Re: This is a transition request for WS-Addressing 1.0 Metadata to Candidate Recommendation.

Hi Bob,

Thank you for this request.  I've talked with Philippe about it, and you have most of the important stuff well-covered.

The one issue I see is that you have a comment from a reviewer that the WG did not accept [1].  However, that reviewer was only notified a couple of days ago of this fact.  The best practice (which we need to and will better document in the Process and supporting documents) is to give commenters time (with a clear deadline) to respond whether (a) they can live with the Group's decision, or (b) they feel the need to raise a formal objection [2] (e.g., flag for Director's attention) because they feel that the decision is bad for the Web (or for some other justified reason).  It would be best to give reviewers 4 or at least 2 weeks to respond (and let them know the deadline), and if there is no response, we might look more closely at the comment to see if we believe there are serious consequences in ignoring it (obviously, the WG has already decided there are no serious consequences, this would be a small, independent check). I've asked Philippe to see if he or you could get fe
edback from the reviewer quickly.

I'd hope that we can address this problem quickly, and approve the transition without a big call (e.g., Phillipe and I can talk, and record the result).  If you'd like a call or to participate with Philippe and me, let Philippe know.

Regards,

Steve

[1] http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/addr/lc-issues/Overview.html#lc141
[2] http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/process.html#WGArchiveMinorityViews

