- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:11:32 -0400
- To: Heather Kreger <kreger@us.ibm.com>
- Cc: Hugo Haas <hugo@w3.org>, www-ws-arch@w3.org
I like some aspects of the second one, but the show stopper for me is that it says "are described using XML", rather than "are capable of being defined [...] in XML". The latter includes the existing Web, while the former does not. On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 09:50:42AM -0400, Heather Kreger wrote: > As hard won as the first definition was, > >From Reqts: [Definition: A Web service is a software application identified > by a URI, whose interfaces and bindings are capable of being defined, > described, and discovered as XML artifacts. A Web service supports direct > interactions with other software agents using XML based messages exchanged > via internet-based protocols.] > > I like this new one in the draft better... > >From Draft: [Definition: A Web service is a software system identified by a > URI, whose public interfaces and bindings are defined and described using > XML. Its definition can be discovered by other software systems. These > systems may then interact with the Web service in a manner prescribed by > its definition, using XML based messages conveyed by internet protocols.] -- Mark Baker, CTO, Idokorro Mobile. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.markbaker.ca http://www.idokorro.com
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