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Subject: Re: [soa-rm] Opacity calumny
and even though it is described, there is no way to force a potential consumer to read it. D Ken Laskey wrote: > I think there will be a constant give-and-take between providers and > consumers, between what providers want to show (and their complaints > about the cost of showing things and maintaining what they are forced > to show) and what consumers want to see (e.g. product labeling > requirements). Some of this, in particular the information shown, the > semantics of the information and possibly the automated means to > evaluate the information, will likely (assuming there is widespread > SOA adoption) be the subject of laws and regulation. > > For our work, I think it is enough to note > - information will be exposed through metadata; > - the links to a/c/p and, if applicable, evaluation engines will be > part of metadata; > - for greatest use, there should be standard ways of describing a/c/p > and metadata associated with a/c/p so as to facilitate the greatest > possible automated use. > > What is described through a/c/p and what specific metadata is needed > are business/implementation issues. > > Ken > > At 05:43 PM 7/11/2005, Duane Nickull wrote: > > >> Ken Laskey wrote: >> >>> So what of this is appropriate for the RA? <SNIP> >> >> >> I was under the impression we had loose consensus that "services >> control their level of opacity", however that wording doesn't really >> make any sense since the abstract concept of a service can't do >> anything. >> >> Perhaps a non-normative sentence indicating that a service may keep >> all its implementation detail obscured from any potential service >> consumers yet implementors may elect to disclose an appropriate level >> of detail to allow services consumers to determine if a particular >> service matches their requirements. >> >> Duane > > > -- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > / Ken > Laskey \ > | MITRE Corporation, M/S H305 phone: 703-983-7934 | > | 7515 Colshire Drive fax: 703-983-1379 | > \ McLean VA 22102-7508 / > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >
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