RE: default interface/operation/@pattern

Thank you for your comment, which we tracked as LC71 [1].  The WG was
able to agree on defaulting @pattern to the URI representing "in-out".
If you find this resolution unacceptable please let us know within two
weeks.

[1] http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/desc/4/lc-issues/issues.html#LC71

> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-ws-desc-comments-request@w3.org [mailto:public-ws-desc-
> comments-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Sanjiva Weerawarana
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 9:07 AM
> To: public-ws-desc-comments@w3.org
> Subject: default interface/operation/@pattern
> 
> 
> We would like to see the "pattern" attribute of "operation" elements
> defaulted based on the contained <input> and <output> elements for
> those patterns where that is unambiguously possible. The component
> model will continue to have the current behavior - this is only
> a syntactic convenience.
> 
> Requiring all users to remember the values of the pattern URIs
> when the value is patently obvious from the <input> and/or
> <output> elements makes the language overly cumbersome with
> no value. We would like this extra complexity removed.
> 
> Note that this is only a default - if someone else were to define
> a pattern with only one <input> and no <output>s then they can
> still live happily with the user explicitly setting the value.
> 
> Sanjiva, on behalf of IBM.
> 

Received on Thursday, 9 June 2005 21:24:46 UTC