1. Web Services White Paper
PESC
Web Services White Paper
bob king
the student loan corporation

2. The Beginning
The concept of Web Services is getting a lot of high visibility play in the business and technology media and in marketing materials
Accordingly, in Spokane we agreed that PESC should produce a Web Services White Paper in 2003 to provide consistent, non-marketing information about Web Services to the PESC membership
The PESC Board approved pursuit of the effort and charged a workgroup with delivery of a white paper on Interoperability and Web Service issues to:
Analyze and evaluate the technologies and standards efforts that are involved or are being developed
Identify and evaluate leverage points, benefits, and concerns
Identify relevant data standards
Educate PESC membership on Web Services issues and information
Recommend further PESC actions or the role it can play in this effort

3. A Workgroup of Volunteers was Formed
Jerry Bracken Brigham Young
Anand Burji SW Student Svcs
Richard Driscoll Datatel
Russ Judd Great Lakes
Kirk Junker RDA Corp
Bob King Citibank
Steve Margenau Great Lakes
Adele Marsh AES
Barry Needalman ASA
Candy Pfeiffer Great Lakes
Mike Rawlins EC Consulting
Ganesh Reddy ED FSA
Mike Sessa PESC
Steve Sprague RDA Corp
Virginia Wiley SW Student Svcs
Jim Wyckoff Florida State Univ

4. White Paper Working Outline
Purpose and Scope
Definition
Key Concepts and Technologies
Applicability/Criteria for Use
Resources
Advantages, Disadvantages, Tradeoffs of the Technology
Industry Usage and/or Market Trends
Support by Software Vendors
Recommendations and Conclusions
Contributors

5. Status to Date The team looked for and shared resource material
A first draft has been created and is out to the team for review
Our original schedule had projected getting a solid draft ready for delivery to this group at this meeting. We have not been able to do this.
We will update our schedule in our next meeting or conference call, by the end of next week.

6. Welcome Your Help Please Share:
Any ideas for additions or modifications to the White Paper outline
Any information or material about Web Services that you may have found to be particularly interesting or informative
Your participation