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<DIV><SPAN class=494060220-16032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=4>COOL!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=494060220-16032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=4></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=494060220-16032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=4>Everyone - read this press release and read the roadmap spec - the 
spec</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=494060220-16032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=4>sets&nbsp;eventual objectives for the completely harmonized 
WS-Management</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=494060220-16032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>and 
WSDM frameworks and WS-* specifications that include:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=494060220-16032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=4></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=494060220-16032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4><FONT 
face=Times-Roman size=3>*&nbsp; A basic common payload format for events for the 
purposes of interoperation, </FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=494060220-16032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4><FONT 
face=Times-Roman size=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; while not restricting the use of 
platform-specific formats</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=494060220-16032006><FONT face=Arial 
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=494060220-16032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>*&nbsp; <FONT 
face=Times-Roman size=3>Bootstrapping the discovery 
process</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=494060220-16032006><FONT face=Arial 
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=494060220-16032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>*&nbsp; <FONT 
face=Times-Roman size=3>Discovery of the compliance levels and capabilities of 
the services and implementations</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=494060220-16032006><FONT face=Arial 
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=494060220-16032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>*&nbsp; <FONT 
face=Times-Roman size=3>Discovery and enumeration of resource types and the 
associated metadata</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=494060220-16032006><FONT face=Arial 
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=494060220-16032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>*&nbsp; <FONT 
face=Times-Roman size=3>Read/write access to the type space and associated 
metadata</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=494060220-16032006><FONT face=Arial 
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=494060220-16032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>*&nbsp; <FONT 
face=Times-Roman size=3>Accommodating a read-only type and metadata space which 
can be hosted outside</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=494060220-16032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><FONT 
face=Times-Roman size=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the service (on a Web site) and 
adapted to the actual service at runtime</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=494060220-16032006><FONT face=Arial 
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=494060220-16032006><FONT face=Arial 
color=#0000ff>Cheers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=494060220-16032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>- 
Ira</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)<BR>Blue Roof 
Music / High North Inc<BR>PO Box 221&nbsp; Grand Marais, MI&nbsp; 
49839<BR>phone: +1-906-494-2434<BR>email: imcdonald@sharplabs.com</FONT> </DIV>
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  <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma 
  size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> owner-wims@pwg.org 
  [mailto:owner-wims@pwg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Harry Lewis<BR><B>Sent:</B> 
  Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:07 PM<BR><B>To:</B> wims@pwg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> 
  WIMS&gt; Converging Web Services Management<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR><FONT 
  face=sans-serif size=2>In case you haven't seen </FONT><BR><BR><A 
  href="http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/specification/ws-roadmap/"><FONT 
  face=sans-serif color=blue 
  size=2>http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/specification/ws-roadmap/</FONT></A> 
  <BR><A href="http://devresource.hp.com/drc/specifications/wsm/index.jsp"><FONT 
  face=sans-serif color=blue 
  size=2>http://devresource.hp.com/drc/specifications/wsm/index.jsp</FONT></A> 
  <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif 
  size=2>---------------------------------------------- <BR>Harry Lewis <BR>IBM 
  STSM<BR>Chairman - IEEE-ISTO Printer Working 
  Group<BR>http://www.pwg.org<BR>IBM Printing Systems 
  <BR>http://www.ibm.com/printers<BR>303-924-5337<BR>---------------------------------------------- 
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