| Abstract: |
Over the summer, several initiatives have emerged that appear to be addressing much the same problem in subtly different ways. BPEL4WS, BPSS, BPML, DAML-S, WS-Coordination, WS-Transaction. Dozens of interlinked dot org websites, some obviously sponsored by certain factions. Not for the first time, we are faced with initiative fatigue. While it is frankly a struggle to see any order in this confusion, we believe that the basic notion of web collaboration addressed by all these initiatives is a very important one. The CBDI Forum has always believed that Web Services are more than just software components with some fancy middleware - and it is in the collaborations between Web Services that the most significant differences become apparent. In this article, we will sketch some of the business issues associated with web collaboration and business process management. We also initiate work on a design and management process for web collaboration.
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