RE: REST wrap-up (was Re: Web Services Architecture Document

Mark: 

> I'll just briefly mention 
> again, that if you study enough Internet scale systems 
> (email, Web, instant messaging, even the telephone network), 
> you'll find that they *ALL* have one thing in common; a 
> constrained interface derived from an application abstraction 
> (respectively, an inbox, a resource, a user, and a telephone 
> line).  I don't believe that's a coincidence.

You're absolutely right. Web Services has an application abstraction too
- it's a "(SOAP) message."

Jim