RE: Resource definition

Is the 'means to access a resource' a resource in itself?

I think it's a matter of scope. When I manage a Web site I consider each
network card to be a resource, each HTTP server to be a resource, and each
HTML document to be a resource. When I look at services I take network cards
and HTTP servers for granted, but I still think of services as resources.
When I look at data I ignore the service.

arkin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: www-ws-arch-request@w3.org [mailto:www-ws-arch-request@w3.org]On
> Behalf Of James M Snell
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 2:47 PM
> To: Mark Baker
> Cc: David Orchard; 'Cutler, Roger (RogerCutler)'; www-ws-arch@w3.org;
> www-ws-arch-request@w3.org
> Subject: Re: Resource definition
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>
> Hmmm.. the assertion that "All Web services have identity, and are
> therefore resources" doesn't seem right to this lurking observer.  I view
> "Web Services" as one way of getting to a resource, not as the resource
> itself...
>
> A Resource has an identity and a collection of mechanisms a resource
> consumer can use to get at that resource.  Web services are just one of
> those mechanisms.
>
> I believe my disconnect here is purely a matter of semantics so perhaps
> you could ellaborate a bit more.  What am I missing?
>
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> Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
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> David Orchard <dorchard@bea.com>
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> Subject
> Resource definition
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>
> Dave,
>
> On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 12:59:09PM -0800, David Orchard wrote:
> > 1. The W3C TAG should darned well write up what a resource is from a web
> > architecture perspective.
>
> Doesn't this count?
>
> "A resource is defined by [RFC2396] to be anything that has identity."
> -- http://www.w3.org/TR/webarch/#identification
>
> Or did you want something more specific than a punt to 2396?
> Personally, I'm quite happy with the punt.
>
> > 2. The WS-Arch group ought to relate a service to a resource *somehow*
>
> I'd suggest that;
>
> "All Web services have identity, and are therefore resources."
>
> is as far as we can go with that, at least until the definition of what
> a Web service is, is figured out.  The current one is still very fuzzy,
> IMO.
>
> MB
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