RE: 2004-02-12 Action Item: Clarification to the OperationName feature from Jim Webber on 2004-02-23 (www-ws-desc@w3.org from February 2004)

From: Jim Webber <Jim.Webber@newcastle.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 21:47:05 -0000
To: "Glen Daniels" <gdaniels@sonicsoftware.com>, "Jonathan Marsh" <jmarsh@microsoft.com>
Cc: <www-ws-desc@w3.org>
Message-ID: <37E80E80B681A24B8F768D607373CA801CD366@largo.campus.ncl.ac.uk>

Hey Glen:

> WSDL is about hints.  

No, I do not believe that WSDL is a hint, it is a contract. No-one sees
IDL as a "hint", and contract definitions like WSDL aren't a hint
either. It may contain information which constitutes a "hint" but the
document as a whole is not a hint, it is a contract entered into between
both consumer and provider.

If either party sends screwy messages then they have invalidated the
contract.

Jim

Received on Monday, 23 February 2004 16:47:46 UTC