Re: SOAP UML diagram

+1 too. A module also implements (sorry, realizes) zero or more features.

JJ.

Christopher B Ferris wrote:

> Yikes!
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> +1
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> :-)
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> Christopher Ferris
> STSM, Emerging e-business Industry Architecture
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> www-ws-arch-request@w3.org wrote on 06/04/2003 04:06:56 PM:
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>>On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 11:16:23AM -0700, David Orchard wrote:
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>>>Some comments:
>>>- I believe that a body is a header that is targetted at the ultimate
>>>receiver
>>
>>Yah, ditto to what Martin said.  I recall this being discussed and
>>(I think) refuted on xml-dist-app sometime ago.
>>
>>
>>>  - a collection of 2 or more messages can be an mep
>>
>>Really?
>>
>>I would say that a MEP describes how a message is exchanged.  It seems
>>to me that it's orthogonal to the message itself.  I'm not sure how some
>>number of messages would change that.
>>
>>
>>>  - a module is a header
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>>A module is more of a spec.  It can define one or more headers.
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>>>  - a message has a binding to a protocol.
>>
>>Hmm, tough one.  I'd just say that a binding binds SOAP messages
>>to an underlying protocol.
>>
>>BTW, I'd also recommend using the terminology from SOAP 1.2 section
>>1.5, as those terms were very carefully chosen.  "message" is a bit
>>ambiguous; if we mean "SOAP message", I'd suggest using it.  This
>>section also provides a great place to discover the kinds of
>>relationships that the diagram might want to expose.
>>
>>MB
>>-- 
>>Mark Baker.   Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA.        http://www.markbaker.ca
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