RE: LC124

David,

The proposed text assumes a definition of unknown content. I assume that 
is defined in one of Henry's papers or presentations.

Is there a normative definition of unknown content? I don't see it in the 
XML Schema 1.0 spec. [1] The word "unknown" doesn't even appear there. The 
value "notKnown" does appear as a possible value of the [validity] PSVI, 
but my reading of the spec is that it means the item wasn't strictly 
assessed.

The reason I am concerned about this definition is that schema is very 
complex and it is not obvious to me that there is an unambiguous way of 
identifying unknown content, especially since it might be from the same 
namespace. What restrictions are being placed on the new version of the 
schema that allow a unknown content delta to be unambigously identified in 
an instance document that satsifies the new schema?

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/

Arthur Ryman,
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"David Orchard" <dorchard@bea.com> 
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07/07/2005 09:30 AM

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Arthur Ryman/Toronto/IBM@IBMCA, <www-ws-desc@w3.org>
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RE: LC124






SOAP encoding was created because Schema didn't exist and the original 
goal was to do "object access" so types including graphs were needed.  I 
don't understand the point..
 
Can you say what is insufficient about the latest round of definitions for 
"ignoreUnknowns"?  They haven't pointed to conference papers for their 
definitions.
 
Cheers,
Dave
 

From: www-ws-desc-request@w3.org [mailto:www-ws-desc-request@w3.org] On 
Behalf Of Arthur Ryman
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 3:33 PM
To: www-ws-desc@w3.org
Subject: LC124
 

I've been discussing LC124 with my colleagues and I thought I'd post an 
update in case we discuss this tomorrow. 

1. In general, we agree the versioning is important, and we'd like the 
problem addressed. 
2. We are concerned that this is really an XML Schema problem and that 
WSDL is probably not the right place to address it. There is work going on 
now in the Schema WG. There are several solutions being proposed and it 
would be premature for WSDL to adopt the validate-twice solution (although 
that is a strong contender). As a cautionary tale, the creative use of 
Schema with SOAP Encoding was cited. The schema didn't really describe the 
message. We don't want a repeat in WSDL 2.0. We are concerned about 
locking in a solution that may not agree with the direction of Schema. 
3. The boolean nature of ignoreUnknowns is not very useful. In many 
scenarios, it is important to know if the unknown content is preserved 
(e.g. passed on) or even processed. 
4. There is no normative document that describes the proposed processing 
algorithm. Who will write that? (pointing to conference papers is not 
adequate). The WSDL spec should only cite other specs for Core features. 

I need more time to establish a company position since this is vacation 
season. I'll try to move this issue forward though. 


Arthur Ryman,
Rational Desktop Tools Development

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