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| ====== Provider Contract ====== | ====== Provider Contract ====== |
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| [[private:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:start|Go up to Terms and Definitions]] | [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:start|Go up to Terms and Definitions]] |
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| ===== Discussion ===== | ===== Discussion ===== |
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| A Provider Contract specifies the capabilities, operations, inputs, outputs, constraints, errors, compatibility rules, and lifecycle behaviors that govern interaction with a [[private:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:p:provider|Provider]] through a [[private:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:p:provider_abstraction|Provider Abstraction]]. | A Provider Contract specifies the capabilities, operations, inputs, outputs, constraints, errors, compatibility rules, and lifecycle behaviors that govern interaction with a [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:p:provider|Provider]] through a [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:p:provider_abstraction|Provider Abstraction]]. |
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| The contract establishes the obligations that a conforming [[private:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:p:provider_plugin|Provider Plugin]] must satisfy and the assumptions that the core software may rely on. | The contract establishes the obligations that a conforming [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:p:provider_plugin|Provider Plugin]] must satisfy and the assumptions that the core software may rely on. |
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| A Provider Contract may define required and optional capabilities, version compatibility, capability discovery, validation rules, return values, error handling, lifecycle operations, and conformance expectations. | A Provider Contract may define required and optional capabilities, version compatibility, capability discovery, validation rules, return values, error handling, lifecycle operations, and conformance expectations. |
| ===== Definition ===== | ===== Definition ===== |
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| //specification of the capabilities, operations, inputs, outputs, constraints, errors, compatibility rules, and lifecycle behaviors governing interaction with a [[private:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:p:provider|provider]]// | //specification of the capabilities, operations, inputs, outputs, constraints, errors, compatibility rules, and lifecycle behaviors governing interaction with a [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:p:provider|provider]]// |
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| ===== Source ===== | ===== Source ===== |