RE: Feedback on Glossary (Service/Service Type/Web Service)

IMO the current WSA definition of service is quite adequate, at least 
it's broad enough that you can't very well object to it.

Re Service Type:

>  I can say that some choreography can use any 
>> service that implements interface X

This implies a concept of equivalence of interface definitions, which is 
not made explicit here.

See 
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-ws-desc/2002Jun/att-0046/01-portTypes-2002-06-09.html
for a discussion of service type in WSDL, including the equivalence 
definition ws-desc used.

To repeat myself, I think we need a really, really Good Reason to 
re-introduce "service type", which WSA has not seen fit to define and 
which WSD has removed from the WSDL 1.2 draft. I can see the usefulness 
of this, myself, but if we want it back in we need to make the argument 
that it truly needed for choreography.

Re "Web Service", there is an evolving permathread on the WSA list. IMO 
we should defer to that group for this.

--Jon

Received on Monday, 28 April 2003 19:19:49 UTC