OASIS Mailing List ArchivesView the OASIS mailing list archive below
or browse/search using MarkMail.

 


Help: OASIS Mailing Lists Help | MarkMail Help

soa-rm message

[Date Prev] | [Thread Prev] | [Thread Next] | [Date Next] -- [Date Index] | [Thread Index] | [List Home]


Subject: Re: [soa-rm] comments on sp800-180_draft -- further reflection


Ken-- Thanks for putting this together on short notice!

One thing that struck me about NIST's characterization of Microservices (which I will accept as correct as I don't know anything to the contrary) is that they seem to be used as separate dedicated instances for each container or maybe even each app in a container (see diagrams in the draft.) 

So that makes them seem very similar to a function in a function library, which is instantiated separately for each calling application. 

If that's more or less correct, then what's the difference between a function in a library and a microservice? One difference might be that the microservice api is not limited to the syntax of the language of the code library. Another might be that accessing the microservice requires communication outside the application's process space, i.e., a socket call. 

Does any of this make sense? 

Thanks,

Martin

 



On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 10:51 PM, Ken Laskey <klaskey@mitre.org> wrote:
Please find attached the comments of the OASIS SOA Reference Model Technical Committee.

We commend NIST for taking the initiative to provide clarity on this important topic.  We appreciate the opportunity to comment on the draft document and would be pleased to clarify or expand on these comments if need be.    

Ken Laskey, chair


------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dr. Kenneth Laskey
MITRE Corporation, M/S F510          phone: 703-983-7934
7515 Colshire Drive                           fax: 703-983-1379
McLean VA 22102-7508





--
Martin F Smith, Principal
BFC Consulting, LLC
McLean, Va 22102
703 506-0159
703 389-3224 mobile


[Date Prev] | [Thread Prev] | [Thread Next] | [Date Next] -- [Date Index] | [Thread Index] | [List Home]