RE: Corrected typo in RE: Snapshot of Web Services Glossary on Response types

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dale Moberg [mailto:dmoberg@cyclonecommerce.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 8:51 AM
> To: Walden Mathews; Assaf Arkin; www-ws-arch@w3.org
> Subject: Corrected typo in RE: Snapshot of Web Services Glossary on
> Response types
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> Insufficiently caffeinated during last comment.
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> I normally interpret people to mean the following when they talk about
> the difference between a synchronous or asynchronous _response_. There
> are lots of other meanings to these terms as applied to other entities.
> I would not disagree with people lamenting the terminology selected, but
> it is a done deal at this point, IMO.
>
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> A web service response is said to be synchronous iff it is returned
> using the same network connection used in sending the request to which
> it is a response.

We can say that the transport is synchronous iff the request is returned
using the same network connection.

But a WS operation can be synchronous even if you use an asynchronous
transport.

Using a single network connection would be beneficial in most cases, but is
not necessary, and being protocol agnostic WS should not think in terms of
which protocol you use but only in terms of operation semantics.

arkin

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> [This implies that only one URL would be needed for request-response MEP
> when the response is synchronous and uses a transfer protocol that has
> URLs. It also implies that the request and response occur within the
> interval of time that the network connection exists. Also, there is
> overhead in setting up only one TCP connection when TCP is used, and
> since we are talking about IP _connections_ that will be almost always
> the case.]
>
> A web service response is said to asynchronous iff it is returned using
> a network connection that is distinct from that used for sending the
> request to which it is a response.
>
> [Implications: Two URLs are needed to configure a request-response MEP
> when the response is ==>asynchronous. The response connection may occur
> while the request connection is still open or after it is closed. For
> TCP-based transfer protocols, two connection setups will be needed.]

Received on Tuesday, 25 February 2003 15:42:14 UTC