Re: [soa-rm-ra] Comments on Service Participants

There was a side discussion at one point in the RM development (and it seemed OK there to leave some ambiguity) about whether the service consumer interacts with the service or the service provider.  It appears to usually be with the service unless there is, for example, an ambiguity in the service description that the service provider is asked to clarify.  Or, if there is a policy disconnect, this needs to be resolved with the service provider unless other policies are in place on how to automate the resolution process.

One other point for consistency with the RM:  the connection between Service and Capabilities in the first diagram should be "Accessed by" rather than "realized by".

Ken

On Jul 1, 2006, at 6:34 PM, Danny Thornton wrote:

Currently, Service Participants primarily discusses

consumers and providers. Needs, capabilities,

visibility, and semantics are also referenced to

provide a context.

http://wiki.oasis-open.org/soa-rm/TheArchitecture/ServiceParticipants

The first question I would ask myself that would make

me read this section is "Who or what types of

participants are in an Internet/Enterprise SOA?"   The

section then has the opportunity to make the reader

aware of not only the types of participants but both

simple and complex relationships between the

participants.   Jeff set the stage for a more in depth

discussion of SOA participants in the paragraph that

discusses the participant duality.  Expanding on this

paragraph I would ask questions like, "What are

intermediaries, how do humans fit in (work flow as a

concrete example),  how do groups work. This would

also lead to a discussion of the relationship between

rights and responsibilities and roles of the various

participants. 

I don't think the other sections go into detail about

the relationships of various participants like this

section.   

Danny

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