Monthly Archives: November 2004

Well I was hoping somebody would take an actual kick at the can in response to my challenge, but I suppose a promise is better than nothing. 8-) Ok then, I’ll offer my opinion. I don’t think it’s possible (to describe protocol independence as a constraint), because I believe that the choice to be protocol… Read More »

Joyce heads to CommerceNet‘s zLab. Well, duh! Who couldn’t see that one coming after what went down this summer? 8-) Congratulations to Joyce and to CommerceNet.

Oh come on, somebody had to say it. 8-) Savas and Jim rename their architectural style, formerly known as “ProcessMessage”, MEST. Not much to see yet, but they’re writing a couple of papers, one of which will go into detail about MEST’s architectural constraints, permitting us to evaluate its suitability at large scale, it’s relationship… Read More »

Here’s a challange for fans of protocol independence; try to describe it in strict architectural terms, i.e. in terms of constraints applied to components, connectors, and data.

Funny, but eerily prescient too (link) [del.icio.us/distobj]

David Orchard again tries to defend the Web services stack by analyzing where service-specific state-setting operations are required. His conclusion is unsurprising; This article has shown that specific write operations are the correct interface design choice for many complex update operations. There are also constrained situations where generic update operations such as HTTP PUT provide… Read More »

Lots of good thoughts from Dave, apparently heeding my warnings. (link) [del.icio.us/distobj]

Issue number one for the WS-Addressing WG; The Architecture of the World Wide Web, First Edition indicates that distinct resources must be assigned to distinct URIs. This must be considered when refining the mechanism for the service specific message headers. Oh, the irony (and not the Alanis kind).