RE: Business Preotocol (was: Application Protocol Definition)

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> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
> Behalf Of bhaugen
> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 2:33 PM
> To: James M Snell
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Business Preotocol (was: Application Protocol Definition)
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> James M Snell wrote:
> > The term "business protocols" as I've been using it would encompass
> the
> > broad family of technology-independent business protocols available.
> > RosettaNet PIP 3A4, ebXML BPSS would all fall under this category so
> we're
> > not usurping anything.
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> Sorry about the word "usurp", sounded like an accusation.
> If you use the same word
> for the technology-independent business protocol
> and also the technical implementations,
> won't that be confusing?
>

How about two different names for the two. Some suggestions in no particular
order:

service protocol and business protocol
business protocol and trading partner protocol
service protocol and collaboration protocol
business and meta
business and pattern

???