- From: Jean-Jacques Moreau <moreau@crf.canon.fr>
- Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 13:34:03 +0200
- To: Christopher B Ferris <chrisfer@us.ibm.com>
- CC: www-ws-arch@w3.org
From a SOAP perspective (see glossary[1]), and especially with the current HTTP binding, the "requester" would be a SOAP sender *only* and the "provider" would be a SOAP receiver *only*. The sender would not be considered a receiver. (Although with other definitions it might.) Jean-Jacques. [1] http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/Group/2/06/LC/soap12-part1.html#senderreceiverconcepts Christopher B Ferris wrote: > > Would a quick, short term solution be to replace: > > "that function as both requesters and providers" > > > > with: > > "that function as either resquester and providers, > > or possibly as both" > > Actually, with the request/response MEP, both agents/nodes operate > in both roles. The original requestor/sender sends a message and receives > and processes a message. The original service provider both receives and > processes a message and sends a response.
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