- From: Monica J. Martin <monica.martin@sun.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 15:22:20 -0600
- To: "Yaron Y. Goland" <ygoland@bea.com>
- CC: Francis McCabe <fgm@fla.fujitsu.com>, "Burdett, David" <david.burdett@commerceone.com>, "Bonneau, Richard" <Richard.Bonneau@iona.com>, Assaf Arkin <arkin@intalio.com>, Jean-Jacques Dubray <jjd@eigner.com>, public-ws-chor@w3.org
> > >Goland: I don't understand what the terms service composition and service semantics >mean. Could someone please define them? Monica provides a whole mess of >definitions but having 10 definitions is just as bad as having none. > >mm1: The definitions were a compilation on various types of composition from the team. We have not settled on one definition, although I have provided one below that seems appropriate here for consideration. The definitions provided span different areas of composition, and whether the team agrees they are all the same, I can not speculate on. I think it evidences the multiple levels of discussions that are occurring. Don't shoot the messenger. I would propose: **A service composition is a composition of services that results in a new service. The new service can be the combination of distinct parts to form a whole of the same generic type. The web services could be combined to achieve a specific goal.* *This integrates parts of the definitions of recursive, web service and choreography composition. > Monica >
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