<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I'm not looking for a technical definition -- rather a practical definition. Actually, I asked for examples, so a definition may not be necessary, as long as the examples offer sufficient clarity.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">It's important that when the CCWG/Commenters/SOs/ACs/etc. look at the word "services" (or the word services plus some exemplars), they all see the same thing. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Otherwise, we are like "The Six Blind Men and the Elephant" (apologies for culturally-specific, archaic and politically incorrect reference; please note as a counterbalance that I am a member of the CCWG-Accessibility, seeking to improve web access (and ICANN access) for people with disabilities). </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Malcolm Hutty <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:malcolm@linx.net" target="_blank">malcolm@linx.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 11/11/2015 18:33, Greg Shatan wrote:<br>
> Malcolm,<br>
><br>
> Thanks for your reply. I took those terms from an email you wrote, but<br>
> clearly did not apply it quite correctly. It's critically important to<br>
> get clarity here, and drilling down and getting concrete examples is<br>
> extremely helpful.<br>
><br>
> What are a few examples of what you mean when you say "web service" and<br>
> "other services"?<br>
<br>
<br>
</span><span class="">On 11/11/2015 18:55, Greg Shatan wrote:<br>
> I am trying to get to a concrete and shared understanding of what this<br>
> proposal means when it says "services." Based on the varying responses<br>
> in this and earlier threads, we're not there yet.<br>
<br>
</span>I can't see my stumbling attempts to provide a technical definition<br>
helping this discussion. I'll write to you privately.<br>
<br>
Perhaps Andrew can do better than me, or point us to a formal definition<br>
of a service? Has the IETF produced such a thing?<br>
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