Julie,
Thanks for asking the question.  This thread has been very informative and
useful to me as I continue to work with our IT group on implementing Records
Management practices for our various electronic record systems and
repositories.

Now another question for those in the know:  are enterprise systems such as
SAP, PeopleSoft etc considered to be built for an SOA environment?  I've
been hearing that is not easy - if at all possible - to communicate directly
with these systems even though my RIM system has the capability.
Thanks Mary


On 3/23/06, Colgan, Julie J. <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the responses.  I tried wikipedia but it made my brain hurt for
> some reason ...
>
> I think I get it now.  David, in response to what you said, it made me
> think about one of the many conundrums of ERM ... "manage in place or move
> to a separate repository".  I'll take a stab at integrating what you said -
> please feel free to call me out if I'm off the mark ...
>
> In the instance of a RM system being deployed in a SOA, the RM
> functionality would be able to apply across the organization's repositories
> (i.e. provide the service), so long as the repositories are able to
> properly "talk" to the RM system (but the RM system doesn't care if it's web
> content, a Word document, a .wav file, etc., just so long as the
> communication path is open and clear).
>
> And further, that might be good (for me, at least) in terms of not having
> to reengineer business processes in order to realize the benefits of
> applying the RM functionality - the biz process stays the same and RM is
> applied to it as a service (by invocation or automation - choose your
> poison).
>
> Am I close or has my brain completely shut down for today?  If the latter,
> then I'm leaving now since Happy Hour began a good 5 minutes ago!
>
>
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Mary W. Haider
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