- From: Christopher B Ferris <chrisfer@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 08:45:19 -0500
- To: Doug Davis <dug@us.ibm.com>
- Cc: Alastair Green <alastair.green@choreology.com>, public-ws-addressing@w3.org, public-ws-addressing-request@w3.org, ws-rx@lists.oasis-open.org
- Message-ID: <OF7B8AFA0C.442E7336-ON852571C5.004A02EB-852571C5.004B878D@us.ibm.com>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">+1</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Christopher Ferris<br> STSM, Software Group Standards Strategy<br> email: chrisfer@us.ibm.com<br> blog: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/dw_blog.jspa?blog=440<br> phone: +1 508 377 9295</font> <br> <br><tt><font size=2>Doug Davis/Raleigh/IBM wrote on 08/08/2006 02:47:34 PM:<br> <br> > I believe the value of the replyTo on the MakeConnection is <br> > irrelevant since the</font></tt> <br><tt><font size=2>> message that is sent on the back-channel is not a response to the MC anyway.</font></tt> <br><tt><font size=2>> So, setting it to anon, none or even www.ibm.com doesn't change what gets</font></tt> <br><tt><font size=2>> put on the back-channel. The semantics of MakeConnection are very clear - it</font></tt> <br><tt><font size=2>> is _NOT_ asking for a message - is it creating a connection and <br> > identifying the</font></tt> <br><tt><font size=2>> initiator of that connection - nothing more.</font></tt> <br><tt><font size=2>> <br> > -Doug</font></tt> <br><tt><font size=2>> <br> > Christopher B Ferris/Waltham/IBM@IBMUS </font></tt> <br><tt><font size=2>> 08/08/2006 10:06 AM</font></tt> <br><tt><font size=2>> <br> > To</font></tt> <br><tt><font size=2>> <br> > Alastair Green <alastair.green@choreology.com></font></tt> <br><tt><font size=2>> <br> > cc</font></tt> <br><tt><font size=2>> <br> > public-ws-addressing@w3.org, public-ws-addressing-request@w3.org, <br> > ws-rx@lists.oasis-open.org</font></tt> <br><tt><font size=2>> <br> > Subject</font></tt> <br><tt><font size=2>> <br> > Re: [ws-rx] Re: Comment on WSDL spec: use of Anonymous Element</font></tt> <br><tt><font size=2>> <br> > <br> > Alastair, <br> > <br> > Is this a long and drawn out manner of stating that when a message <br> > is a true oneway (e.g. no <br> > response is expected) then the wsa:ReplyTo should be the WS-A none <br> > URI rather than <br> > simply leaving it absent and hence falling trap to the "if not <br> > present, default to anon" gotcha? <br> > <br> > I guess I am not seeing an issue here, although I guess it would be <br> > fine if we recommended or required <br> > that the MakeConnection wsa:ReplyTo MAP carry the WS-A none URI. <br> > <br> > Cheers, <br> > <br> > Christopher Ferris<br> > STSM, Software Group Standards Strategy<br> > email: chrisfer@us.ibm.com<br> > blog: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/dw_blog.jspa?blog=440<br> > phone: +1 508 377 9295 <br> > <br> > public-ws-addressing-request@w3.org wrote on 08/08/2006 07:06:32 AM:<br> > <br> > > Doug, Paul --<br> > > <br> > > I'm going to try to address both your comments. if I can summarize <br> > > Paul's it was: what's the big deal about [reply endpoint] when <br> > > MakeConnection is "one-way"?. <br> > > <br> > > Given RX timescales you may want to treat these remarks as "early <br> > > public review".<br> > > <br> > > * * *<br> > > <br> > > Doug's message 1 is an application-level set-up call which <br> > > establishes common understanding of the UUID. This type of message <br> > > is exemplified by that shown in the CD example Step 1, unless I have<br> > > completely misunderstood.<br> > > <br> > > In that example, a subscriber, who cannot listen, sends a subscribe <br> > > message to a publisher, saying something like "subscribe me for <br> > > topics A, B, C. The identity of this subscription request is UUID <br> > > X". Thereafter, the publisher knows that X equals "subscription for <br> > > topics A, B, C".