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Semantic Annotations for WSDL WG teleconference

3 Oct 2006

Agenda

See also: IRC log

Attendees

Present
AS, CP, EP, JK, JF, JM, LH, RA, TV
Regrets
BNS, CB, CV, JBD, LF, MK
Chair
JacekK
Scribe
carlos

Contents


approval of minutes

last minutes approved

action items

<scribe> ACTION: EricP to add text gravy to his annotated Amazon WSDL and put it in Examples document [PENDING] [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/sawsdl/minutes/20061003#action01]

<scribe> ACTION: EricP to get feedback from XMLCore about attrExtensions element [PENDING] [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/sawsdl/minutes/20061003#action02]

administrivia

Jacek: Next F2F in Athens
... will provide web page for logistics and registration
... 2 telecons cancelled: next week from now and first week in November
... documents published, reviews within your organisations welcome

Relation between SAWSDL and WS-MEX

Eric: apparently no real conflicts
... probably same situation as with WS-Policy

Jacek: possible addition of new media type for SAWSDL, but we don't need it
... who should send Eric's comments to the group?

<ericP> WS-MEX document

Jacek: Francisco Curbera and Jeffrey Schlimmer to be contacted

<JacekK> ACTION: Jacek and Joel to send Paco Curbera and Jeffrey Schlimmer a pointer to the WS-MEX comments from Eric [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/sawsdl/minutes/20061003#action03]

Implementation Criteria

Jacek: in candidate recommendation we need to verify the spec is implementable
... we need criteria for this
... typically 2 interoperable implementations
... what kinds of implementations are there?
... existing ones: Radian and WSMO Studio
... what do organisations plan to do on this?

Rama: IBM has an editor as well based on WSDL-S
... may be updated to become candidate implementation

<JacekK> ACTION: IBM reps to report on their implementation (plans) [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/sawsdl/minutes/20061003#action04]

Eric: what is an implementation?

Rama: we need to define specific scenarios

<laurenth> too much echo, i cannot hear, sorry

<Amit-John> Amit and John join-- sorry for the delay

Jacek: Marin Dimitrov was asking for an API
... we could envisage methods for retrieving where a model applies

Rama: tools might differ in many aspects but probably we should define an extension of WSDL4J

John: we can provide our extension

Jacek: API for parsing and creating (WSLD4J extension)
... second level -> GUI tools for annotating (like WSMO Studio and Radian)
... third level: use these annotations for more advanced uses (discovery, etc)

Joel: interoperability should not be a constraint in implementations of higher level functionality

Laurent: some should target higher risks
... such as multiple model references

Jacek: this process should allow us to identify performance and implementation problems

eric: can SPDL be taken as a valid implementation?

<Zakim> ericP, you wanted to say that the ambiguity of finding *best* solutions can be solved by having only one valid solution and to ask if SPDL would count

eric: SPDL can dump all the annotations

Jacek: could be considered as an API implementation
... we should define a format for comparing the outputs of the different APIs
... criteria: parsing API, serializing API (WSLD4J like)
... second level: GUI tools
... not tested on the interoperability level
... third level to be considered as a "bonus" for now

John: we have Radiant and another tool Lumina for discovery

Rama: must implementations be Open Source?

Jacek: no
... we just need reports that demonstrate they work

dicovery tool Lumina: http://lsdis.cs.uga.edu/projects/meteor-s/downloads/Lumina/

other business

Rama: Usage Guide is in 1st public draft, what's the process next?

Jacek: depends on the spec evolution
... there would probably be another draft before the final WG Note
... no need for it to go to LC before it is a WG note, but we can do it

Amit: will the meeting be 1.5 days or 2 days

Jacek: keep it 2 days for now

Amit: APIs, tools, demos for last day

Summary of Action Items

[NEW] ACTION: IBM reps to report on their implementation (plans) [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/sawsdl/minutes/20061003#action04]
[NEW] ACTION: Jacek and Joel to send Paco Curbera and Jeffrey Schlimmer a pointer to the WS-MEX comments from Eric [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/sawsdl/minutes/20061003#action03]
 
[PENDING] ACTION: EricP to add text gravy to his annotated Amazon WSDL and put it in Examples document [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/sawsdl/minutes/20061003#action01]
[PENDING] ACTION: EricP to get feedback from XMLCore about attrExtensions element [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/sawsdl/minutes/20061003#action02]