Re: message exchange patterns and # of parties

On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:32:16 -0400
David Booth <dbooth@w3.org> wrote:

> On yesterday's WS Arch WG call, the WG confirmed agreement on the
> following terminology for the parties involved in an interaction:
> 
>          Terms to Avoid          Terms to Use Instead
>          ==============          ====================
>          client, consumer        requester
>          server                  Web service, service or provider
> 
> Maybe we should follow the WSA WG's lead in our documents as well?

Since a subscriber is *not* a requester, nor is the second participating
node in any output-first operation, I would prefer to avoid making these
mistakes, even if they can be justified by pointing out that WSA made
them first.

Amy!
-- 
Amelia A. Lewis
Architect, TIBCO/Extensibility, Inc.
alewis@tibco.com

Received on Friday, 12 September 2003 12:49:37 UTC