RE: Snapshot of Web Services Glossary

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> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
> Behalf Of Walden Mathews
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 12:12 PM
> To: Assaf Arkin; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Snapshot of Web Services Glossary
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> > What you are describing is the use of a synchronous protocol (HTTP) to
> > synchronously transfer the state (you know it was received) for
> asynchronous
> > processing (later).
> >
> > I assume that later on you will receive a message indicating whether the
> > request was processed. So at the higher-level (say choreography) the
> > interaction involving request/response is synchronous, but each
> individual
> > operation is consider asynchronous, yet using a synchronous protocol to
> > ensure receipt.
>
> I understand your explanation, but I don't think this advances the
> effort, because the meaning of "synchronous protocol" is not clear,
> at least not to me.

How about:

synchronous protocol - one which allows a request followed by a response
synchronous only protocol - one which mandates a request be followed by a
response

arkin

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> Walden