- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:27:17 -0400
- To: Jean-Jacques Moreau <moreau@crf.canon.fr>
- Cc: www-ws-arch@w3.org
Works for me! Thanks. On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 11:58:27AM +0200, Jean-Jacques Moreau wrote: > <revised> > 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. Unlike a proxy, a gateway receives messages as if > it were the final receiver for the 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. For example, an HTTP PUT has no equivalent in SMTP. > Note: a gateway may or may not be a SOAP node; however a gateway > is never a SOAP intermediary, since gateways terminate messages > and SOAP intermediaries relay them instead. Being a gateway is > typically a permanent role, whilst being a SOAP intermediary is > message specific. > </revised> -- Mark Baker, CTO, Idokorro Mobile. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.markbaker.ca http://www.idokorro.com
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