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Subject: Before we get too far down this road...
Just want to recap what we said about Willingness in the RM before
taking next steps. We should continue to refer back to this passage as we
press ahead. Willingness “Associated with all service
interactions is intent – it is an intentional act to initiate and to
participate in a service interaction. For example, if a service consumer
discovers a service via its description in a registry, and the consumer
initiates an interaction, if the service provider does not cooperate then there
can be no interaction. In some circumstances it is precisely the correct
behavior for a service to fail to respond – for example, it is the
classic defense against certain denial-of-service attacks. The extent of a
service participant’s willingness to engage in service interactions may
be the subject of policies. Those policies may be documented in the service
description. Willingness on the part of service providers and consumers to
interact is not the same as a willingness to perform requested actions. A
service provider that rejects all attempts to cause it to perform some action
may still be fully willing and engaged in interacting with the consumer.” |
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