Re: Asynch Scenarios

paul.downey@bt.com wrote:

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>David wrote:
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>>>Isn't this the use case of a resource-constrained device (e.g., a cell 
>>>phone) essentially polling a "server" to get requests, with the requests 
>>>coming back in the reply to the poll and the responses going out in 
>>>separate interactions?
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>Michael was kind enough to point me at his earlier mail which of  course
>i now recall reading:
>http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ws-async-tf/2005Feb/0065.html
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>I've also been wondering about the buckets being called 'one-way' and 'two-way'
>maybe there are some better names for to be found, or maybe better explanation
>is all that is required.
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I think that's essentially the distinction, except that correlation and 
back-channel are two separate facilities.

>In my mind t's the provision of a back-channel and correlation for the duration 
>of the MEP by the underlying protocol which is the distinction, rather than the 
>ability for messages to travel in either direction within a single conversation
>(connection).
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>Paul 
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