An Introduction to Boundaryless Information Flow

The primary purpose of this document is to set the context for a work item to identify and track open standards activity related to Boundaryless Information Flow which is the subject of a separate document 'Open Standards in the Field of Boundaryless Information Flow, Business Process, and Web Services' (Doc No W202). This document introduces Boundaryless Information Flow and customer requirements. It considers the role of web services and identifies the need to examine business process systems and languages. It reports on some of the perceived barriers to adoption of web services and shows the use of The Open Group Architectural Framework, and especially the Technical Reference Model, as a way of mapping standards activity with requirements.

Bibliographic Details

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Catalog number W201
ISBN 193162416X
Jul 2002

18 pages.

See W202 Open Standards in the Field of Boundaryless Information Flow 15/07/2002

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