Correct! The RM does not care what type of implementation is used.
Duane
Ken Laskey wrote:
> I would suggest our user can be either human or machine/software.
> For the current purposes, I do not believe there is a difference.
>
> Ken
>
> On Apr 7, 2005, at 4:37 AM, Gregory A. Kohring wrote:
>
>> Thomas,
>>
>> Perhaps one should use a somewhat broader definition which captures
>> the human user as well:
>>
>> Service Consumer: An entity which exploits a service.
>>
>>
>> -- Greg
>>
>>
>> Thomas Erl wrote:
>>
>>> Now that we've decided on the term "service consumer" it may be
>>> useful to formally define it. The term "consumer" is used by the
>>> WS-I Basic Profile wherein it is simply defined as "Software that
>>> invokes an instance."
>>> Thomas
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>> G.A. Kohring
>> C&C Research Laboratories, NEC Europe Ltd.
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