Hi Patrick, I meant formal in the sense that it is as simple and precise a definition as possible. As opposed to an informal style of definition which is a bit more impressionistic, you know, like an SOA is a kind of an architecture that does, you know, something like define things like services and stuff.... ;-)
Perhaps you are looking for formality in a different kind of notation than English? Eric --- "Logan, Patrick D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "An SOA is a style of design that guides all > aspects of creating and > > using business services throughout their lifecycle > (from conception > > to retirement)." > > > In the preface we put it a little less formally... > > *less* formally? In what way is the above formal? > > I hope I am not coming across in a rude way. That is > not my > intention. I just seriously do not see any useful > formal denotation in > the above description. I would like to understand > SOA in some formal > way but I have not found even claims of such a > definition until now. > > -Patrick > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
