RE: Message exchange patterns document

I believe that the intent of this document is that it be a "registry" (of
sorts)
of normatively defined MEPs. They need not be defined in W3C specs
necessarily, but they do need to be formally defined/specified (IMO).

The Usage Scenarios doc [1] would be where I would expect to find a
list of patterns (MEPs) required for Web services at a higher level of
abstraction (e.g. not a formal specification).

Cheers,

Christopher Ferris
Architect, Emerging e-business Industry Architecture
email: chrisfer@us.ibm.com
phone: +1 508 234 3624

[1]
http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/arch/2/07/16-ws-arch-scenarios/ws-arch-scenarios.html



                                                                                                                                  
                      "Krishna Sankar"                                                                                            
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Hugo,

             Good.

             May I suggest that this document be the reference which
contains
THE collection of all MEPs required for web services (and SOAP message
based) interactions ? Currently the "defined message exchange patterns"
contain only the interactions defined in a W3C specification.

             A related question : Should we have a registration process for
MEPs ? Then all specifications - W3C/OASIS et al - can uniformly and
unambiguously refer to MEPs.

cheers

|  -----Original Message-----
|  From: www-ws-cg-request@w3.org
|  [mailto:www-ws-cg-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Hugo Haas
|  Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 11:00 AM
|  To: www-ws-cg@w3.org
|  Subject: Message exchange patterns document
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|  As per my action item, I have started a document about message
|  exchange patterns whose goals are (from the abstract):
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|       * explain how to document a MEP.
|       * list the MEPs developed within the Web Services Activity.
|       * eliminate discrepancies.
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|  The document is available at:
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                  http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/cg/2/07/meps.html

Message exchange patterns have a role in SOAP, WSDL, and are likely to
come to play in other places (e.g. conversation, choreography).

I think that the XML Protocol Working Group and the Web Services
Description Working Group should come in agreement about using a same
concept and way to describe MEPs, and that the Web Services
Architecture Working Group should look into generalizing MEPs.

Regards,

Hugo

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