<br> > > <br> > > Assertion 1 (please correct me if I am wrong): The format, content <br> > > etc of this type of message (and its manner of transmission) are <br> > > entirely application-specific. It may or may not require an <br> > > acknowledgement. It could be sent by carrier pigeon, or by fax. The <br> > > subscribe message, if sent as SOAP-with-Addressing, might receive a <br> > > reply, or might not receive a reply, and if it did, it might receive<br> > > it anon or addressable. There are no RM rules that apply to this <br> > > message. There are only application rules. It cannot do its job <br> > > usefully unless it passes the UUID: that is all we can say.<br> > > <br> > > Assertion 2. At present there is an RM rule which says: "the <br> > > mutually understood UUID must be reflected in the [destination <br> > > endpoint] according to an RM URI scheme". There are no RM rules to <br> > > say whether the connection UUID, during the course of establishing <br> > > mutual understanding, travels alone, embedded in a URI, in a body <br> > > element or a header element. These are all matters of bilateral <br> > > agreement at an app level between (in this case) the <br> > > consumer/subscriber and the producer/publisher.<br> > > <br> > > [The example is potentially a bit misleading in this respect. <br> > > <br> > > The use of the full "anon-URI?id={uuid}" value in the <targetEPR/>, <br> > > and the use of the element name "targetEPR" make one think <br> > > "addressing", when one would be better off thinking "subscription <br> > > identity" (at an app level). The example set-up message would work <br> > > perfectly well if it read:<br> > > <br> > > <S:Body><br> > > <!-- subscription details --> <br> > > <SubscriptionIdentity>{uuid}</SubscriptionIdentity><br> > > </S:Body><br> > > <br> > > Btw, given that the use of MakeConnection requires a prior <br> > > understanding between two parties of the connection identity, there <br> > > seems no reason why {uuid} has to be a UUID. It does need to be <br> > > bilaterally unambiguous.]<br> > > <br> > > * * *<br> > > <br> > > Message 2 is MakeConnection. If the subscriber sends a <br> > > MakeConnection, specifying UUID X, then the publisher knows it is <br> > > dealing with traffic relating to subscription X, i.e. for topics A, <br> > > B and C. At an application level, we assume that the contract <br> > > thereafter is: start reliably communicating a stream of messages, <br> > > relating to topics A, B and C, therefore implying sequence creation <br> > > etc, until something causes the stream to close. <br> > > <br> > > So the subscriber will repeatedly send MakeConnection, citing the <br> > > UUID X, read the HTTP response, and handle the response as if it <br> > > were an inbound RM/RM-app message.<br> > > <br> > > The exchange that RM defines (rather than illustrates) is the <br> > > MakeConnection, back-call-on-the-connection one. It's this exchange <br> > > that I am discussing. MakeConnection is the message affected by the <br> > > WSAW anon=required discussion, as I see it.<br> > > <br> > > [While it is probably helpful for diagnostic reasons to repeat the <br> > > UUID back to the sender of MakeConnection in the [destination <br> > > endpoint], it is actually redundant, as the HTTP Response is <br> > > automatically and uniquely correlated with the HTTP Request. This <br> > > might lead one to the conclusion that the simple solution would have<br> > > been: send UUID on MakeConnection, and then respond to it on the <br> > > anonymous back-channel without reflection of UUID in any form <br> > > However, this would reduce the symmetry with the Sequence identified<br> > > use of MakeConnection, see comments later]<br> > > <br> > > * * *<br> > > <br> > > There are two modes in which this exchange can work (reflecting the <br> > > joint proposal, as I understand it):<br> > > <br> > > a) Send response as part of a sequence that already exists<br> > > b) Use response to create a new sequence, etc<br> > > <br> > > This is relevant to answering Paul F's question, relating to the <br> > > significance of ReplyTo.