Re: Terminology

>- The word "agent" is a little confusing to me - it is not defined as a 
>wsdl term, and in the real world (and in the IT world) may mean many 
>things. Would it be possible to phrase the definitions without this term? 
>Even if it would mean using "implementation" or such - if wsdl is a 
>component model then the interface/contract terminology is typically 
>contrasted with a realization/implementation behind it (e.g. in UML 2.0).

"Agent" is used as in the W3C TAG's Web Architecture document[1].  Sorry I 
neglected to mention that.

1. http://www.w3.org/TR/webarch/#def-agent


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Received on Thursday, 3 July 2003 13:15:53 UTC