RE: Web Service Description and stateful services

+1

Christopher Ferris
Architect, Emerging e-business Industry Architecture
email: chrisfer@us.ibm.com
phone: +1 508 234 3624

Savas Parastatidis wrote on 05/20/2003 07:57:37 AM:

> 
> > 
> > But whether WSD or WSCHOR eventually looks into this, I *do* think
> that we
> > need to have concepts/relationships that describe how a Web service
> > maintains its state.  This is obviously tied up with the more abstract
> > discussions we've had over the role of "statelessness" in the Web
> > architecture.
> > 
> 
> Surely, the way a Web service maintains its state must be an
> implementation detail. How do we refer to/address that state and whether
> there is value in providing a standard way for
> creating/modifying/accessing it should be the topic of discussion, but
> in the appropriate WGs.
> 
> .savas.
> 
> 

Received on Tuesday, 20 May 2003 08:03:37 UTC