January 05, 2006

UnderstandingUML and the nuxle.us project, ChannelXML.com is alive and well

UnderstandingUML���Single Sign-On and Nuxle.us

Nuxle.us is a set of technologies that are working towards enabling XML-based smart message passing. You might have heard me talk about LLUP in the past, but the point is that LLUP is a central concept in this mix, and at the heart of LLUP is the need for you to safely interact with the system such that it can learn about you and work with you to ensure that your XML-based messaging experience is as good as it can be; in a nutshell, this is about SAML and single sign-on.

The above linked quote comes from a "SAML integration discovery" series that Russ has started on his UnderstandingUML.com blog. Through the good graces of Eve Maler's guidance we are working on trying to gain a full and complete understanding of how to go about merging all that is ChannelXML and the nuxle.us project into all that is that is SAML. XMPP (Jabber) is next. But before we try to do too much with what little spare time we all have it seems important to take things one step/technology at a time.

Speaking of "what little spare time we all have"...

While working full time for General Dynamics UK and finishing his MSc in Software Engineering at Oxford University Russ is continuing in his quest to remove all possiblities of 'free' and 'time' ever being used together and preceded with "In his" and followed with "Russ enjoys underwater basket weaving and increasing his collection of rare stuffed animals via ebay collectibles" [1]. Just so we can be quite clear, Russ doesn't do underwater basket weaving in his free time.

What he does do however is write books. His first on AOP, his second on UML, and his... Ummm.... Well, we'll leave it at that for now. Please rest, assured Russ has no spare time for any false allegations of underwater basket weaving. Anyone who claims that he does is a LIAR! ;)

What I am confident I can move forward with is Russ has started blogging about UML on UnderstandingUML.com. This same link will also gain you access to the UnderstandingUML Wiki such that if you have interest in creating content that relates to UML but don't have the time (interest?) to start your own web site, blog, or etc... but would like to help promote the proper usage and understanding of UML, you can.

Cool. :)

Also, by fault of a strange and unfortunate phenomenom, I seemed to have forgotten to make various updates to my GoDaddy hosted servers account and as such there was a bit of confusion by the GoDaddy DNS system as to where to send requests for ChannelXML.com. Thats now fixed and the site is now accessible again. Totally my own fault... please don't see this as something bad against GoDaddy's hosting services. GoDaddy ROCKS! 'nuff said.

Enjoy your day!

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[1] : They get no link, BTW, until they give proper respect to J.K. Rowling and her prodding to fix the problem with folks selling faked autographed Harry Potter memorabilia. see: front page of J.K. Rowlings official site (Requires Flash) and access "The Daily News/Latest ebay" for more details.