Steve Ross-Talbot wrote: > On 6 Nov 2005, at 09:16, Jan Algermissen wrote: > > > Question: > > > > what constitutes identity in SOA? When can a client consider two > > services to be identical? > > > > - when they have the same address? > > > > - when they have the same type (as in myService ---isInstanceOf---> > > ShoeOrderProcessor)? > > > > - when they have the same description? > > > > - unspecified; every SOA style software system must define identity > > for itself > > When they have the same behavior (i.e. when they are bisimilar).
When they do the work that the client expected with the results that the service contract specified. The behavior to accomplish the result is completely separate from the results accomplished. Gregg Wonderly ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/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/
