I can't resist: in the bootstrapping of the open discussion of
WSDL, it looks like the thin cable has reached the
other side. Now let me annouce my intentions.
That plan is to produce a busy developers guide to
WSDL. Unfortunately, we are not quite ready to go there just
yet - the thin cable of common understanding is not quite
sufficient just yet. Teaser: tomorrow I will begin the
process of drawing out the next cable. Publically and
openly. First lets agree on common goals:
- we need to enable multiple components by
multiple vendors to interoperate
- interoperation must encompass both
dynamic scripting languages as well as statically compiled
languages. Note: the journey will invove a brief detour
exploring how murky those distinctions really are.
- The common goal is to achieve the network
effect that Jon is describing
Fair enough?