I agree completely. This is precisely my point. Dave Michael Champion wrote:
> On 9/20/05, Jan Algermissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Stop thinking about verbs, think nouns. There are no getStockQuote > > methods in a REST system. It takes time, but once you got your mental > > model rewiring, the future is bright :o) > > Sorry, but this creates a large impedance mismatch with both natural > language (try having a conversation using only 4 verbs ... I bet it > can be done, but it will sound terrible!) and service architectures > (try defining "service" without using verbs ... again it can be done > but it will sound very strange). > > It seems to me that approaches that attempt to highly constrain the > verbs, such as the relational model or the Zachmann framework, end up > being of lots of theoretical and academic interest, but don't get a > lot of traction by real-world developers. (Note that I'm talking > about the pure relational model, and relational purists scorn SQL). > > More concretely, think about the REAL services that the, uhh, > financial SERVICES industry offers beyond the HelloWorld example of a > stock quote. Maybe they can be modeled with a handful of verbs and a > multiplicity of nouns, but will this easily map to what real > businesses do? I'm not necessarily arguing it can't, but I'm asking > people to use more sophisticated examples to make the case .. without > using verbs such as "buy" or "sell" :-) > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/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/
