I noticed that my message has published in the site without sending an email as usual. I think something is needed to be corrected
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 1:12 PM, A W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is great but how an application can find another application in the Net > without having a WADL (the equivalent for WSDL in WS-*)? > > All the best > Ashraf Gala > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Nick Gall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> [Cross-posted in REST-Discuss Yahoo Group] >> >> Two Gartner colleagues and I just published a note on WOA -- a term I >> coined a couple of years ago and finally got around to nailing down. >> >> I've posted some highlights from it on my blog: >> >> http://blogs.gartner.com/nick_gall/2008/11/19/woa-putting-the-web-back-in-web-services/ >> . >> >> Let me just repeat the essential definition here: >> >> WOA is an architectural substyle of SOA that integrates systems and >> users via a web of globally linked hypermedia based on the >> architecture of the Web. This architecture emphasizes generality of >> interfaces (UIs and APIs) to achieve global network effects through >> five fundamental generic interface constraints: >> 1. Identification of resources >> 2. Manipulation of resources through representations >> 3. Self-descriptive messages >> 4. Hypermedia as the engine of application state >> 5. Application neutrality >> >> I am especially interested in this list's feedback on the addition of >> a fifth constraint to Roy's four "uniform interface" constraints: >> "application neutrality". Reactions to the change from "uniform >> interface" to "generic interface" are also welcome. (As are any other >> reactions -- except to the choice of the name "WOA". <grin>) >> >> -- 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 >> >> > >
