[mdt-sbvr.dev] FW: Draft RFP for Business Friendly Notation for Business

["Dave Carlson" <dcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

FYI, posted to the OMG sbvr-rtf list.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Barkmeyer [mailto:edbark@xxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 9:27 AM
To: Business Modeling & Integration DTF
Cc: sbvr-rtf@xxxxxxx
Subject: Draft RFP for Business Friendly Notation for Business Vocabulary
and Rules (BFN4BVR)


At the Washington meeting, I agreed to create a rough draft of an RFP 
for a "normative surface language for SBVR".  I have done what I 
promised.  The "working title" is:

Business Friendly Notation for Business Vocabulary and Rules (BFN4BVR)

The document is now available at
http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?bmi/2008-06-01

This document is meant to be a working draft, and the internal timetable

is based on presentation to the AB in September and issuance from the 
September meeting.

It is my perception that there is disagreement in the Task Force as to 
whether such an RFP should be issued at all.  But even if there is near 
consensus on having such an RFP, there are several issues about its 
scope and requirements that we need to discuss and resolve.  Clauses 
6.2, 6.5 and 6.6 take one position on each such issue, but in most 
cases, that position is more or less arbitrary.  And there are probably 
other concerns that I hadn't yet heard (or forgot).  The function of 
this draft is to focus discussion on identifying intent and resolving 
issues, so as to produce an RFP satisfactory to the TF.

I agreed that such a document should be put on the table for discussion.

  With one or two exceptions, neither NIST nor I feel strongly about any

provision in this draft, including whether any such RFP should be issued

at all.  The TF owns this -- do with it what you will.

-Ed

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Edward J. Barkmeyer                        Email: edbark@xxxxxxxx
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