Issue 6664: differences between a service and a function is not clear. (sdo-pim-psm-ftf)
Source: Fraunhofer FOKUS (Mr. Raju Nanda Vaidya, nobody)
Nature: Enhancement
Severity: Minor
Summary: What a function is and what are the differences between a service and a function is not clear. Section 2.2.8 p2-12 defines ServiceProfile using the term ‘function’. Further on a function is defined as ‘a capability of service’. It is not clear what a function is and what is the difference between a service and a function.

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December 2, 2003: received issue
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Date: 02 Dec 2003 05:21:41 -0500 
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Name: Raju N. Vaidya 
Company: Fraunhofer FOKUS 
mailFrom: vaidya@fokus.fraunhofer.de 
Notification: Yes 
Specification: PIM and PSM for SDO 
Section: 2.2.8, 2.3.3 
FormalNumber: dtc/03-09-01 
Version: 03-09-01 
RevisionDate: 03-09-03 
Page: 2-11, 2-19 
Nature: Enhancement 
Severity: Minor 
HTTP User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 
Description
What a function is and what are the differences between a service and a function is not clear. Section 2.2.8 p2-12 defines ServiceProfile using the term ‘function’. Further on a function is defined as ‘a capability of service’. It is not clear what a function is and what is the difference between a service and a function.