Re: [soa-rm] Definition of "Service Consumer"

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Matthew MacKenzie <>
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2005-04-07T15:42:50+00:00
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Re: [soa-rm] Definition of "Service Consumer"
If we must define it, I'd want to depart from the WS-I BP definition, 
possibly:

"Software that uses a service instance."

I want to shy away from "invoke" for the same reason I avoid "request".

-Matt

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
>