RE: Straw-man Proposal for our mission statement

 >>      I don't necessarily buy the argument that we are only talking
about
 >>the interactions between one WSDL-ized object and another. WSDL is
just
 >>one
 >>way of doing things. Web Services should not be explicitly limited to
WSDL
 >>interface, IMHO.

I am not quite sure who authored this snippet .. but in any case: this 
was discussed on this list at some length earlier. I don't want to 
prematurely close the issue if it is indeed still open. I am aware that 
WSA is still groping towards a workable definition of "Web service", and 
at least some definitions encompass services w/o WSDL descriptions.

However, IMHO constraining choreography to involve services having WSDL 
descriptions is not a severe constraint. Choreography is envisioned -- 
however vaguely -- as another level in the WS stack, building on 
existing levels. WSDL exists in that stack as the language for 
service-level metadata. And IMO we likely need such metadata to build a 
workable expression of choreography.

--Jon

Received on Friday, 9 May 2003 22:44:27 UTC