On 6/7/2007 3:32 PM, Bob Freund wrote:
> This is a transition request for WS-Addressing 1.0 Metadata to Candidate 
> Recommendation.
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> 
> The documents are not yet in place at the indicated locations. The 
> editors versions of the documents are at:
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> WS-Addressing 1.0 Metadata:
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> http://www.w3.org/2007/06/ws-addr-wsdl.html  
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> 1. Document title, URIs, estimated publication date
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> Title: WS-Addressing 1.0 Metadata
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> URIs:
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> http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/ws-addr-metadata/
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> http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/CR-ws-addr-metadata-20070612/  (not in place yet)
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> Publication date: We propose 12 June 2007.
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> 2. Document Abstracts and Status sections
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> Provided at the end of this email.
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> 3. Record of the decision to request the transition
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> The decision to request the transition was taken at the 4 June 2007 
> WS-Addressing WG teleconference. There were no objections and all those 
> present on the call were in favor:
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> http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/addr/7/06/04-ws-addressing-minutes.html#cr
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> 4. Report of important changes to the document
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> The change logs for the document are contained within the document
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> 5. Evidence that the document satisfies group's requirements
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> The WS-Addressing WG does not have a separate Requirements document.
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> The WG believes it has met the requirements set forth for it in the 
> Scope section of the WG's charter:
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> http://www.w3.org/2006/10/ws-addr-charter.html
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> 6. Evidence that dependencies with other groups were met (or not)
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> Normative and Informative references are clearly separated.  All W3C 
> documents cited as normative references are W3C Recommendations with the 
> exception of WS-Policy 1.5, WS-Policy 1.5 – Attachment which are W3C 
> Candidate Recommendations.
> 
> Non-W3C documents encompass an OASIS Standard (WS-Security 2004), and 
> two RFCs (2119, and 3987).
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> The WG solicited input from the following W3C WGs: WS-Policy, and WSDL 
> WG.  The WG solicited input from the following OASIS TCs: WS-TX and WS-RX. 
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> 
> None of WGs or TCs who commented on the specification during Last Call 
> have any unsatisfied dependencies.
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> The WS-Policy WG has participating in the review of the WS-Addressing 
> 1.0 Metadata Last Call specification.  Policy assertions contained 
> within the WS-Addressing 1.0 Metadata Specification have been tested at 
> a joint interop event held with the WS-Policy WG.
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> 7. Evidence that the document has received wide review
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> The specification has been examined by W3C working groups, the public, 
> and members of several OASIS Technical Committees. The disposition of 
> comments is shown in the document below.  Issues lc133 and onward apply 
> to this document
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> http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/addr/lc-issues/Overview.html
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> 8. Evidence that issues have been formally addressed
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> http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/addr/lc-issues/Overview.html
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> 9. Objections
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> Since the last transition there were no Formal Objections from the 
> WS-Addressing Working Group, from other W3C Working groups, or from 
> external organizations.
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> 10. Implementation information
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> The proposed CR exit criteria are: a minimum of two implementations 
> passing each feature test in WS-Addressing 1.5 Metadata Interop:
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> An implementation report which will be updated during the CR phase will 
> provide interoperability results for each feature contained in the 
> specification:
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> The minimal duration for the CR period is set at 3 weeks (until 29 June 
> 2007).
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> Following discussions during the LC phase and preliminary implementation 
> experience, there are two features identified as being “at risk”.  They 
> are identified within the specification as section 2.1 Referencing WSDL 
> Metadata from an EPR and section 2.2 Embedding WSDL Metadata in an EPR.
> 
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> The WS-Addressing Working group has completed interop testing of all 
> features not indicated as “At-Risk”. WG members are conducting further 
> tests on those features indicated to be “At Risk” during the CR phase of 
> this specification.
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> 11. Patent disclosures
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> The patent disclosure page has no disclosures for WS-Addressing 1.0 
> Metadata.  The exclusion period of this specification is open until 15 
> July 2007 unless closed earlier by consent of the WG membership. A 
> Ballot to this end has been opened at 
> http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/36696/wsameta/results
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> 12. Abstract and Status sections
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> Abstract:
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> Web Services Addressing provides transport-neutral mechanisms to address 
> Web services and messages. Web Services Addressing 1.0 - Metadata (this 
> document) defines how the abstract properties defined in Web Services 
> Addressing 1.0 - Core are described using WSDL, how to include WSDL 
> metadata in endpoint references, and how WS-Policy can be used to 
> indicate the support of WS-Addressing by a Web service.
> 
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> Status:
> 
> /This section describes the status of this document at the time of its 
> publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of 
> current W3C publications and the latest revision of this technical 
> report can be found in the W3C technical reports index 
> <http://www.w3.org/TR/> at http://www.w3.org/TR/./
> 
> This is the Candidate Recommendation 
> <http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr.html#RecsCR> of the Web 
> Services Addressing 1.0 - Metadata specification for review by W3C 
> members and other interested parties. It has been produced by the Web 
> Services Addressing Working Group <http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/addr/>, 
> which is part of the W3C Web Services Activity 
> <http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/Activity>. The publication of this document 
> signifies a call for implementations 
> <http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr.html#cfi> of this 
> specification. This specification will remain Candidate Recommendation 
> at least until 29 June 2007.
> 
> The Working Group plans to submit this specification for consideration 
> as a W3C Proposed Recommendation 
> <http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr.html#RecsPR> shortly 
> after the end of the Candidate Recommendation phase. Comments on this 
> document are invited and are to be sent to the public 
> public-ws-addressing-comments@w3.org 
> <mailto:public-ws-addressing-comments@w3.org> mailing list (public 
> archive 
> <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ws-addressing-comments/>). 
> Implementers are encouraged to provide feedback by *29 June 2007*.
> 
> The Working Group plans to submit this specification for consideration 
> as a W3C Proposed Recommendation 
> <http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr.html#RecsPR> if the 
> following exit criteria have been met:
> 
> ·         Two interoperable implementations of each optional and 
> required feature of the specifications have been produced.
> 
> ·         The Working Group releases a test suite along with an 
> implementation report <http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/addr/6/05/impl-report/>.
> 
> The sections *2.1 Referencing WSDL Metadata from an EPR* 
> <http://www.w3.org/2007/06/ws-addr-wsdl.html#refmetadatfromepr> and *2.2 
> Embedding WSDL Metadata in an EPR* 
> <http://www.w3.org/2007/06/ws-addr-wsdl.html#embedmetadataepr> in this 
> specification, defining how to reference WSDL Metadata from an EPR and 
> how to embed WSDL Metadata in an EPR, are considered at risk. Unless two 
> interoperable implementations of those sections have been produced, the 
> Working Group plans to remove the sections before move forward.
> 
> No significant change has been made to this document since its previous 
> version. The detailed disposition of those comments can be found in the 
> Last Call issues list 
> <http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/addr/lc-issues/Overview.html>. A diff-marked 
> version against the previous version of this document 
> <http://www.w3.org/2007/06/diff.html> is available. For a detailed list 
> of changes since the last publication of this document, please refer to 
> appendix *C. Change Log* 
> <http://www.w3.org/2007/06/ws-addr-wsdl.html#changelog>.
> 
> Discussion of this document takes place on the 
> public-ws-addressing@w3.org <mailto:public-ws-addressing@w3.org> mailing 
> list (public archive 
> <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ws-addressing/>).
> 
> This document was produced by a group operating under the 5 February 
> 2004 W3C Patent Policy 
> <http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/>. W3C maintains a 
> public list of any patent disclosures 
> <http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/36696/status#specs> made in 
> connection with the deliverables of the group; that page also includes 
> instructions for disclosing a patent. An individual who has actual 
> knowledge of a patent which the individual believes contains Essential 
> Claim(s) 
> <http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#def-essential> 
> must disclose the information in accordance with section 6 of the W3C 
> Patent Policy 
> <http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Disclosure>.
> 
> Publication as a Working Draft does not imply endorsement by the W3C 
> Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or 
> obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite 
> this document as other than work in progress.
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> -bob
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> W3C WS-Addressing chair
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> Bon Freund, Hitachi Ltd,
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