- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 22:48:19 -0400
- To: Dave Hollander <dmh@contivo.com>
- Cc: www-ws-arch@w3.org
On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 02:38:00PM -0700, Dave Hollander wrote: > Assumptions: > 1) basic layered architecture: transport, application > (Pick what ever words work for you, these are the labels I > am most comfortable with.) Ok, but we need to be clear what each term means, and what technologies fall into each layer. My view is probably different than yours; I say TCP, and any other sub-layer-7 entity, falls under "transport", whereas anything at layer 7 is part of the application layer (such as HTTP). Members of the XMLP WG will recall the many discussions we had on this point. 8-) > 2) intermediaries may be part of a layer or may represent their a > new one---I am not debating that at this time. > > 3) an interesting and significant part of an architecture is to > + describe the roles and responsibilities for the layers > + describe how they interact > > Proposed work items: > > 1) create strawman for layers (or equivalent) > 2) place intermediaries in one (or more) locations in the arch > 3) describe reliability as it relates the layers > 4) identify roles and responsibilities relative to the layers. > etc. Ok, looks good. Any takers? 8-) MB -- Mark Baker, CTO, Idokorro Mobile (formerly Planetfred) Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. distobj@acm.org http://www.markbaker.ca http://www.idokorro.com
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