Dave, I think it's more fitting to call all these efforts "Common" since they are domain-independent, and within that have "Core" and "Extensions". The "Core" features are what all domains should implement. The "Extensions" are what domains optionally implement, depending on their requirements. We probably feel that all domains should implement all Extensions, but that would raise the barrier to entry. The Core should be kept small to promote incremental adoption of OSLC.
Regards, ___________________________________________________________________________ Arthur Ryman, PhD, DE Chief Architect, Project and Portfolio Management IBM Software, Rational Markham, ON, Canada | Office: 905-413-3077, Cell: 416-939-5063 From: Dave <[email protected]> To: oslc-core <[email protected]> Date: 03/31/2011 04:09 PM Subject: [oslc-core] We're more than just Core, we're common too Sent by: [email protected] I was doing a little cleanup and reorganization of the main OSLC wiki page, the one that lists workgroups, and that sparked a thought or two. There was a grouping there and a page for "Common Architecture," a page that existed before we had a Core workgroup. Core was listed in both the grouping and the page as a part of common, along with Reporting. The charter of the Core workgroup is to define a Core specification and guidance on common concerns, so common is part of Core. So, to clear up confusion, I renamed the grouping to be "Core and Common concerns," removed the Common Architecture page and added the common efforts that we have ongoing to the Core Workgroup page: Change Log, Reporting and Baselines. Change Log, Reporting and Baselines are not part of the Core v2 specification, but they fall in the scope of the Core workgroup. Perhaps we should rename the Core workgroup to Core and Common Workgroup to make this more clear, but I don't want to have to go renaming mailing lists, wiki pages and so on. http://open-services.net/bin/view/Main/OslcCore Thoughts? Should we rename or stay with simple "Core Workgroup"? Are things more clear now, or did I make things worse? Thanks, - Dave -- David M. Johnson OSLC Core Workgroup Lead IBM Rational Software _______________________________________________ Oslc-Core mailing list [email protected] http://open-services.net/mailman/listinfo/oslc-core_open-services.net
