works if the information in the > repository is correct. The only way to ensure this is to mandate usage > of the registry/repository at runtime -- which is hard to do while at > the same time trying to avoid a central ESB-type infrastructure. > >
It doesn't necessarily require that the repository be in the actual runtime path. At a minimum, the runtime infrastructure must capture identity from incoming requests that can be audited against the relationships that have been captured in the repository. I agree with Anne on the ability to track dependencies, which is one of the reasons I expect some convergence between the CMDB space and the reg/rep space. I think I predicted in my blog that at least one of the vendors in the CMDB space would do something this year, but so far that hasn't happened. There must still be plenty of revenue in CMDB as it portains to core IT Systems Management. -tb Todd Biske http://www.biske.com/blog/ Sent from my iPhone
