On 12/14/07, Anne Thomas Manes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's all well and good, but we still need to define standard > protocols that enable the ecosystem of products that make up a SOA > infrastructure to share this information.
Yes, but with general/univeral URIs as identifiers and general/univeral XML schemas as formats, we open up the interface to serendipitous (re)use beyond the specific protocols designed for SOA management/governance. And "design for serendipity" is one of the core principles of the web. The problem with most SOA interfaces is that they are still too purpose-specific. WSO2's interface generalization via URIs is a step in the right direction. -- Nick -- Nick Gall Phone: +1.781.608.5871 AOL IM: Nicholas Gall Yahoo IM: nick_gall_1117 MSN IM: (same as email) Google Talk: (same as email) Email: nick.gall AT-SIGN gmail DOT com Weblog: http://ironick.typepad.com/ironick/ Furl: http://www.furl.net/members/ngall
