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Subject: Definition: Service Consumer
I've copied the text of Greg's original email and added some questions to each point of view... Rebekah Original: Here is a summary of yesterdays proposals for defining the term "Service Consumer": 1) Software that invokes an instance, Is the assumption here that an instance is always a service? 2) Software that uses a service instance, Does this imply that an instance could possibly pertain to something other than a service? 3) An agent that wishes to interact with a service, So consume == interact? 4) An agent that interacts with a service in order to achieve a goal, Does the goal apply to the consumer or the service? Again, does consume == interact? 5) An entity that binds with a service is playing the role of service consumer, Is there a relationship between agent and entity? What is the established definition of bind here? Does that imply finding the service, etc? where the suggested definition of "agent" was: 1) An Agent is a software program acting on behalf of an owner. Again, I would suggest entity, as an agent could be software or hardware. What about the relationship between an agent and an owner? Can the agent == owner? Can agent act on behalf of someone other than 'owner'? BTW - I like the use of interacts or (no spears please) interfaces rather than invokes/consumes/uses/exploits. Rebekah Metz Associate Booz Allen Hamilton Voice: (703) 377-1471 Fax: (703) 902-3457
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