Currently reads:
WSIA Web Services must be self-describing, making it possible for
Consumers to use them with minimal human intervention. Addition: capture the
idea of a spectrum of self-description. Debate: CW, TJ.
Certain component models include the notion of introspection, where all
components in the system support a fundamental, minimal interface. One of
the operations on this base interface is to return a list of the other
interfaces supported by the component. Sometimes a related operation
determines whether the component implements a specified interface. This is
a powerful construct which would seem to be useful for our work (where the
interfaces might be represented as WSDL portTypes/bindings).
Suggested replacement:
WSIA Web Services must be self-describing, making it possible for
Consumers to use them with minimal human intervention. Given a generic
reference to a WSIA Web Service, it must be possible for a Consumer to
obtain a description of its full WSIA-related capabilities. It must also be
possible for a Consumer to determine whether the service supports a specific
WSIA-related capability.
Tim
