Re: [soa-rm-ra] random question

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Re: [soa-rm-ra] random question
Title: Re: [soa-rm-ra] random question

I feel a strong sense that the old “is null a value” question is coming on ;-)

I think that all services must utilize data at some juncture of the invocation lifecycle.  Otherwise, why would anyone build an interface?

D

On 8/25/06 1:08 AM, "Jones, Steve G" <> wrote:

If we are being random, a NOP service wouldn’t use data.  But I’m not quite sure what the real world effect would be either.  But I’m not sure that we need to worry about service provider types either because the consumer doesn’t care as long as it meets the contract.

 

Steve

 

From: Duane Nickull [mailto:] 

Sent: 24 August 2006 17:26

To: Chiusano Joseph; Ken Laskey

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Subject: Re: [soa-rm-ra] random question

 

Is there any service that does not use data?

D

On 8/24/06 6:29 AM, "Chiusano Joseph" <> wrote:

Not types of service providers; service providers that provide certain types of services (e.g. data service provider = service provider of data services).

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From: Ken Laskey [mailto:] <mailto:%5d>  

Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 8:49 AM

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Subject: Re: [soa-rm-ra] random question

Joe, 

But I'm not sure "types" of service providers is relevant.  I look at a service description, decide if the real world effects are what I want (and whether the rest of the execution context stuff can be aligned), and then I proceed with the interaction.  If I ask for information, I don't know (unless I have a business reason for this to be part of my rationale for which service to use) if it is "data" from a database, results from a simulation, or Mechanical Turk.

Ken

On Aug 24, 2006, at 6:33 AM, Chiusano Joseph wrote:

 

I think it's a question of  service providers, but more specifically of what *types* of services. So there  can be data service providers, perhaps process service providers (e.g.  BPEL-based processes), and perhaps even application service providers in a  different sense than the traditional ASP (perhaps service-based  applications).

 

 

Joe

 

From: Ken Laskey [mailto:] <mailto:%5d> 

Sent:  Wed 8/23/2006 10:19 PM

To: Michael Stiefel

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Subject:  Re: [soa-rm-ra] random question

 

 

Michael,

 

 

My question is whether there are providers in the SOA sense for something  other than services.  For example, one could say there are data providers  but wouldn't they have their data sources accessed using services?  Does  that apply to all providing stakeholders?

 

 

Ken

 

 

On Aug 23, 2006, at 6:58 PM, Michael Stiefel wrote:

 

Aren't users of the services stakeholders?

 

 

Aren't manufacturers of equipment  stakeholders?

 

 

Is the government that collects a tax or regulates  a stakeholder?

 

 

Aren't the "victims" we discussed at the F2F  stakeholders as well?

 

 

 

Michael

 

 

 

 

At 05:57 PM 8/23/2006, Ken Laskey wrote:

 

Can we have stakeholders who are providers or  maintainers of something other than services?  Or, do we assume by the nature  of SOA that if you provide something other than a service, that something  is a capability that must have a service access, so you always end up a  service provider?

 

 

Ken

 

 

 

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