<br> > > <br> > > If there is a sequence, then the sequence Identifier is a <br> > > correlation synonym for the UUID. The reply message may be sent on <br> > > the back-channel; it must carry the wsrm:Identifier (as a separate <br> > > header element), it need not carry the UUID.<br> > > <br> > > If there is no sequence, then the reply message must carry or imply <br> > > the UUID. (I'm going to assume that carrying the UUID is better than<br> > > implying it.) The question is how?<br> > > <br> > > Looking at these two cases, it is striking that both <br> > > <br> > > a) require a response on the back-channel,<br> > > b) need to carry an identifier (one of the sequence, one of the <br> > > "connection"/"session")<br> > > <br> > > Doug's comment that there is no wsa:ReplyTo on the MakeConnection, <br> > > that it is "one way", is relevant here. In fact there is no such <br> > > thing (in the XML infoset) as a non-existent [reply endpoint]. If <br> > > wsa:ReplyTo is absent, then it is inferred to be the anon-URI. The <br> > > only way you can stop that inference is to set the [reply endpoint] <br> > > to none or to a "real address". I don't think you want to do either <br> > > of those things, in this context.<br> > > <br> > > With these points in mind, I think it is worth looking again at my <br> > > previous postings. <br> > > <br> > > The orthodox way of saying "respond on the back-channel" is setting <br> > > [reply endpoint] to anon. This can be done explicitly or by <br> > > inference from absence.<br> > > <br> > > I think there has to be a good reason to invent a new way of <br> > > expressing this semantic. Doing so has repercussions (see the <br> > > original starting point of this thread, re WSA W anon/required). The<br> > > (very valuable) use case of MakeConnection does not require an <br> > > alternate mechnanism for stating the back channel semantic. <br> > > <br> > > We can illustrate all of this by placing three examples side by side:<br> > > <br> > > * * *<br> > > <br> > > 1. Example using sequence Identifier: MakeConnection and reply [asper CD 04]<br> > > 2. Example using hypothetical connection identifier: MakeConnection <br> > > and reply [as it could be, simplified]<br> > > 3. Example using current Address [as per CD 04]<br> > > <br> > > 1a. Example using sequence Identifier: MakeConnection<br> > > <br> > > <S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"<br> > > xmlns:wsrm="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-rx/wsrm/200608"<br> > > xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"><br> > > <S:Header><br> > > <wsa:MessageID>http://example.org/subscriptionService/<br> > > guid/61e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cdcbc9e</wsa:MessageID><br> > > <wsa:Action>http://docs.oasis-open.<br> > org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/MakeConnection<br> > > </wsa:Action><br> > > <wsa:To>http://example.org/subscriptionService</wsa:To><br> > > <!-- absent wsa:ReplyTo is equivalent to: <br> > > <wsa:ReplyTo><br> > > <wsa:Address>http://docs.oasis-open.<br> > org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/anonymous<br> > > </wsa:Address><br> > > </wsa:ReplyTo><br> > > --><br> > > </S:Header><br> > > <S:Body><br> > > <wsrm:MakeConnection> <br> > > <wsrm:Identifier>http://Business456.<br> > > com/SubscribeTopics/Sequence/7456-3278</wsrm:Identifier><br> > > </wsrm:MakeConnection> <br> > > </S:Body><br> > > </S:Envelope><br> > > <br> > > 1b. Example using sequence Identifier: reply to MakeConnection<br> > > <br> > > <S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"<br> > > xmlns:wsrm="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-rx/wsrm/200608"<br> > > xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"><br> > > <S:Header><br> > > <wsa:MessageID>http://example.org/subscriptionService/<br> > > guid/71e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cfcbc9e</wsa:MessageID><br> > > <wsa:RelatesTo>http://example.org/subscriptionService/<br> > > guid/61e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cdcbc9e</wsa:RelatesTo><br> > > <wsa:ReplyTo><wsa:Address>http://example.org/subscriptionService<br> > > </wsa:Address></wsa:