RE: Comments on draft-ietf-netconf-prot-00.txt

["Chen, Weijing" <Weijing_Chen@labs.sbc.com>]

Very interesting point.  Would like to know more about it.





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Weijing Chen



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Moore [mailto:remoore@us.ibm.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 12:30 PM
> To: netconf@ops.ietf.org
> Subject: Comments on draft-ietf-netconf-prot-00.txt
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> Since I got "drafted" at the last minute to replace Dinakaran at the
> interim meeting, I've been talking with some of our IBM Web Services
> experts, to get their input on the protocol draft.  Here's a summary of
> their comments, based on a very quick look at the draft.  We can make
> their
> full comments available in a few days, but the gist of them is that the
> draft reinvents things that can be straightforwardly implemented using
> standard Web Services mechanisms (especially WSDL and SOAP RPC) which can
> be run over BEEP in any case (RFC 3288).  Inventing a completely new
> solution would be duplication of effort and would lead to problems in
> coordinating with related work in the GGF.  Also, there seems to be no
> reason why a reinvented XML RPC mechanism will be any smaller in footprint
> or runtime cost than a lightweight implementation of Web Services - in
> fact
> there might be scope for defining a Web Services Lite profile suitable for
> implementation in low end devices of all kinds.  That would leverage
> existing work (in GGF, OASIS and W3C) rather than duplicating it.  Also,
> any mechanisms for automatically generating configurations from DMTF CIM
> models will work just as well if the target is WSDL rather than ad hoc
XML.
> 
> Regards,
> Bob
> 
> Bob Moore
> WebSphere Advanced Design and Technology
> WebSphere Platform System House
> IBM Software Group
> +1-919-254-4436
> remoore@us.ibm.com
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