Re: Definition for a Web Service

Hmmm.... A service may have multiple WSDL files. I suppose the WSDL file
that defines the <wsdl:service> is the definitive definition of the service,
but I'm not sure that the definition of a thing is the same as the name of
the thing. The WSDL URL identifies the WSDL file. I contend that a WSDL file
is a different resouce from the thing it defines.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff Arnold" <Geoff.Arnold@Sun.COM>
To: "Anne Thomas Manes" <anne@manes.net>
Cc: <www-ws-arch@w3.org>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: Definition for a Web Service


> On Monday, August 11, 2003, at 05:45 PM, Anne Thomas Manes wrote:
> > The way I see it, the service URI *names* the service (effectively
> > equivalent to the wsdl:service @name). It is not and should not be
> > construed
> > to be an endpoint of the service.
>
> +1 .... but in the case where the service and its endpoint(s) are
> described by an HTTP-accessible WSDL document, is there anything we
> want to
> say about the [?non]relationship between the URI for the WSDL and the
> URI
> which *names* the service?
>
> Just curious.....
>
> Geoff
>