RE: [soa-rm] Definition(s) of "service"

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

Since I've already differed with the aforementioned esteemed colleague
on a list internal to my company, I think I can very respectfully differ
with another very esteemed colleague here.:) My response:

<Quote>
I would also assert that the shoe shining service exists even before its
very first use, and that a service is a nuon rather than a verb. The act
of performing the function provided by the service is the
"actionalization" of the behavior that the service exhibits.
</Quote>

Joe

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Metz Rebekah [mailto:metz_rebekah@bah.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 12:35 PM
> To: soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [soa-rm] Definition(s) of "service"
> 
> Quoting from an esteemed colleague:
> 
> "In simple terms, the definition of service is "the 
> performance of a function by one for another."  So "service" 
> does not equal "function".
> Shoe shining is a function. I can offer to shine shoes.  
> Until I shine someone's shoes, I have not provided a service. 
> 
> This distinction makes sense when one considers the nature of 
> a contract.  An offer is the first element of a contract, 
> with acceptance and consideration being the 
> others....[Consider that] two providers may offer to perform 
> the same function, but their offers are separate and distinct."
> 
> The more we work through these definitions; the importance of 
> precision becomes more apparent...
> 
> So, in a roundabout sort of way, I believe that I'm agreeing 
> with Matt about "...carries out".
> 
> Rebekah
> 
> Rebekah Metz
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> Booz Allen Hamilton
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Matthew MacKenzie [mailto:mattm@adobe.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 8:11 AM
> > To: Chiusano Joseph
> > Cc: soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org
> > Subject: Re: [soa-rm] Definition(s) of "service"
> > 
> > Chiusano Joseph wrote:
> > 
> > >Rather than think of a service as a boundary to something, can it
> also
> > >be thought of as an entity that encapsulates (or "carries 
> out") a set
> of
> > >behaviors?
> > >
> > >
> > I'm with "...carries out a set of behaviours."
> > 
> > -matt
>