It would appear that there is an example of the Uniform Interface in the SOAP world as well. Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP).
I recently blogged about it @ <http://www.aniltj.com/blog/2007/02/25/UniformInterfaceInTheSOAPWorld.as px> Alternate URL: http://tinyurl.com/yu5h5e Comments? ... while ducking and running :-) Regards, - Anil > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mark Baker > Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 10:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [service-orientated-architecture] SOA Pizza > Order Surprises > > On 2/23/07, Eric Newcomer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > It seems like on this thread, whatever the question, the > answer is "uniform interface." > > > > Maybe it' just me. > > It's not just you. In my estimation, the uniform interface > is the greatest advance in the history of large scale > distributed computing ... well, in conjunction with > standardized identifiers I suppose. So it's really no > surprise that it's the answer to many questions. 8-) > > But FWIW, the uniform interface isn't the only way to get > self-descriptive messages. If the interface is standardized > then it is self-descriptive. That's why SOA/WS (and ONC, > DCE, CORBA, DCOM, RMI et al) - which unapologetically do > *not* constrain the interface - never had, and will never > have, self-descriptive messages in the general case. It's > the main reason we don't see those systems on the Internet. > > *ALL* Internet based systems have standardized operations. > This is not a coincidence. > > Mark. > -- > Mark Baker. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.markbaker.ca > Coactus; Web-inspired integration strategies http://www.coactus.com
