Re: FW: Reliable Messaging Summary

Geoff,

> (2) The requirement of transport independence (including
> the dynamic composition of multiple transports) means that
> at the web services architectural level the specification,
> description, and negotiation of reliability cannot be
> couched in transport-specific or even message-specific
> terms. (If my messages are conveyed using a black-box
> service that guarantees the required reliability, I
> should not have to understand exactly how it achieves
> this.)

This is a fascinating observation.  In other words, "reliability"
can only be defined in terms readily understood within the
application "domain of discourse"?  Or is there some other
level?

Walden