Re: [soa-rm] Definition of "Service Consumer"

["Gregory A. Kohring" <kohring@ccrl-nece.de>]

Thomas,

Perhaps one should use a somewhat broader definition which captures
the human user as well:

Service Consumer: An entity which exploits a service.


-- Greg


Thomas Erl wrote:
> Now that we've decided on the term "service consumer" it may be useful 
> to formally define it. The term "consumer" is used by the WS-I Basic 
> Profile wherein it is simply defined as "Software that invokes an 
> instance."
> 
> Thomas
> 


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