M1/03-0613
Source: INCITS M1 Chairman
Call for Participants -
INCITS Ad Hoc on Web Services
Nomination of
Representatives Due:
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InterNational
Committee for Information Technology Standards
INCITS
Secretariat, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
Telephone
202-737-8888; Fax 202-638-4922;
Email:
incits@itic.org
Date:
Responses
Due:
Respond
to: Jennifer Garner
Telephone: (202) 626-5737
Email: jgarner@itic.org
To:
INCITS Executive Board
and INCITS TC Chairmen
Subject:
Call for Participants - INCITS Ad
Hoc on Web Services
Background
At
the November 2003 JTC 1 Plenary in
Web
Services describes a standardized way of integrating applications over an
Internet protocol backbone. The Internet core specifications include Http, URI
and MIME. The Web Services core specifications include UML, XML, SOAP, WSDL and
UDDI. Used primarily as a means for businesses to communicate with each other
and with clients, Web services allow organizations to communicate data without
intimate knowledge of each other's ICT systems behind the firewall. Web
services thus share business logic, data and processes through a programmatic
interface across a network.
For
the purpose of this Study Group, Web Services standardization includes all the
middleware, workflow, ontology and process infrastructure standards necessary
for the full deployment of Web Services within and between organizations.
Excluded are all the domain specific implementation standards and ontology.
The
terms of reference for the JTC 1 Study Group on Web Services are as follows:
*
Assess how JTC 1 activities are relevant to Web Services standardization;
*
Assess how the Web Services activities of organizations external to JTC 1
(Consortia, Fora, ETSI, CEN/ISSS, ITU-T) may benefit
from JTC 1 involvement. This should include as a minimum the following
consortia and fora:
* JCP
* OASIS
* OMG
* RosettaNet
* UDDI.org
* W3C
* WS-I
JTC
1 involvement may include:
*
Publication, through fast-tracks, PAS submissions or other means, of stabilized
and de facto Web-Services infrastructure standards as formal international
standards.
*
Contributing to ensure interoperability between the various implementations
from consortia and other groups.
*
Contributing, if required, to the definition of conformance specifications.
*
Harmonization and adaptation of existing JTC 1 work where necessary.
*
Initiate, if judged necessary, any relevant activities within existing JTC 1
Subcommittees that would increase JTC 1 contribution to Web Services
standardization activities. These activities should be initiated as soon as
they are identified.
*
Assist, if judged necessary, consortia and fora in establishing the appropriate
liaison with JTC 1. The establishment of these liaisons should be initiated as
soon as they are identified.
Requested
Action
In
anticipation of the formation of an INCITS Ad Hoc on Web Services at the
January 2004 meeting of the INCITS Executive Board, Executive Board members and
INCITS Technical Committee Chairmen are invited to nominate representatives to
an INCITS Ad Hoc on Web Services.
Nominations should be submitted to the INCITS Secretariat
(jgarner@itic.org) not later than