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Subject: RE: [soa-rm] What Is A "Metaservice"?
Is that like "super-size that service please"? ; ) I guess a more pertinent question for the RA is: would distinguishing between an atomic service and a "meta-service" (or super service, etc) be helpful in the RA? -----Original Message----- From: Chiusano Joseph [mailto:chiusano_joseph@bah.com] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 11:09 AM To: soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org Subject: RE: [soa-rm] What Is A "Metaservice"? > That being said, Joe's original comment to the SOA-RM list > about a metaservice being a "service about services" would > also have another name, depending on what it did. E.g., an > aggregation service, an orchestration service, etc. To call > it a metaservice doesn't really describe what it does. Super-service? (just throwing it into the ring) Kind Regards, Joseph Chiusano Associate Booz Allen Hamilton 700 13th St. NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005 O: 202-508-6514 C: 202-251-0731 Visit us online@ http://www.boozallen.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Bashioum, Christopher D [mailto:cbashioum@mitre.org] > Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 11:00 AM > To: Rex Brooks; McGregor.Wesley@tbs-sct.gc.ca; > soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: RE: [soa-rm] What Is A "Metaservice"? > > I just now read the actual blog, and I think Dave L. is > right-on with regard to the overall intent of better > describing services in a consistent way. In fact, I've been > working on such a meta-description for services for the DoD > for a number of months now. My problem is with the term. I > made the following post to his blog > > <Post> > Agree with the article, but not the term metaservice. We are > using the term "service definition framework" for the added > information used to describe the services. > > I would submit that most of this additional information > should exist within the WSDL framework, most of it in the > abstract portion. In WSDL-2.0, it would generally be > children of the Interface element. > > My problem with the term "metaservice" is that it sounds more > like a type of service (like a stock quote service, or a > weather service). It does not communicate what you are > looking for. A better term might be meta-description, or a > meta-interface, or something like that </Post> > > That being said, Joe's original comment to the SOA-RM list > about a metaservice being a "service about services" would > also have another name, depending on what it did. E.g., an > aggregation service, an orchestration service, etc. To call > it a metaservice doesn't really describe what it does. On > the other hand, any service that uses other services may be a > "type" or "class" of service that uses other services. In > which case a service that is itself an aggregation of other > 'lower-level' services would be a metaservice. This might be > helpful in distinguishing between atomic services and metaservices. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rex Brooks [mailto:rexb@starbourne.com] > Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 10:39 AM > To: McGregor.Wesley@tbs-sct.gc.ca; soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: RE: [soa-rm] What Is A "Metaservice"? > > Good point Wes, > > Would it make an errata? Just to pre-empt the obvious. > > Regards, > Rex > > P.S. What would the equivalent be in a bus or a fabric? Can I > build a server for it? Does it do Windows? > > At 9:57 AM -0500 2/13/06, <McGregor.Wesley@tbs-sct.gc.ca> wrote: > >Hi Joe, > > > >The definition of "meta-service" would be dependent on the > context in > >which it is used IMHO. > > > >I would note however that some company will define it soon, > publish it, > >and that definition (even if erroneous) may be THE definition. > > > >To simply ignore the inevitable is to put our heads in the sand. > > > >A service about services seems logically equivalent to data about > data. > > > >Do we need to say more? > > > >Regards, > > > >Wes > > > -- > Rex Brooks > President, CEO > Starbourne Communications Design > GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison > Berkeley, CA 94702 > Tel: 510-849-2309 >
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