Checked out .NET/Hailstorm at MS site?

[CMonster]

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."

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[This message has been edited by CMonster (edited 03-23-2001).]