- From: ZHAO, Wenfeng <zhaowenfeng@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:20:26 +0800
- To: "Jyotishman Pathak" <jyotishman@gmail.com>, "Public-Sws-Ig@W3. Org" <public-sws-ig@w3.org>, "OWL-S ml" <owl-s@lists.mindswap.org>
- Cc: <jpathak@us.ibm.com>
In my opinion,
>
> Hi,
>
> Pardon me for my misunderstanding, but I am curious to learn whether
Yes,
it doesn't demonstrate the use of parallel control structure such as "Split" and "Split-Join".
> the OWL-S example [1] demonstrates parallel composition between
> multiple entities ? To me, it seems that there exists a composite
> service "FullCongoBuy", which in turn invokes a set of atomic and
> composite services. All these composite services follow somewhat
No, "SigInAlternatives" comprise a "Choice" structure,
and "FullCongoBuy" comprise an "If-Then-Else".
> sequential pattern (of execution). For example, the composite service
> "CreateAcctSequence" performs atomic process "CreateAcct" followed by
> atomic process "LoadUserProfile". Similarly, composite service
> "SignInSequence" follows the same pattern.
Yes, these two ones are pure sequential composite services.
>
> So, at a higher level of abstraction, there seems to be a pure
> sequential flow in which these services/functions are executed.
>
> Please clarify me if I am wrong here.
>
> Thanks,
> - Jyoti
>
>
>
> [1] http://www.daml.org/services/owl-s/1.1/CongoProcess.owl
>
> --
> Jyotishman Pathak
> WWW: http://www.cs.iastate.edu/~jpathak
>
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