Re: [service-orientated-architecture] Re: Processes and Services

[Keith Harrison-Broninski]

No.  Mechanical Turk tasks are part of mechanistic processes, as suggested by the name itself.  Mechanistic processes can, and often do, have human involvement - but as said below, that involvement is limited to key data entry and decision points. -- All the best Keith http://keith.harrison-broninski.info Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 10:11 +0100, Keith Harrison-Broninski wrote: Hi Jim The theory of Human Interaction Management identifies 2 distinct types of process: mechanistic (in which human involvement is limited to key data entry and decision points) and human-driven (innovative, adaptive, collaborative work in which a responsibility of the participants is to shape the process itself as they do the work). Some mechanistic processes can be provided as services, depending on whether the technologies to be used can support whatever human involvement is required (if any). Human-driven processes, by their very nature, cannot - though they may well make use of services, of course. Doesn't the Amazon MTurk defy that statement? http://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome Sanjiva. YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "service-orientated-architecture" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.