RE: [soa-rm] Proposed resolution for issue 509

[Michael Stiefel <development@reliablesoftware.com>]

+1 for the glossary option even though it states the obvious. If one person 
had an issue with it, I am sure others will.

Michael

At 03:44 PM 4/10/2006, Peter F Brown wrote:
>I'd go for the glossary option in order to disambiguate
>
>-Peter
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Frank McCabe [mailto:frank.mccabe@us.fujitsu.com]
>Sent: 10 April 2006 06:58
>To: SOA-RM
>Subject: [soa-rm] Proposed resolution for issue 509
>
>The issue reads: "What do you mean by function?"
>
>Function, of course, has a mathematical definition. However, we use the term
>in the RM to refer to an operational capability: something that can have a
>real world effect if it is applied.
>
>Proposed resolution:
>
>Either no change to text on the basis that function is a commonly understood
>term in the industry and we do not believe we are using it differently.
>
>Or, add a glossary entry:
>
>Function: an operational capability that when activated will result in a
>real world effect.