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Subject: RE: [soa-rm-ra] Strawman of outstanding issues
Sorry Rex – 1 Registry stores those things, while mediator uses them From: Rex Brooks [mailto:rexb@starbourne.com]
I think that a Registry is actually a mediator according to
the Webster definition, and by my thinking since it acts as an intermediary.
Also there is no a priori restriction or constraint that prevents or precludes
a Registry from offering subsidiary services such as a publish-subscription
service for policies to provide public access with sufficient security, so I
think a registry service, especially a full-spectrum service including policies
and other relevant documentation related to the services in the registry is
indeed a first class mediator. So
does a Participant take on the role of Mediator if they are providing a
mediation function? How does this differ from a mediation service, or
does the mediating Participant act as the mediation provider? No,
I don’t think a registry is a mediator. It may provide any of a number
of business functions, e.g. endpoint resolution, retrieval of business entity
information, pointers to WSDLs, but I don’t consider these mediation. In
the way of definitions: Merriam-Webster: the
act or process of [acting as intermediary agent in bringing, effecting, or
communicating; interposing between parties in order to reconcile them};
especially intervention between conflicting parties to promote reconciliation,
settlement, or compromise Wikipedia:
Mediation,
as used in law, is a form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), is a way of
resolving disputes between two or more parties. A third party, the mediator,
assists the parties to negotiate their own settlement (facilitative mediation).
In some cases, mediators may express a view on what might be a fair or
reasonable settlement, generally where all the parties agree that the mediator
may do so (evaluative mediation). Hence,
mediation is "assisted communications for agreement." Central
to mediation is the concept of "informed consent." So long as
participants understand the nature of a contemplated mediation process and
effectively consent to participate in the described process, virtually any mediation
process is possible and appropriate. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Kenneth Laskey MITRE Corporation, M/S
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fax:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 703-983-1379 McLean VA 22102-7508 From: Peter F Brown at work [mailto:peter@peterfbrown.com] So registry is also a service but not part
of 'the' service that is playing the role of provider? Is it a service
performing a different role? It's capability offering being rather specialized
(eg service discovery)? Going back to the model, is it simply another (of
potentially many) role played by a participant in the ecosystem? From:
Lublinsky,
Boris
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