tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641928.post687913526350572955..comments2024-03-27T03:14:37.389-04:00Comments on The Grey Lines: Runtime Discovery and CompositionMark Griffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06696309270838259732noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641928.post-76714209263930164292008-08-26T17:27:00.000-04:002008-08-26T17:27:00.000-04:00Steve,I think we are on the same page about this. ...Steve,<BR/>I think we are on the same page about this. While I think it's cool for the Mars rover I doubt the practicality in the business world.Mark Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696309270838259732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641928.post-10224758774830599362008-08-24T09:45:00.000-04:002008-08-24T09:45:00.000-04:00Mark,The short answer is "No." and I think somethi...Mark,<BR/><BR/>The short answer is "No." and I think something like this is way off in the future. Remember UDDI and how it was supposed to enable systems finding services determining the capabilities they provided and binding to them at runtime? Well, that didn't materialize because of the primary difficulty of service consumption being semantics, not syntax.<BR/><BR/>I think that composition must be managed by a human because of the semantics involved. Once semantic web becomes a reality, maybe, but I am skeptical. <BR/><BR/>I think the next wave is the "programmable web" where there is a whole host of services that we use to compose solutions. The key though is a human is composing those solutions, packaging them up and delivering them to a system environment. When new capability comes along, or a better service becomes available it is still a programmer (IT or savvy Biz user) that consumes that new service and re-purposes the composite solution.<BR/><BR/>Melvin Greer is paid to think big and that is great. I just think in a normal business system environment runtime discovery and composition is not practical.<BR/><BR/>Steve RdzakAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com