Concept: Candidate Service
This is a descriptor for the state of a SoaML Capability until the decision has been made to expose the Capability as a discoverable service.
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One of the principal outcomes of any service identification approach is the creation of a list of SoaML Capabilities that each identifies or specifies a cohesive set of functions or capabilities that a service provided by one or more participants might offer.  However, all discovered Capabilities generally are not realized as exposed services, either for financial or technical reasons.  Some evaluation and prioritization process usually is performed to identify which Capabilities will be implemented and exposed as discoverable services, which ones will be implemented but used only internally (not exposed), and which Capabilities will not be implemented at all -- at least, not by the current project.  Until the Capability passes through this evaluation process, it is commonly referred to as a "candidate service". 

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