Re: [soa-rm] Service Consumer in RM or not?

[Francis McCabe <fgm@fla.fujitsu.com>]

Since SOA was itself a buzz word invented by an analyst, perhaps we  
can also coin a new buzzword :)
Frank

On Jun 7, 2005, at 12:52 PM, Duane Nickull wrote:

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> Chiusano Joseph wrote:
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>> - A Service Orientation Reference Model (SO RM) - that is, don't  
>> label this as "SOA RM" but rather "SO RM"
>> - A SOA Reference Architecture (SOA RA)
>>  rather than a single SOA Reference Model (SOA RM).
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> Joseph:
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> Our intent (as expressed in our charter) has always been to do  
> this.  The only difference is the change of the name from SOA RM to  
> SO RM.
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> Pro of renaming to SO RM:
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> - more accurate reflection of what it really is.
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> Con of renaming to SO RM:
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> - losing the correlation with SOA.  We are trying to define SOA.   
> If we change the name, it may be perceived as defining something  
> different which means we are in the same place as we started when  
> we finish.
> - People may not reconcile the work with SOA which is the primary  
> goal of the TC
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> If there is a desire to explore this further, I would ask that  
> someone who is a voting member please ask that this be put up for a  
> web ballot.
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> Duane
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