- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:25:55 -0500
- To: "Champion, Mike" <Mike.Champion@SoftwareAG-USA.com>
- Cc: www-ws-arch@w3.org
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 11:12:13AM -0500, Champion, Mike wrote: > I am saying that we've learned > that there is not a single reference architecture for web services that is > possible even in principle -- the web services technologies are more of a > "cloud" that can take on many shapes than a "stack" with one canonical > shape. That's not the outcome we anticipated two years ago, but I think it > is a valuable conclusion [remember that this is my conclusion, not the WG's] > that was not obvious two years ago. Bravo. When I went on (and on and on ... 8-) about the value of architectural constraints, this is what I was getting at; by relaxing constraints one builds a bigger and bigger umbrella under which more and more architectural styles can be included. But in doing so, the value of the umbrella style approaches zero. Mark. -- Mark Baker. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.markbaker.ca
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