- From: <paul.downey@bt.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 17:20:34 +0100
- To: sanjiva@watson.ibm.com, jim.webber@arjuna.com, distobj@acm.org
- Cc: www-ws-desc@w3.org
I agree with Sanjiva. WSDL defines the messages passed, not the programming interface, and cannot be tied to any specific programming language: http://www.w3c.org/2002/01/ws-desc-charter#prog but that doesn't make it an "abuse" to use a WSDL to generate a programming language binding. AFAICT there are two universes in Web Services - document centric and application centric. Both have equal merit. There is no reason why WSDL can't continue to enable both communities to communicate. Using WSDL to generate code doesn't imply a chatty OO interface - it can still be a coarse-grained document passing interface, just without the need for an application to process XML. DCE/CORBA/COM IDLs define a programming interface, but implicitly define the messages passed on the wire. WSDL is just the other way-round. Also, to me, "operation" doesn't imply OO - just "*something* happens". Paul -- (sorry about the mandatory legal blurb) BT Exact is a trademark of British Telecommunications plc Registered office: 81 Newgate Street London EC1A 7AJ Registered in England no. 1800000 This electronic message contains information from British Telecommunications plc which may be privileged or confidential. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify us by telephone or email (to the numbers or address above) immediately.
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