Re: Messaging Service Layer

Eric,

The "for what" for this tiny threadlet was clearly spelled out in [1]:

"If there's concensus in the WG about what you've written, I
would request that this be reflected in the arch doc so that IETFers
and other OSI/IETF model folks can be aware of the difference in
terminology."

Summarized, that would be "for the sake of understanding in the
technical community", a "for what" that's not on your list, but probably
belongs there.

I agree with your rant below, but don't you think it's overkill in
this particular case?

Walden

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-ws-arch/2003Feb/0113.html


----- Original Message -----
From: "Newcomer, Eric" <Eric.Newcomer@iona.com>
To: "Walden Mathews" <waldenm@optonline.net>; "Champion, Mike"
<Mike.Champion@SoftwareAG-USA.com>; <www-ws-arch@w3.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 9:30 AM
Subject: RE: Messaging Service Layer


> A lot of these arguments are truly unresolvable since they are never in
the context of "for what" -- meaning that we hear again and again that SOAP
is doing things the wrong way, but we don't hear the "wrong way for what"
part of the argument.
>
> Here are some "for whats" it would be helpful to include in the arguments:
>
> -- For XML in a LAN environment
> -- For XML in a WAN environment
> -- For XML in an EAI system
> -- For XML is a B2B system
> -- For XML as a replacement for HTML
> -- For RPC-oriented systems
> -- For message oriented systems
>
> No doubt there are many ways to accomplish most tasks.  We have been
hearing the same "SOAP isn't the right way" before the XML Protocols
Workshop in Amsterdam in June 2000, at the workshop, and ever since.
>
> But it seems to be a classic case of each side making assumptions about
their arguments that never get resolved, so we go on and on.
>
> The use cases for REST and Web services are different.  The use cases for
the Web and Web services are different.  The meaning of the term
"application" is different in OSI than in TCP.
>
> So can we please talk about "messaging for LANs" or "messaging for
document exchange between message queueing systems" or etc. when debating
the usefulness or appropriateness of given technology or architectural
principles?  Otherwise this will continue, as it has till now, to be a very
unproductive and unresolvable debate.
>
> What is anyone getting out of this other than the chance to re-state their
positions yet again?
>
> Eric
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walden Mathews [mailto:waldenm@optonline.net]
> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 10:58 PM
> To: Champion, Mike; www-ws-arch@w3.org
> Subject: Re: Messaging Service Layer
>
>
>
> > > If there's concensus in the WG
> > > about what you've written, I would request that this be
> > > reflected in the arch doc so that IETFers and other OSI/IETF
> > > model folks can be aware of the difference in terminology.
> > > Or perhaps it could just go in the glossary, in the
> > > definitions of "application layer", "transport layer", etc..
> >
> > There's nothing in the WSA charter or requirements about conforming to
any
> > flavor of the 7-layer networking model, AFAIK.  I'm unfamiliar with the
> > IETF's position on this as a normative model for the highest-levels of
the
> > protocol stack, could you point me to that? I'd also be interested in
> > hearing from anyone besides Mark who believes this is an important
issue.
>
> I think Mark is just asking the group to think hard before coding up
> a spec that loses all the wisdom and helpfulness of these two imperfect
> but very helpful models.  One way to "think hard" about it is to write
> the text that Mark has requested above.
>
> To the extent that credibility of the architecture document is important,
> it's an important issue.
>
> Walden
>

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