- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 01:07:43 -0400
- To: "Newcomer, Eric" <Eric.Newcomer@iona.com>
- Cc: www-ws-arch@w3.org
Hi Eric, On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 06:18:59PM -0400, Newcomer, Eric wrote: > Actually I think we are in danger of losing the distinction between architecture as a practice and its application. REST is an application of architecture, therefore constraints and properties are central. However, architecture is more generally a study of relationships, and since we are not prescribing the application of Web services architecture, it is a mistake to begin with constraints when we need to begin with the definition of the relationships. But "constraints" are constraints on relationships; "A software architecture is defined by a configuration of architectural elements--components, connectors, and data--constrained in their relationships in order to achieve a desired set of architectural properties." -- http://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/software_arch.htm#sec_1_2 It seems we're in agreement. MB -- Mark Baker. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.markbaker.ca Web architecture consulting, technical reports, evaluation & analysis
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