On Apr 12, 2006, at 3:30 PM, Metz
Rebekah wrote:
On a client project last year we spent a significant
amount of time
defining key terms for SOA (in the absence of an
industry reference
model). Within
the DOD space, we eventually settled on the term mission
function (within the DOD lexicon) specifically for
this reason and
specifically to reference the operational capability.
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 4:13 PM
Subject: RE: [soa-rm] Proposed resolution for issue
509
+1 for the glossary option even though it states the
obvious. If one
had an issue with it, I am sure others will.
At 03:44 PM 4/10/2006, Peter F Brown wrote:
I'd go for the glossary option in order to
disambiguate
-----Original Message-----
Sent: 10 April 2006 06:58
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
in the RM to refer to an operational capability:
something that can
real world effect if it is applied.
Either no change to text on the basis that function is
a commonly
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