Hi Steve, So are you implying "send invoice using SOAP" is alright? If you are, I sure would like to see the system with such a design. :-)
French and English are languages people use to rely concepts. British law is a concept. Concepts described in the British law does not (should not) change whether it's written in English or in French. H.Ozawa 2009/12/21 Steve Jones <[email protected]> > > > I actually think that French and English is fine. It is like having a > shipping contract, there are a huge number of different legal jurisdictions > that you could potentially use to ship the product from A to B (the > description) but when you formalise the contract you pick a single legal > country as your escalation point. > > So in other words the description of A to B just says "ship the carton with > a valid set of legal constraints" while the contract says "ship the carton > with British Law as the legal framework" > > Steve > > > 2009/12/19 Hitoshi Ozawa <[email protected]> > > >> >> Andrew, >> I think you're beginning to understand the concept, but your example >> is missing the point. >> Your analogy with French and English is inappropriate unless you're >> thinking of a translation service. >> >> Service description describes the semantic capabilities of the service >> while service contract describes the set of rules used in an instance of an >> interaction. >> H.Ozawa >> 2009/12/18 Andrew Herbst <[email protected]> >> >>> >>> >>> Greetings: >>> >>> Another question from an SOA neophyte. Thanks for responding to my >>> earlier questions. >>> >>> So, roughly speaking, a service description is like me announcing to >>> the world: “I can interact in French *or* in English”, whereas, a >>> service contract is like me agreeing to speak French with a specific other >>> person in the context of some very specific interaction. >>> >>> I realize this is a very basic question, and it may well not really be >>> the aim of this group to deal with such basic things. I will therefore >>> take no offence if no one addresses this. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Andrew Herbst >>> >>> >>> >> > >
