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Iridium Satellite Collision in Space
You might have seen the recent news reports about the collision between U.S. and Russian communication satellites. The U.S. satellite was one of the Iridium satellites. What wasn’t reported and you probably don’t know is that an object database management system (ODBMS) is an important part of the Iridium system. Even though ODBMSs are a [...]
February 13, 2009
(The Acronym) SOA is (Perhaps) Dead (at Some Companies); Long Live Services
I am now also posting on the Cutter Blog. My initial posting is (The Acronym) SOA is (Perhaps) Dead (at Some Companies); Long Live Services. It is a response to Anne Thomas Manes’ SOA is Dead; Long Live Services on her blog at the Burton Group.
January 9, 2009
Atomicity
The typical definition of an atomic task or process is one that cannot be decomposed further. This is vague and subject to interpretation. The Decomposition Matrix on this site uses a specific definition: A task (for business process diagrams) or a process (for data flow diagrams) is atomic if every input relates to every output [...]
December 3, 2008
Well-Formed Business Process Diagrams
My last posting referenced the criteria for a well-formed business process diagram mentioned in Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL by Matjaz B. Juric and Kapil Pant. I am going to expand on their criteria to create a more comprehensive definition of a well-formed business process diagram. To start, here are three criteria from [...]
November 18, 2008
Recent Business Process Modeling Books
I recently received two new books on business process modeling. Both books looked interesting because they had great titles. As it turns out, one book is great and the other not so good. The not so good book is Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL by Matjaz B. Juric and Kapil Pant. There are [...]
October 9, 2008
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eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): XML specification that describes financial information for public and private companies and other organizations. They have created XML taxonomies. Since financial reporting varies by country, the taxonomies vary by country. See Financial Reporting Taxonomies at the Web XBRL site (new window). The Organization: XBRL International. More information: XBRL page on the the XBRL International website (new window).

Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol: XML specification for the real-time electronic exchange of securities transactions. Organization: FIX Protocol Organization (FPL). More information: FIX page on the the FPL website (new window).

Financial products Markup Language (FpML): XML specification for swaps, derivatives, and structured financial products. Organization: International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA). More information: FpML page on the the FpML.org website (new window).

Interactive Financial Exchange (IFX): XML specification for electronic bill presentment and payment, business to business payments, business to business banking (such as balance and transaction reporting, remittance information), automated teller machine communications, consumer to business payments, and consumer to business banking. Organization: Interactive Financial eXchange Forum (IFX Forum). More information: IFX page on the the IFX Forum website (new window).

Market Data Definition Language (MDDL): XML specification to enable interchange of data necessary to account for, to analyze, and to trade instruments of the world's financial markets. MDDL seeks, through definition of common terms, to provide a standard vocabulary so market data may be exchanged unambiguously between exchanges, vendors, redistributors, and subscribers. MDDL is designed to facilitate delivery of all data and to increase ease of processing for recipients of this market based financial data. Organization: Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA). More information: MDDL page on the MDDL.org website (new window).

Open Financial Exchange (OFX) XML Schema: XML specification for the electronic exchange of financial data between financial institutions, businesses and consumers via the Internet. It is designed to support a wide range of financial activities including consumer and small business banking; consumer and small business bill payment and investments transaction download, including stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. Organization: Open Financial Exchange (OFX) Consortium. More information: OFX website (new window).

Research Information eXchange Markup Language (RIXML): XML specification to tag any piece of research content, in any form or media with enough detail for end users to be able to quickly search, sort and filter aggregated research. Organization: Research Information eXchange Markup Language (RIXML).org. More information: RIXML page on RIXML.org website (new window).

SWIFTStandards: SWIFTStandards develops business standards to support transactions in the financial markets for payments, securities, treasury and trade services. Their proprietary MT messages are complemented by new XML-based (MX) messages, which enable the transfer of richer data for more complex business transactions. Organization: SWIFT. More information: Standards page on SWIFT website (new window).

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