Quick DDD terminology question: Say Context B depends on A (e.g. because B uses one of A’s services). Is A always “upstream”, or does this change depending on whether one applies “Conformist” or “Customer/Supplier”?
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Btw the question phrasing seems odd, as you use "depends on" and "uses service" as synonyms. Runtime dependency is independent of model flow imho. B can call A, but if A conforms to B's model, B is upstream, A is downstream.
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Replying to @lutzhuehnken
Don’t introduce the term “model flow” again, I carefully tried to avoid it ;) Of course run time and development time dependencies don’t have to map 1:1. Let’s just assume they do for this discussion.

Jun 22, 2018 · 1:29 PM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov
But "dependency" is confusing: To me, in a context map, "B depends on A" would mean A drives change in B, e.g. A is upstream, B is downstream. But you seem to mean something else with "depends on".
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That’s *exactly* what I wrote, though?!?
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