Table of Contents
POSC Specifications: Software Integration Platform (SIP)
Presentation Outline
Desired Technical Benefits from POSC’s SIP
POSC Membership 120+
POSC Member Processes
Exploration & Production (E&P): Moving Towards Knowledge Work
E&P Industry Challenges: Desired Business Benefits
Asset Life-cycle Process, 50-100 years
POSC Mission Statement
Interoperability at POSC: Historic Perspective
Business Objects ?
Interoperability (Elf diagram)
“A More Concerted Effort is Needed” (POSC Members)
Business Object Reference Model (Prism diagram)
The CORBA Software Bus (Orbix diagram)
Suggested Scope of Workgroup (Chevron diagram)
Participation Summary
Our Objectives
The Purpose of the Request for Comments
What We Believed
Our Meeting at the OMG Meeting (March ‘97)
“Accelerate the Process” (POSC Members)
Dedicated Team
A look into the “Request for Comments” Document
and the (more than 25) Responses Received
Abstract
Preface
Executive Summary
Executive Summary (continued)
RFC/RFT Milestones
Executive Summary
Summary Response Comments
Summary Response Concerns
Summary Response Advice
2. Problem Statement
3. Interoperability Requirements
4. Business Objects: The Key to Achieving Interoperability
(continued)
The Challenge
Incremental Steps with Useful Interim Results
Key Concepts
Business Object Definition Process
Conclusion
Strategy
5. Proposed Process
Architecture Preview
Two “Requests for Technology”
RFT Process
Procedures
Procedures
Future Stages
Recent Events
Future Milestones
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