Re: [soa-rm-ra] reaching closure on Action

[Ken Laskey <klaskey@mitre.org>]

Michael,

I think the RM is clear that the service is not the same as the  
interface, and it specifically says the service accesses the  
capability.  The specifics of the access are not specified but it is  
easy to think of the specifics as private actions.  I do not expect  
our final discussions of action to counter this.

Ken

On Jun 12, 2008, at 6:59 AM, michael.poulin@uk.fid-intl.com wrote:

> To Jeff and Ken:
>
> I have started talking about Service Actions only because I felt  
> that all other Action types  we talked about in the discussion are  
> consumer actions in nature.
>
> I am trying to set a balance in Join Action and by adding Service  
> Actions against Consumer Actions (against service).
>
> My major driver is:  SERVICE IS NOT EQUAL TO INTERFACE. That is, an  
> ideal conclusion for me would be:  SOA RA explicitly states (in its  
> own words) that a service is a mechanism which performs actions  on  
> its capabilities in response to the actions of the consumer (i.e.  
> consumer demonstrates an intent to obtain a RWE via interaction with  
> the service  by sending/exchanging messages)
>
>
> - Michael

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