RE: Issue 107: Clarify the terms application, actor & related no tions of identity.

Marc, Stuart:
Please see an amended proposal inlined below.
Nilo


> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marc Hadley [mailto:marc.hadley@sun.com]
> > Sent: 06 August 2001 12:35
> > To: Marc Hadley
> > Cc: Eric Jenkins; 'xml-dist-app@w3.org'
> > Subject: Re: Issue 107: Clarify the terms application, 
> actor & related
> > notions of identity.
> > 
> > 
> > As a result of some private discussion I'd like to offer 
> the following 
> > small change to my original proposal for reworking 4.2.2 and 4.2.3.
> > 
> > Replace: "The special URI 
> > "http://www.w3.org/2001/06/soap-envelope/actor/next" 
> indicates that the 
> > SOAP header block is intended for the very first SOAP node that 
> > processes the message."
> > 
> > With: "The special URI 
> > "http://www.w3.org/2001/06/soap-envelope/actor/next" 
> > indicates that the SOAP header block is intended for the next SOAP 
> > node in the SOAP message path."
> 
> Not sure... feels like "tomorrow never comes". Your suggested revision
> captures the meaning of ".../next" on transmission from the a
> node/actor/application/processor, but not receipt at a
> node/actor/application/processor.

How about the following (with additions in CAPITALS) to take care of the concern from a receiver's point of view:

"The special URI "http://www.w3.org/2001/06/soap-envelope/actor/next" 
indicates that the SOAP header block is intended for the next SOAP node in the SOAP message path OR THE CURRENT SOAP RECEIVER, IN THE CASE WHEN SUCH A HEADER BLOCK IS RECEIVED AT A SOAP NODE."