Hi, Meh. I find it very silly to blame "cool" REST for the state of "trad" WS-*.
Steve mentions "If you had to do an integration between 20 different programmes and over 300 systems in a heavily regulated area then you'd use REST?" Yes, why not, since a lot of people are actually doing so? Maybe the problem is one of context; maybe Steve and the Enterprise world (although I suspect a very specific version of it) are missing out on something? Maybe it's standing a bit still because there's only so far you can go within it? Just a thought. Alex On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 7:27 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi All > > I am entirely with Steve in this post on the importance of contracts > (Contracts really matter - without them everything becomes tightly bound > no matter what people claim about "dynamism"). > > However, I wonder whether the concept of "contract" that we have (based on > stating pre- and post-conditions) is sufficiently general and flexible to > handle all the situations we face in defining and building service > software. I have been thinking about this for a while, specifically in the > context of extended service collaborations, and written a short paper > (available at http://www.metamaxim.com/download/documents/contracts.pdf ). > > I would be interested to know what others on this list think about this -- > in particular whether there is any experience of devising or using other > kinds of software behaviour contract. > > Rgds > Ashley > > > > > > > You can read this at: > > http://service-architecture.blogspot.com/2010/06/rest-has-put-enterprise-it-back-five.html > > > > Gervas > > > > Reply to sender | Reply to > > group | Reply via web post | > > Start a New Topic > > Messages in this topic (1) > > Recent Activity: > > New Members 4 > > > > Visit Your Group > > MARKETPLACE > > Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're on - > > Get the Yahoo! Toolbar now. > > -- Project Wrangler, SOA, Information Alchemist, UX, RESTafarian, Topic Maps --- http://shelter.nu/blog/ ---------------------------------------------- ------------------ http://www.google.com/profiles/alexander.johannesen --- ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/service-orientated-architecture/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/service-orientated-architecture/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
