- From: Geoff Arnold <Geoff.Arnold@Sun.COM>
- Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 14:43:40 -0400
- To: "Cutler, Roger (RogerCutler)" <RogerCutler@ChevronTexaco.com>
- Cc: www-ws-arch@w3.org
On Monday, August 4, 2003, at 01:52 PM, Cutler, Roger (RogerCutler) wrote: [splash, splash] > And then, I would think, there are WS's that can be used BOTH s and > a/s. I think we're splashing around in the pond. Let's refocus. Synchronous and asynchronous are adjectives. To what nouns do they apply? (If many, pick the most fundamental.) What is the essential difference between a synchronous <x> and an asynchronous <x>? The superficially plausible candidates for <x> are: - set of messages - message exchange pattern - message - web service You may have others. As you know, my preference is for "message exchange pattern", because this lets me think about the consequences for messages (what properties must they have) and sets of messages (is this, possibly ordered, set of messages a well-formed instance of a particular message exchange pattern).
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