Potential Removal of wsa:From

I sent this comment to the public list by mistake.  I hope it's not too late
for consideration.  

> From: 	Kliewer, Greg  
> Sent:	Sunday, October 30, 2005 10:15 AM
> To:	'public-ws-addressing@w3.org'
> Cc:	Williams, Don
> Subject:	Potential Removal of wsa:From
> 
> My organization, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), was a
> relatively early adopter of WS-A.  We have a messaging framework in place
> now that is compliant with the March of 2004 release of the spec.  
> 
> Now, having reviewed the W3C Candidate Recommendation, I have come across
> an editor's note that is somewhat ominous for us.  It states that "The
> working group is considering removing the wsa:From element due to lack of
> use-cases and seeks feedback on this decision. "  I wanted to provide some
> feedback before the deadline of November 1.
> 
> The use case that we are currently executing in production involves a
> messaging framework made up of multiple web service nodes along the
> message path.  We have organized the framework into a hierarchy of
> endpoint service consumers and providers, and intermediary brokers.  
> 
> The hierarchy of messaging nodes is organized under an Enterprise Message
> Broker (EMB), including domain brokers connected directly to the EMB, and
> adapter nodes connected to domain brokers.   The adapter nodes are the
> ultimate service consumer and provider applications' "bridges" into the
> messaging framework.  
> 
> The hierarchy is a tree structure, with the EMB at the root, and all
> subordinate brokers and adapters organized as branches of the tree.  We
> use the wsa:From field in this context to identify a logical sender node
> as the message passes from its domain broker, up to the EMB, then down
> another branch to another domain broker, and ultimately to the service
> provider.  
> 
> In a synchronous request/reply exchange, once the message passes beyond
> the sender's directly connected broker, the next nodes in the framework
> still require the intelligence of who the initial sender node was in order
> to perform such operations as authorization for use of requested service,
> authorization for use of the semantic vocabulary (i.e. namespace) of the
> payload business message, and deciding what transformations to apply to
> the business payload.  
> 
> Our concern at CIBC is that if we lose the wsa:From, we will lose the
> ability to identify the message sender in our distributed web services
> framework, beyond the initial adapter-to-domain-broker communication.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Greg Kliewer
> Architect and Field Consultant
> Application Integration Services
> CIBC, Technology Solutions
> 161 Bay Street,  (BCE-9)
> Toronto, ON M5J 1C4
> Phone  : 416.956.3899
> Mobile : 416.930.3597
>

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