Dear all,
Apologies for cross posting.
The IMS Query Services SIG which is run by Kerry Blinco of DEST and our
very own Scott Wilson has recently posted a call for use cases on the
IMS Public Website at: http://www.imsglobal.org/qscallforusecase.pdf
The introduction to the call reads as follows:
"29 March 2005 The IMS Query SIG is undertaking a pre-charter activity
in writing a White Paper that explores the concepts associated with
queries. The Query Services White Paper is being written for the
purpose of eventually informing the development of specifications that
use queries as part of their service definition.
The requirement for this work is currently being driven by unmet
requirements for Query identified by the IMS Enterprise, IMS Learning
Design, and IMS Digital Repositories specifications. The intention of
this call is to understand the requirements of the wider IMS
community.
For the purposes of the White Paper, a Query is a set of criteria that
can be used to discover resources, and a Query Service is a
specification for a service endpoint that, at a minimum, accepts a
query and returns a set of results. A Query Service is distinct from a
Resolver Service (which takes an identifier or a set of meta-data and
returns a locator for the resource) and a Read Service (which takes an
identifier and returns the resource identified).
Therefore, IMS is making this wide and general announcement to the
community for Use Cases that can be considered in preparation of the
White Paper. A Use Case is a description of some activity usually
involving a person and a computer system or between two or more
systems. The proposed time-line is that the Query Services White Paper
is targeted for completion in mid May 2005, and Use-Case contributions
are requested by 15 April. "
If you have a use case you would like the group to address you can
submit it directly to IMS by emailing [log in to unmask] or via the
“Use Case and Priorities” Forum at
http://www.imsglobal.org/developers/ims/imsforum/ Alternatively I'm
sure your ever helpful CETIS SIG coordinators would be willing to
submit use cases on your behalf.
If you have any questions about this call please don't hesitate to
contact me and I will pass your query on to the appropriate IMS Query
Service SIG member
All the best
Lorna
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Lorna M. Campbell
Assistant Director, CETIS
University of Strathclyde
+44 (0)141 548 3072
http://www.cetis.ac.uk/
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