The Web Services Composite Application Framework is a collection of three
specifications - designed to solve problems that arise when multiple Web
services are used in combination ("composite applications") to support
information sharing and transaction processing.
Web Service Context (WS-CTX) Web Service Coordination Framework (WS-CF) Web
Service Transaction Management (WS-TXM)
As co-author of the specification, Eric will discuss in this session how
WS-CAF addresses the underlying issues of Web service context propagation and
transaction management to expand the scope, usability, and reliability of Web
services for business process automation.
The Web Services Composite Application Framework is a collection of three
specifications - designed to solve problems that arise when multiple Web
services are used in combination ("composite applications") to support
inform... (more)
Definition of Software Architecture
During a conversation over dinner with SOA Web Services Edge 2006 speaker and
SOA Web Services Journal author, Eric Newcomer, Microsoft MVP Beth Massi
defined software architecture in a way that resonated strongly with Newcomer.
Here he shares it with readers of his blog:
Last week in San Francisco I had dinner with my good ol' Microsoft MVP
solutions architecture buddy Beth Massi and her significant other, Alan
Griver. We had a great time weaving our way through the crowds at the St.
Patrick's Day block party on Front Street but we could not ge... (more)
This week the new SCA website went live and in addition to an update on the
work we've completed since we kicked it off in January, we announced new
partners, including Cape Clear, Interface21, Primeton Technologies, Progress
Software (formerly Sonic Software), Red Hat, Rogue Wave Software, Software
AG, Sun Microsystems and Tibco Software.
Greg Pavlik posted a good summary of the announcment and its importance. Guys
like Greg are one of the big reasons it's so interesting to participate in
these kinds of activities - I always learn so much and meet great people.
Something I found... (more)
Eric Newcomer's Blog
One of the biggest debates in the software industry is about getting the
level of abstraction right. By this I mean a level of interaction with
computers higher than binary code or machine language - in other words,
anything that presents humans with a more natural or intuitive abstraction of
a CPU's instruction set and binary data storage format.
Computers are after all fundamentally stupid electrical systems that have to
be told exactly what to do. At the end of the day, everything is just 1s and
0s - the bit is either on or off. But it is really hard for u... (more)
Eric Newcomer's Weblog
Software Standardization, Web Services, Transactions, and Mobility
An easy blog entry to write.
The SOA "Power Panel" article and video are up on the Sys-Con site.
If you get a chance to watch, let me know what you think, both of the content
and the form.
Development Model for Services
Today we are very happy to participate in the announcement of the Service
Component Architecture (SCA).
I among many others have written on the subject of contract first development
for services, and the importance of being able to design first and deploy
later. SCA defines a ... (more)
Eric Newcomer is an Integration Architect in the CTO department at at Credit Suisse. Previously he was Chief Technology Officer at IONA and has been involved with computers since 1975 and professionally since 1978, primarily in the area of online tranasction processing. He was also involved in Web services from the beginning, contributing to several specifications and related industry initiatives. Currently he is Co-Chair of the Enterprise Expert Group at OSGi Alliance. 
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Cathy Lopez
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