Title	Service operations
Identifier	SWIM-DEFN-270
Requirement	A service definition shall include or refer to information about the expected exposed service operations including: the name of the service operation; and a description of the intent and the results of the service operation.
Rationale	The service provider should be aware of the service operations to be implemented
Verification	Completeness: Verify that all service operations are described. Consistency: Verify the service operations against the messaging technology needs. Correctness: Not Applicable.
Examples/Notes	Example operation name: queryDataSets description: The operation accepts criteria about data sets and returns a list with the metadata about the corresponding data sets. Note: Service operations can be grouped under service interfaces. Note: When the operations are used as defined by the protocol selected in SWIM-DEFN-260 there is no need to repeat them in the service definition. This covers, for example, the Open Geospatial Consortium's Web Feature Service that has standardised operations.
Level of Implementation	Mandatory

Guidance

Info

Technical View

The service operations provide a technical view of the interactions with the service.
The service functions described in SWIM-DEFN-140 Service functions provide a business view of the interactions with the service.

Verification Support

Completeness

Check that:

[ ] The service definition includes or refers to information about the exposed service operations.

[ ] The information about the service operations includes the name of the service operation.

[ ] The information about the service operations includes a description of the intent and the results of the service operation.

Consistency

Check that:

[ ] The service operations are consistent with the messaging technology needs.