Started a wiki page with more detailed ideas for the SAP Bot http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/ESME/Collaboration+with+ubimic
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:37 PM, David Pollak <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:12 AM, Richard Hirsch <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Martin, >> >> Thanks for contacting us regarding a collaboration. >> >> I think it would great to collaborate on a SAP-related use case. We >> already have a series of ABAP bots that create ESME messages based on >> certain activities (check-out of development components, etc.) What >> about looking an an older use case with xRPM integration that we >> talked about in a blog (http://blog.esme.us/esme-bots/). >> >> We would be glad to help you in setting up an environment and we could >> also look at using our Stax test environment to integrate with the SAP >> systems on the university. >> >> What about this idea. The Stax test installation is the microblogging >> environment. An ESME bot sits in your university's network and listens >> to the message flow in this environment (using our new API). When >> messages with a certain tag are delivered, your bot then reformats >> these messages and then they are posted to the SAP system. A response >> message is then posted to the Stax user saying that the operation was >> a success / failure. >> >> I think the next steps would be to further refine this idea (or >> another idea) so that a developer could develop a quick prototype. >> > > I am very keen on collaboration. The whole Actions thing was a bit of > brain-vomit on my part that happened over a 24 hour period. Other folks, > notably Vassil, have fleshed out and improved Actions over time. However, > I'd be very interested in enhancing what can be done with Actions... I think > they, along with real-time information flow, distinguish ESME from most > other micromessaging platforms. > > >> >> Thoughts? >> >> D. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Martin Böhringer >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi ESME community >> > >> > You discussed our suggestion for a joint project with #ubimic >> > (http://ubimic.org) last week and I wanted to get back to you with our >> > thoughts on possible collaboration scenarios. >> > >> > First, I should tell you about #ubimic. We are a group of university >> > researchers interested in microblogging from different points of view >> > (computer science, information systems, organizational science). Together >> we >> > think that microblogging has great potential when it comes to integrating >> > normal users and things like sensors, machines and software. We are >> > experimenting with different microblogging tools and scenarios. For >> example >> > we have a current project where we use a little factory built with LEGO >> to >> > simulate how sensors (RFID) could participate in microblogging. >> > >> > For us, two things are really cool with ESME: >> > - the "action" / "ESME bots" functionality >> > - the ESME community with its background in enterprise applications (SAP) >> > >> > Therefore, I could think of different levels of collaboration: >> > a) loosely coupled collaboration; we share information and include each >> > other in publications (ESME could have a place as associated partner of >> > #ubimic if you're interested) >> > b) shared work on a SAP use case: it would be really cool, if we could >> > define a concrete use cases of tweeting SAP systems. For example tweeting >> > Purchase Requisition or Open Items. What would be benefits (easy access, >> > easy possibility to retweet and enrich with hashtags, ...) and what would >> be >> > problems (rights management!, implementation costs)? What's with the >> other >> > way round (create actions in the SAP system via microblogging postings)? >> We >> > could write a joint blog posting for each use case (or maybe even a >> > publication/white paper). >> > c) implement a SAP use case: that would be perfect. We have running SAP >> > systems at the university and I could try to get a student for the >> > implementation work. However, I have no knowledge of ESME and I am sure >> that >> > your system has much more to offer (actions, ESME bots)... so I would >> need >> > someone who supports us here. >> > >> > Let me know what you think! >> > >> > Btw: just to let you know in advance: we are working on a study on >> > enterprise microblogging tools. We might come back to you in a view days >> in >> > order to get some information on ESME (we have a standardized >> > questionnaire)... >> > >> > Cheers >> > Martin >> > >> > --- >> > Dipl.-Wirt.-Inf. Martin Böhringer >> > Technische Universität Chemnitz, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, >> > Professur Wirtschaftsinformatik II >> > >> > Web: http://tu-chemnitz.de/wirtschaft/wi2 >> > Email: [email protected] >> > Xing: http://xing.com/profile/Martin_Boehringer >> > Twitter: http://twitter.com/boehr >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net > Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 > Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp > Surf the harmonics >
