- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 10:59:48 -0500
- To: "Champion, Mike" <Mike.Champion@SoftwareAG-USA.com>
- Cc: www-ws-arch@w3.org
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 07:33:17AM -0700, Champion, Mike wrote: > Just recall that many of > the use cases for Web services include the integration of applications that > CANNOT be redesigned. If you can debunk my mistaken assertions that REST > doesn't work for this use case, go for it. REST provides for encapsulating legacy systems through layering. So one would simply write a component which on one interface presented the uniform interface, and on the other interacted with the legacy system via its native interface. BTW, a quick comment about WS-Reliability. It contains a "To:" header, which appears to bump head first into issue 2; http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/arch/2/issues/wsa-issues.html#x2 MB -- Mark Baker. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.markbaker.ca Web architecture consulting, technical reports, evaluation & analysis
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