Why were WSRF specifications not developed within the GGFs OGSI WG?
It is important to emphasize that the WSRF specifications that we are discussing here are draft proposals that will now be taken to a standards body for critical review and discussion prior to standardization. The decision to develop these draft proposals outside the GGF OGSI WG was made for two reasons. First, once the need for WSRF was recognized, it was clear that speed was of critical importance to avoid stalling all ongoing implementation and standardization efforts that depended on OGSI. The way to move quickly is in fact to approach the specification exactly the way we approached the initial OGSI draft standardized in GGF: to start with a draft specification. Where GGF and other standards efforts have been successful is not starting with a blank sheet of paper but rather starting with a reasonably fleshed-out initial draft. In fact most standards groups, including GGF, recognize and encourage this approach of creating a draft prior to initiating a broad design discussion. Second
