There's a new Web Services Architecture paper just up on on MSDN and its a good introduction to some of the higher level architectural concepts behind the many Web Service specifications which are becoming open standards right now. The nice thing about...

A message via via from onStrategies just passed my way and it had to do with a new piece that should be out on Friday Sept 17th called " The Myth of Open Systems ". Before going any further this is not trying to slam Open Source. The author Tony Baer...

I planned to physically attend the annual company meeting, especially as it was at the McCaw Opera Hall and there were limited tickets (I had a ticket) but my schedule is running over so I decided to go virtual and multi-task with attending the Company...

From the September Skiing magazine edition: 10. The Selkirk mountains get more than 40 feet of snow per year. 9. Resort names like Fernie and Louise remind you of your great aunt from Deleware. 8. Canadian congressional reports say pot poses no threat...

I've been looking around at some of the available books on blogging. I bought an O'Reilly book which really didn't tell me much about blogging. Right now I'm reading " We the Media - grassroots journalism by the poeple for the people " by Dan Gillmor...

We all seem to remember where we were on September 11, 2001 . Myself - I was called out of a UN/CEFACT meeting at a World Trade Center , the one in Rotterdam . Too far away from home. I remember that evening in Rotterdam , when a few of us from the US...

Roger Sessions, famous from the ObjectWatch Newsletter , which I believe has a readership of over 12,000 readers, is coming out with a new newsletter called the Architect Technology Advisory (ATA) in the next month or 2. The ATA will cover a variety of...

A few people have been asking about why don’t the different standards groups work more closely with each other. The joke goes “the good thing about standards it there are so many to choose from”. Seriously, it becomes increasingly harder for customers...

I. INTRODUCTION Standards development organizations (“SDOs”, including consortia) increasingly collaborate with one another, both domestically and internationally, with respect to the development of technical specifications/standards. These collaborative...

1. Key Issues for SDOs to Consider When Developing Formal Liaison Agreements SDOs that have formalized their intent to collaborate on the development of a joint standard typically have (or should) address, in writing, the following key areas governing...

I. CONSIDERATIONS WHEN ONE SDO SUBMITS ITS DRAFT OR FINAL WORK TO ANOTHER SDO FOR COMPLETION AND/OR APPROVAL Many times two SDOs may not work together on the joint development of a standard (as discussed in the previous section). Rather, one SDO may develop...

I. KEY RISKS AND ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH ONE SDO NORMATIVELY REFERENCING THE STANDARD OF ANOTHER SDO As described above, there are several ways that SDOs may choose to work together toward a mutual standards-setting goal, including informal and formal...

An interesting set of postings on SOAP over UDP (Universal Datagram Protocol) and how WS-Addressing ties in plus Device Profiles for Web Services which talks about things like dynamically discovering a web service. Think of it, wireless devices like printers...

Just back from a quick to Victoria , British Columbia , visiting family so there’s a pile of mail, papers, speeches and blogs I need to catch up on. Last weekend was Labor Day here, which is the mid point between July 4th and Thanksgiving; but last weekend...