It would be good to get the community's thoughts about what management and distributed runtime scenarios we should support in Tuscany.
There has been quite a bit of discussion on the distributed runtime itself here. The main focus so far has been on using an SCA assembly to represent the distributed services that typically comprise an SOA. Are there detailed scenarios that you look to Tuscany to solve? How do you expect Tuscany to fit into your existing infrastructure? Based on the code we have already we could aim to get some level of support into the next release for people to try out. What features should be included? Tuscany runtime management to date has been at the API level, i.e. adding and removing contributions and composites. A straightforward management solution is important particularly when we are distributing the Tuscany runtime across many nodes. What management functions should be supported? What management technologies should Tuscany work well with? How do you expect Tuscany to fit into your existing management infrastructure? Of course anybody who wants to get involved and help design and implement any of these features is more than welcome. Simon