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

["Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@bah.com>]

<Quote>
Here is an example of why its important: the appropriate business logic
to apply to a service request will depend on many factors: the means by
which the request was delivered, 
</Quote>

Could you please expand on what you mean by "the means by which the
request was delivered,"? I'm thinking MVC violation (using term
"violation" loosely, for point) here, but perhaps not depending on your
usage of this phrase.

Joe

Joseph Chiusano
Booz Allen Hamilton
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank McCabe [mailto:frank.mccabe@us.fujitsu.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 12:00 PM
> To: soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: Re: [soa-rm] Definition of "Service Consumer"
> 
> There is a distinction between the software *entity* 
> (agent/component/J2EE bean/.../) that interacts with a 
> service in order to achieve some goal, and the person or 
> persons for whom that interaction is taking place.
> 
> The reason that this distinction is important is similar to 
> the distinction between a service interface and the service itself: 
> accessing your bank account from an ATM or on-line will use 
> different interfaces but ultimately all use the same service.
> 
> Here is an example of why its important: the appropriate 
> business logic to apply to a service request will depend on 
> many factors: the means by which the request was delivered, 
> the request itself and the person (or
> persons) for whom the request was made. This last aspect is 
> completely independent of mode of requesting and is purely 
> business/application specific.
> 
> Incidentally, the above definition: "an agent that interacts 
> with a service in order to achieve a goal" seems to be a 
> reasonable definition of a service requester.
> 
> 
> On Apr 7, 2005, at 7:23 AM, Gregory A. Kohring wrote:
> 
> > Matthew,
> >
> > OK, here a fewer other choices which might be deemed more 
> > "respectful"...
> >
> > Service Consumer:
> >
> > 1) End-user of a service.
> >
> > 2) An agent which, acting on behalf of its owner, uses a service.
> >
> > 3) An entity which utilizes a service
> >
> > 4) An entity which consumes the product or information produced by a
> >    service.
> >
> >
> > Note all of these definitions depend upon the definition of 
> the term 
> > "service".  Have we agreed on this already? Perhaps we should start 
> > there first...
> >
> >
> > -- Greg
> >
> >
> >
> > Matthew MacKenzie wrote:
> >> I think services deserve respect, lets try not to exploit them :-) 
> >> Gregory A. Kohring wrote:
> >>> 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
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
> > --
> > 
> ======================================================================
> > G.A. Kohring
> > C&C Research Laboratories, NEC Europe Ltd.
> > 
> ======================================================================
> >
> 
>