service identification (was: Re: Web Services Definition and XML)

I meant to send this to the list, not just to David.

Sanjiva.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sanjiva Weerawarana" <sanjiva@watson.ibm.com>
To: "David Orchard" <david.orchard@bea.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 8:23 AM
Subject: service identification (was: Re: Web Services Definition and XML)


> Hi David,
>
> > Like I argued for URIs, I will also argue for XML in our definition.
This
> > is a show-stopper.
>
> I didn't follow that thread, but it seems to me a service should
> be identified by a QName and not a URI. The reason being that a
> service defines a bunch of things belonging to a single namespace
> and being able to point to specific aspects of that service is
> very useful. That's the approach that WSDL took.
>
> If this has been discussed already then I would appreciate a pointer
> to the thread.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sanjiva.
>
>

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