Re: NEW ISSUE [Primer] : Update references to interoperability in Ignorable Policy Expressions section

Why would a provider may want to compute the intersection ?

Thanks, Sergey

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Christopher B Ferris 
  To: Fabian Ritzmann 
  Cc: public-ws-policy@w3.org ; public-ws-policy-request@w3.org ; Sergey Beryozkin 
  Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 3:37 PM
  Subject: Re: NEW ISSUE [Primer] : Update references to interoperability in Ignorable Policy Expressions section



  One could argue that a policy consumer is one who consumes policy, for whatever purpose. 
  I certainly agree that the agency that computes intersection need not necessarily be a 
  web service consumer (client). 

  Cheers, 

  Christopher Ferris
  STSM, Software Group Standards Strategy
  email: chrisfer@us.ibm.com
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  public-ws-policy-request@w3.org wrote on 02/21/2007 08:25:22 AM:

  > 
  > Sergey Beryozkin wrote:
  > > Target : WS-Policy Primer, Section 2.7
  > >
  > > Proposal : Update the last sentence : "Please note that the 
  > ignorableness is at
  > > the discretion of policy consumers therefore ignorable assertions 
  > may have an
  > > impact on determining compatibility of policies"
  > >   
  > 
  > Ignorable is a property whose relevance is at the discretion of the 
  > entity that computes the intersection. That may or may not be a policy 
  > consumer.
  > 
  > Fabian
  > 
  >