'Set the state of this object based on the contents of the
service element.'

def parseService(self, yadis_url, uri, type_uris, service_element):

    self.type_uris = type_uris
    self.server_url = uri
    self.used_yadis = True
    if (not self.isOPIdentifier()):
        self.local_id = findOPLocalIdentifier(service_element, self.type_uris)
        self.claimed_id = yadis_url
