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title: More Traction for Compliance Oriented Architecture
date: 2005-03-02T01:53:47Z
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timestamp: 2005-03-02T01:53:47Z
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You know those things that put a dirt-eating grin on your face? Things that make you smile and kind of bounce out of your seat. Well one just happened. We recently began a dialogue with [James McGovern](http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/eai/leadership/authorbio.asp) and it seems fruit is set to burst out of the blossoms on our tree. I am really pleased he sees the value in the work, but i am even more pleased to see him [contributing](http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/archives/000508.html), putting some [energy into the mix](http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/eai/leadership/archives/003286.asp).

So let’s check out James’ call to action:

> I usually read a lot of things very quickly, but felt it was important to pay more attention to the great work done by the folks at RedMonk on Compliance Oriented Architecture. I would like to participate and ask others to also consider not stopping where they left off but to take it even deeper using their work as a foundation. I propose that collectively, the community puts their heads together and creates several derivative works off their efforts

For the record, if [Bruce Schneier](http://www.schneier.com/blog) had any interest we’d freak out. Noone understands risk better, and compliance is all about managing risk.

James’ timing is impeccable (or is it ours?) – we’re actually ready to start building out a lightweight architecture of participation for COA – its [wiki o’clock](http://www.redmonk.com/wiki/index.php?title=COA).

Oh yeah James. You say dont stop “where they left off” – we didn’t stop. That was just version 1.0. The community will help us get to version 1.1. More depth is essential for the model. RulesSphere was the [first fork](http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/archives/000469.html) though, fwiw.