CMonster
03-23-2001, 05:20 AM
I just read all about "Hailstorm" over at the Microsoft site - sounds like the end of the world to me. It will be a cold day in h3ll before I give that kind of information to some database.
"The core HailStorm services use this architecture to manage such basic elements of a user?s digital
experience as a calendar, location, and profile information. Any solution using HailStorm can take
advantage of these elements, saving the user from having to re-enter and redundantly store this information
and saving every developer from having to create a unique system for these basic capabilities.
HailStorm is expressed and accessed as a set of industry standard XML Web services. HailStorm-enabled
solutions interact with specific HailStorm facilities via XML message interfaces (XMIs), which are simply a
set of XML SOAP messages.
The initial set of HailStorm services will include:
myAddress - electronic and geographic address for an identity
myProfile - name, nickname, special dates, picture
myContacts - electronic relationships/address book
myLocation - electronic and geographical location and rendez-vous
myNotifications - notification subscription, management and routing
myInbox - inbox items like e-mail and voice mail, including existing mail systems
myCalendar - time and task management
myDocuments - raw document storage
myApplicationSettings - application settings
myFavoriteWebSites - favorite URLs and other Web identifiers
myWallet - receipts, payment instruments, coupons and other transaction records
myDevices - device settings, capabilities
myServices -services provided for an identity
myUsage - usage report for above services
The HailStorm architecture is designed for consistency across services and seamless extensibility. It
provides common identity, messaging, naming, navigation, security, role mapping, data modeling, metering,
and error handling across all HailStorm services. HailStorm looks and feels like a dynamic, partitioned,
schematized XML store. It is accessed via XML message interfaces (XMIs), where service interfaces are
exposed as standard SOAP messages, arguments and return values are XML, and all services support HTTP
Post as message transfer protocol."
The URL is here. (http://www.microsoft.com/net/hailstorm.asp)
[This message has been edited by CMonster (edited 03-23-2001).]
"The core HailStorm services use this architecture to manage such basic elements of a user?s digital
experience as a calendar, location, and profile information. Any solution using HailStorm can take
advantage of these elements, saving the user from having to re-enter and redundantly store this information
and saving every developer from having to create a unique system for these basic capabilities.
HailStorm is expressed and accessed as a set of industry standard XML Web services. HailStorm-enabled
solutions interact with specific HailStorm facilities via XML message interfaces (XMIs), which are simply a
set of XML SOAP messages.
The initial set of HailStorm services will include:
myAddress - electronic and geographic address for an identity
myProfile - name, nickname, special dates, picture
myContacts - electronic relationships/address book
myLocation - electronic and geographical location and rendez-vous
myNotifications - notification subscription, management and routing
myInbox - inbox items like e-mail and voice mail, including existing mail systems
myCalendar - time and task management
myDocuments - raw document storage
myApplicationSettings - application settings
myFavoriteWebSites - favorite URLs and other Web identifiers
myWallet - receipts, payment instruments, coupons and other transaction records
myDevices - device settings, capabilities
myServices -services provided for an identity
myUsage - usage report for above services
The HailStorm architecture is designed for consistency across services and seamless extensibility. It
provides common identity, messaging, naming, navigation, security, role mapping, data modeling, metering,
and error handling across all HailStorm services. HailStorm looks and feels like a dynamic, partitioned,
schematized XML store. It is accessed via XML message interfaces (XMIs), where service interfaces are
exposed as standard SOAP messages, arguments and return values are XML, and all services support HTTP
Post as message transfer protocol."
The URL is here. (http://www.microsoft.com/net/hailstorm.asp)
[This message has been edited by CMonster (edited 03-23-2001).]