Re: [?? Probable Spam] How to understand a composite process in OW L-S ?

Hi,
The Service requester should invoke the composite process.
Best,
Hongbing
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Subject: [?? Probable Spam] How to understand a composite process in OWL-S ?


> 
> Hi, I have a question about understanding a composite process in OWL-S.
> 
> Supposed that a composite processes is composed of some atomic processes. 
> If a service requester wants to use the composite process, what should servcie requester do?
> 1. Service requester only invokes the composite process?
> 2. Servcie requester invokes the atomic processes in certain order?
> 
>>From the examples from Mindswap, e.g. service FindCheaperBook, it seems the fromer.
> 
> But from the examples from OWL-S Colation, e.g. service BravoAir and CongoBuy, it seems the latter.
> 
> Especially in the document "OWL-S: Semantic Markup for Web Services" from OWL-S Colation, it states 
> in section 5.4 "A composite process is not a behavior a service will do, but a behavior (or set of 
> behaviors) the client can perform by sending and receiving a series of messages. If the composite 
> process has an overall effect, then the client must perform the entire process in order to achieve 
> that effect. We have not yet given a precise specification of what it means to perform a process, 
> but all we mean is that, e.g., if a composite is a Sequence, then the client sends a series of messages 
> that invoke every step in order.". 
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> Ying Yu
> cdyuying@gmail.com
> 2007-11-12
> 
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