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 <p>
 Hi folks!
 </p>

 <p>
 This is a quick writeup of an idea that a bunch of folks had last week while
 discussing interoperability demos and tests. It's a pretty simple system
 which we thought was a) fun, b) technically interesting, and c) quite a
 compelling demo. I'd like to know what people think of the idea - is this
 too ambitious, is it something you'd be psyched to help design/implement,
 is it cool?
 </p>

 <p>
 The SOAPVerse : A long-term SOAP interoperability demo<br>
 ------------------------------------------------------<br>

 </p>

 <p>
 [1.0 Introduction - the view from outside]
 </p>

 <p>
 I'll start explaining the idea by giving a brief scenario. You connect a
 browser to SOAPVerse.org, which gives you three choices - 1) enter the
 SOAPVerse, 2) look at the map, and 3) learn about joining. You choose #1,
 and are offered a list of available clients and "entry portals" (i.e.
 clients (no, not "IE clients", necessarily...)) on the web. You choose a
 local entry portal, and a Java applet appears, primarily composed of a text
 window:
 </p>

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 --------------<br>
 SOAP Tower<br>

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 <p>
 You stand in the SOAP tower. The floor's a bit slippery here, but you
 suspect you could make it to the exits to the NORTH or EAST if you walked
 slowly.
 </p>

 <p>
 There is a briefcase sitting here.
 </p>

 <p>
 (this room lives at foo.ibm.com, and is powered by Tomcat/Apache-SOAP 2.1!)
 --------------<br>

 </p>

 <p>
 It's a text adventure, much like Zork or Colossal Cave, but a lot simpler.
 The interesting part happens when you move to the East:
 </p>

 <p>
 --------------<br>
 [a strange feeling overcomes you for a moment as you pass through the door]
 </p>

 <p>
 Campus West
 </p>

 <p>
 You stand on the Microsoft campus, near building 33. You may ENTER, or
 travel WEST or SOUTH down the main road.
 </p>

 <p>
 Others in this room : KeithB
 </p>

 <p>
 There is a rubber ducky sitting here.
 </p>

 <p>
 (this room lives at bar.microsoft.com, and is powered by IIS/ASP.NET!)<br>
 ---------------<br>

 </p>

 <p>
 What just happened is that you smoothly and transparently moved from one
 SOAP-based server to another. The servers had to interoperate to "pass you
 off", and anyone who wants to go check out the website can see the deeper
 technical explanation of what's going on.
 </p>

 <p>
 If you'd selected the "map" option, you'd see a cool graphical depiction of
 the whole graph of rooms currently connected to the SOAPVerse, color-coded
 by host/server technology.
 </p>

 <p>
 [2.0 Digging a little deeper]
 </p>

 <p>
 That's the basic idea - a totally distributed text adventure game that
 demonstrates SOAP interoperability at a number of levels. The actual APIs
 are pretty simple, and should be implementable in few days at the most.
 </p>

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 So if you go to the "join us" section of the site, you end up with several
 things. First, a description of the structure of the application, in
 enough
 detail that you could implement it on your own site. This can (and should)
 be in as many forms as possible - english text, WSDL, SDL, IDL, etc....
 So you build the server to the spec, in any language/environment/platform
 you happen to have handy.
 </p>

 <p>
 Next, you find a form which allows you to test your server once you've got
 it up. This causes the SOAPVerse server to run a series of tests against
 your endpoint, to see if you can interoperate with it. Assuming that
 works,
 you can click "hook me up!" and the SOAPVerse server randomly picks a place
 on the graph to add your area, and matchmakes a connection between your
 server and whoever you're connecting to. The tests should get run again
 between you and this new guy, to make sure you two interoperate (you don't
 want to just prove interoperation between the "main" server and your impl),
 and then if everything looks good, you're now a part of the world, and your
 rooms appear on the master map.
 </p>

 <p>
 There's some more detail about which kinds of things we're testing with a
 system like this (data serialization, headers, intermediaries?), actual
 APIs,
 etc. but I'll convey my thoughts about that in a design discussion if
 there's
 enough community interest in this project.
 </p>

 <p>
 [3.0 Musings]
 </p>

 <p>
 This kind of thing serves at least two purposes. First, it can stay up in
 perpetuity, demonstrating SOAP interoperability in a fun way. This should
 be something you can always find, and hook new servers into. Second, it's
 a
 good demo for tradeshow-type events.
 </p>

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 Obviously there's a lot of opportunity for errors to happen here, so the
 system shouldn't assume too much about robustness, and should gracefully
 fail in the face of problems. It's meant as an interoperability demo,
 not a full-scale game.
 </p>

 <p>
 None of this is at all carved in stone, we just liked the basic idea. It
 shouldn't get too complicated, and it shouldn't rely on any particular
 implementation.
 </p>

 <p>
 If this could get done by late next month, this could be the actual
 technolgy
 for the "interopathon" demo which has been discussed for NetWorld/Interop
 in May.
 </p>

