Steve Jones wrote: > > > > > > That's difficult to quantify, of course. It depends a lot on the data > > itself. As a low watermark though, we know; > > > > work(Web services) = work( solving interface problem) + work ( solving > > data problem ) > > work(Web) = work( solving data problem ) > > Do we? I certainly don't. You still have to define the operational > interface, even though it is a document post rather than a defined > interface document. If you don't define the operations available to > consumers then THEY WON'T KNOW ABOUT THEM. >
I agree completely! The operations have to be defined regardless. Using only nouns is inadequate to describe a business process. The "verbs" could be implicit in the the URI, but the still need to be expressed and "discovered" in some way. The data problems solution doesn't provide all that is needed (and even that requires context, etc.). Dave Forslund ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/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/
