Re: Web service definition
Mark Baker <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.web.services.ws-arch |
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On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 08:24:39AM -0400, Christopher B Ferris wrote: > > All, > > I rather like this definition proposed by Geoff: > > [Definition: A Web service is a software application identified by a > URI, whose interfaces and bindings are defined in terms of XML based > messages transported by internet protocols. This definition, which is > described using XML artifacts, can be discovered by other software > applications, which may then interact with the web service in > a manner prescribed by its definition.] > > Are there others who would agree to us adopting this definition for our > purposes? Not me. It's extraordinarily vague, as Paul also noted. We worked hard to get to our current working definition. Let's not be too quick to discard it. MB -- Mark Baker, CTO, Idokorro Mobile (formerly Planetfred) Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. [email protected] http://www.markbaker.ca http://www.idokorro.com