Re: WSA From

Mark,

Isn't that a general problem that exists, not just with wsa:From but 
with wsa:ReplyTo, wsa:FaultTo, and wsa:To as well?

-Anish
--

Mark Nottingham wrote:
> 
> Speaking just as me...
> 
> It sounds like there are a lot of potential use cases for From.
> 
> What's less than clear is whether they're compatible; i.e., if WS-Foo  
> says wsa:From should contain a URI that corresponds to the MAC  address 
> of your ethernet controller, WS-Bar says wsa:From should  contain a 
> urn:uuid for your service (as we're already seeing from our  friends 
> from the North, apparently), and WS-Baz says it should be  your IP 
> address, how do you use these specifications in a  "composable" fashion?
> 
> Of course, From could changed to allow more than one URI, but then  how 
> do you pick which one is the appropriate one? E.g., if I see  three 
> http:// URIs in there, which one is MY From?
> 
> Smashing a bunch of different use cases into one vague semantic  bucket 
> isn't interoperable; it's asking for trouble. I see no reason  why these 
> different cases can't specify different headers to contain  the 
> information they need; yes, WS-Addressing is one boat that they  could 
> hop onto on the way to standards paradise, but there are others.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> On 2006/02/08, at 4:11 AM, Mark Little wrote:
> 
>>
>> +1
>>
>> I don't see what it adds in removing it, but I can see what it  
>> removes by removing it.
>>
>> Mark.
>>
>>
>> Paul Fremantle wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I'd like to write in support of wsa:From.
>>>
>>> 1) A lot of mediation (SLA provision, security checks, etc) is  based 
>>> on who/where the message came from. From is useful for that.
>>> 2) WSA makes WS-* much more "peer-to-peer". But knowing where a  
>>> message comes from is a key part of that.
>>>
>>> For example we in Apache Synapse are allowing users to do custom  
>>> routing based on wsa:From.
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Paul Fremantle
>>> VP/Technology, WSO2 and OASIS WS-RX TC Co-chair
>>>
>>> http://bloglines.com/blog/paulfremantle
>>> paul@wso2.com <mailto:paul@wso2.com>
>>>
>>> "Oxygenating the Web Service Platform", www.wso2.com <http:// 
>>> www.wso2.com>
>>
>>
>>
> 
> 
> -- 
> Mark Nottingham     http://www.mnot.net/
> 
> 

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