Re: Label for Top Node of "triangle diagram"

On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 06:25:47PM -0700, Dave Hollander wrote:
> 
> > In the general case, the "where" is the Web of all 
> > electronically accessible data. 
> 
> But here is the rub...there is no web of web services unless
> 1) there is a some defined means of having a network of associations
> 	(hypertext in the web case)
> 2) a set of registries
> 
> So, in hypertext web-land, organic emerging approaches took root
> 	to create indexes of interesting things. Everything from 
> 	Yahoo, alta-vista, netcarta, antiartica, my personal pages, 
> 	bookmarks, gnutella emerged because they were enabled by the 
> 	knowledge that hypertext links existed and created a vast,
> 	interconnected network.

Well put, though I'd be tempted to phrase 1) above as;

1) some defined means of returning object references

ala

http://www.blogstream.com/pauls/1032521623/index_html

> What is the equivelent enabling statement we need to make clear for
> web services? This is what I think of as advertising/discovery.

Why does it need to be any different than with the Web?  SOAP 1.2
supports GET for a reason.  Add the ability to return object
references, and you've got your "Web of Web services".  See;

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-ws-arch/2002Jul/0301

MB
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