- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 14:34:13 -0400
- To: Ugo Corda <UCorda@SeeBeyond.com>
- Cc: www-ws-arch@w3.org
On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 11:27:04AM -0700, Ugo Corda wrote: > >how about this for the > >glossary; > > >Gateway; a node that terminates a message on an inbound interface with > >the intent of presenting it through an outbound interface as a new > >message. Due to possible mismatches between the inbound and outbound > >interfaces, a message may have some or all of its meaning lost during > >the conversion process. Note; gateways may or may not be SOAP nodes, > >and gateways that are SOAP nodes are not SOAP intermediaries. > > I guess I am ok for now, in the interest of making progress with the spec. Thanks. > To be honest, I still feel that the definition of what is a gateway vs. what > is an intermediary is not clearly cut. Would it help to define "Intermediary" separately from "SOAP Intermediary", and then define "Gateway" as a kind of intermediary? We could do this, though I believe it would complicate things for people trying to understand what's going on. 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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