On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 11:21:20PM -0400, Anil John wrote: > Oh Yes, in this Brave New World, a user will just sit down in front of a > computer, do a Google-Like search for services that are out there on the > XYZ based on some keywords etc., "Discover" them (and did we mention > that these services could just pop up out of nowhere) and just drag and > drop them onto her browser window and start "pulling data" from that > service!!! > > This is a refrain that I hear in my enviornment that makes me want to > either hide under my desk or take up drinking :-)
Was that tongue-in-cheek? Because what you described above is the Web, as it works today; give the browser a URL, start pulling down the data. This works for many URIs, and moreover, enables an existing client to get data from services that have not yet been developed. The client doesn't have to be a browser either, it could just be the likes of a java.net client, wget, curl, or any of dozens of others. Does it get any more ad-hoc, dynamic, or loosely coupled than that? Mark. -- Mark Baker. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.markbaker.ca Coactus; Web-inspired integration strategies http://www.coactus.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/NhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/service-orientated-architecture/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
