Christopher:
This is too implementation specific. Not all SOA's use the
publish-find-bind method. The internet is probably the largest SOA and
it has no explicit model other than search engines and DNS (including
DNS-SD).
We must remain abstract.
Duane
Christopher Bashioum wrote:
>I like the term publication - fits in well with the publish-find-bind, and
>captures the essence of what is being done by the service provider.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rex Brooks [mailto:]
>Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 9:49 PM
>To: Duane Nickull; Francis McCabe
>Cc: Ken Laskey; Chiusano Joseph; ;
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>Subject: Re: [soa-rm] Architectural Scope of Reference Model
>
>I have held off commenting on the term advertising simply because I
>am biased, due to my long involvement with the practice of
>advertising as an art director and designer. I convinced myself that
>this different context in some way disqualified my understanding of
>the term due to my involvement in the commercial context. However,
>having thought about it more, I think I should go ahead and say I
>have two point in relation to this term.
>
>1. The definition of Advertising as a commercial practice as I
>understood it has always been: Communication of messages with the
>intent of obtaining favorable consideration for the party seeking
>such consideration.
>
>2. I think the term Publication is more accurate since that the
>Service Provider is actually doing: providing public information
>about the availability of the service.
>
>Ciao,
>Rex
>
>At 2:27 PM -0700 4/11/05, Duane Nickull wrote:
>
>
>>Francis:
>>
>>Discovery is described in the WSA from W3C in section 2.3.3.1 very well.
>>
>>"There are various means by which discovery can be performed.
>>Various things - human end users or agents - may initiate discovery.
>>Requester entities may find service descriptions during development
>>for static binding, or during execution for dynamic binding. For
>>statically bound requester agents, using discovery is optional, as
>>the service description might be obtained in other ways, such as
>>being sent directly from the provider entity to the requester
>>entity, developed collaboratively, or provided by a third party,
>>such as a standards body."
>>
>>For something to be discovered, it must first be in a format that
>>allows discovery to happen. That is the act of advertising it.
>>Discovery happens ONLY after something is available to be discovered.
>>
>>Duane
>>
>>Francis McCabe wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Is discovery of the essence or advertising? If I discover how to
>>>use your service by some kind of reverse engineering -- you did not
>>>advertise it but I discovered it -- and can therefore use it!
>>>Frank
>>>
>>>
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