- From: David Booth <dbooth@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 13:03:10 -0400
- To: "Anne Thomas Manes" <anne@manes.net>, <www-ws-desc@w3.org>
At 10:16 AM 7/4/2003 -0400, Anne Thomas Manes wrote: >I'm confused. Don't the wsdl:service and wsdl:endpoint definitions refer to >a specific implementation? How can they be abstract? Yes (and sorry about the confusion). They are abstract in the sense that they do not necessarily represent a specific piece of software. The wsdl:service is "abstract" in the sense that several agents may be used to implement one conceptual (or "abstract") service. The wsdl:endpoint is "abstract" in the sense that it represents only the *location* of an agent, rather than the agent itself. A single agent could be accessed via more than one location or wsdl:endpoint. -- David Booth W3C Fellow / Hewlett-Packard Telephone: +1.617.253.1273
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