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 What do you think?
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	<p>
	Hi folks!
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	<p>
	This is a quick writeup of an idea that a bunch of folks had last week while
	discussing interoperability demos and tests. It's a pretty simple system
	which we thought was a) fun, b) technically interesting, and c) quite a
	compelling demo. I'd like to know what people think of the idea - is this
	too ambitious, is it something you'd be psyched to help design/implement,
	is it cool?
	</p>

	<p>
	The SOAPVerse : A long-term SOAP interoperability demo<br>
	------------------------------------------------------<br>

	</p>

	<p>
	[1.0 Introduction - the view from outside]
	</p>

	<p>
	I'll start explaining the idea by giving a brief scenario. You connect a
	browser to SOAPVerse.org, which gives you three choices - 1) enter the
	SOAPVerse, 2) look at the map, and 3) learn about joining. You choose #1,
	and are offered a list of available clients and "entry portals" (i.e.
	clients (no, not "IE clients", necessarily...)) on the web. You choose a
	local entry portal, and a Java applet appears, primarily composed of a text
	window:
	</p>

	<p>
	--------------<br>
	SOAP Tower<br>

	</p>

	<p>
	You stand in the SOAP tower. The floor's a bit slippery here, but you
	suspect you could make it to the exits to the NORTH or EAST if you walked
	slowly.
	</p>

	<p>
	There is a briefcase sitting here.
	</p>

	<p>
	(this room lives at foo.ibm.com, and is powered by Tomcat/Apache-SOAP 2.1!)
	--------------<br>

	</p>

	<p>
	It's a text adventure, much like Zork or Colossal Cave, but a lot simpler.
	The interesting part happens when you move to the East:
	</p>

	<p>
	--------------<br>
	[a strange feeling overcomes you for a moment as you pass through the door]
	</p>

	<p>
	Campus West
	</p>

	<p>
	You stand on the Microsoft campus, near building 33. You may ENTER, or
	travel WEST or SOUTH down the main road.
	</p>

	<p>
	Others in this room : KeithB
	</p>

	<p>
	There is a rubber ducky sitting here.
	</p>

	<p>
	(this room lives at bar.microsoft.com, and is powered by IIS/ASP.NET!)<br>
	---------------<br>

	</p>

	<p>
	What just happened is that you smoothly and transparently moved from one
	SOAP-based server to another. The servers had to interoperate to "pass you
	off", and anyone who wants to go check out the website can see the deeper
	technical explanation of what's going on.
	</p>

	<p>
	If you'd selected the "map" option, you'd see a cool graphical depiction of
	the whole graph of rooms currently connected to the SOAPVerse, color-coded
	by host/server technology.
	</p>

	<p>
	[2.0 Digging a little deeper]
	</p>

	<p>
	That's the basic idea - a totally distributed text adventure game that
	demonstrates SOAP interoperability at a number of levels. The actual APIs
	are pretty simple, and should be implementable in few days at the most.
	</p>

	<p>
	So if you go to the "join us" section of the site, you end up with several
	things. First, a description of the structure of the application, in
	enough
	detail that you could implement it on your own site. This can (and should)
	be in as many forms as possible - english text, WSDL, SDL, IDL, etc....
	So you build the server to the spec, in any language/environment/platform
	you happen to have handy.
	</p>

	<p>
	Next, you find a form which allows you to test your server once you've got
	it up. This causes the SOAPVerse server to run a series of tests against
	your endpoint, to see if you can interoperate with it. Assuming that
	works,
	you can click "hook me up!" and the SOAPVerse server randomly picks a place
	on the graph to add your area, and matchmakes a connection between your
	server and whoever you're connecting to. The tests should get run again
	between you and this new guy, to make sure you two interoperate (you don't
	want to just prove interoperation between the "main" server and your impl),
	and then if everything looks good, you're now a part of the world, and your
	rooms appear on the master map.
	</p>

	<p>
	There's some more detail about which kinds of things we're testing with a
	system like this (data serialization, headers, intermediaries?), actual
	APIs,
	etc. but I'll convey my thoughts about that in a design discussion if
	there's
	enough community interest in this project.
	</p>

	<p>
	[3.0 Musings]
	</p>

	<p>
	This kind of thing serves at least two purposes. First, it can stay up in
	perpetuity, demonstrating SOAP interoperability in a fun way. This should
	be something you can always find, and hook new servers into. Second, it's
	a
	good demo for tradeshow-type events.
	</p>

	<p>
	Obviously there's a lot of opportunity for errors to happen here, so the
	system shouldn't assume too much about robustness, and should gracefully
	fail in the face of problems. It's meant as an interoperability demo,
	not a full-scale game.
	</p>

	<p>
	None of this is at all carved in stone, we just liked the basic idea. It
	shouldn't get too complicated, and it shouldn't rely on any particular
	implementation.
	</p>

	<p>
	If this could get done by late next month, this could be the actual
	technolgy
	for the "interopathon" demo which has been discussed for NetWorld/Interop
	in May.
	</p>

	<p>
	What do you think?
	</p>

	<p>
	--Glen
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