RE: Web Service Description and stateful services from Savas Parastatidis on 2003-05-20 (www-ws-arch@w3.org from May 2003)

From: Savas Parastatidis <Savas.Parastatidis@newcastle.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 12:57:37 +0100
To: <www-ws-arch@w3.org>
Message-ID: <BC28A9E979C56C44BCBC2DED313A447001C0C0C0@bond.ncl.ac.uk>

> 
> But whether WSD or WSCHOR eventually looks into this, I *do* think
that we
> need to have concepts/relationships that describe how a Web service
> maintains its state.  This is obviously tied up with the more abstract
> discussions we've had over the role of "statelessness" in the Web
> architecture.
> 

Surely, the way a Web service maintains its state must be an
implementation detail. How do we refer to/address that state and whether
there is value in providing a standard way for
creating/modifying/accessing it should be the topic of discussion, but
in the appropriate WGs.

.savas.

Received on Tuesday, 20 May 2003 07:57:46 UTC