RE: calendar *dependent* events scenarii

Hi Andrea,

Great stuff. Some suggestions on the intro and first scenario below.

Addison


> Scenario I-0?? Calendar-dependent events
>
> A Web service is set up to calculate a calendar date and send it back to
> the requester.  The date is calendar-dependent but is not associated with
> a particular locale or timezone.  The service may need to take in
> information such as the calendar type, year, and related descriptive
> information.
>

Perhaps "The value returned represents a specific date on the calendar, not
a timestamp value as might be associated with a particular locale or
timezone."??


> Scenario A:  A service calculates the date for Easter, Passover, or
> Ramadan for any given year in a specified calendar type.  All these
> holidays are strictly calendar-dependent; they are calculated based on
> certain calendar and lunar events, as well as historical tables.

I don't think the intro to Scenario A quite captures it. I think we need to
draw the distinction with fixed-date events. Maybe:

A service calculates the date for Easter, Passover, or Ramadan for any given
year in a specified calendar type. These religious holidays are partly based
on astronomical events (such as lunar phases) as well as historical tables
and not strictly calendar dependent (in the way that many secular holidays,
such as various national independence days or leader's birthdays are) or
predictable (third Thursday in November, etc.). Thus the need for a service
to calculate the date might be necessary. // continue with... "The SOAP
request..."

> The
> SOAP request would contain a holiday, a year, and a parameter indicating
> the calendar type, e.g. "Gregorian".  In addition, some other data may
> be required, such as for Easter there may be a parameter specifying
> "Orthodox" or "Western".  The Web service would in turn calculate the
> appropriate date and send a message back to the requester with the
> calculated date.  It may seem as though the calendar type is a part of
> the locale information, but locale information is typically associated
> with the end user, and there's far more information in a locale than is
> needed. In this case, the calendar type is irrelevant to the locale,
> since the requester may be looking for information unrelated to user
> preferences or system settings.
>
>
>

Received on Tuesday, 25 November 2003 00:28:10 UTC