--- In [email protected], Michael Poulin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rob wrote: "service-oriented designs don't address events because > being event-driven is completely different from being service- > oriented". I think that these two just complement each other.
Agreed. They are two independent notions that can be used together effectively. > > Otherwise, we would have troubles designing mediation services, for > example. Event may be a reason for a service invocation. As well as > a service may cause an event. Agreed. The key word is "may." > SOA "does not encompass EDA" because SOA is not EA; Agreed. My position is that service-orientation is insufficient by itself. Other principles and styles are needed to create something useful and robust. > there is no > need to encompass EDA until it is available on its own. I'm not sure I understand what you mean here. -Rob
