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Subject: Public Comment

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Date: 5 Jun 2006 13:07:55 -0000

Comment from: Sean.barker@baesystems.com

Name:Sean Barker
Title:Scientist
Organization:BAE SYSTEMS
Regarding Specification:Reference Model for Service Oriented Architecture 1.0
Re Section 3.2.2.1.2 Semantics, line 457, 458. The claim that "The formal descriptions of terms and the relationships between them (e.g., an ontology) provides a firm basis for selecting correct interpretations for elements of information exchanged" is incomplete, in that for applications that have an effect on the real world, the formal description must be based on the behaviour of the organizations - that is, at least some form of process model - and not simply on the descriptions of the terms themselves. A clarification of what constitutes a formal description in this context would be helpful.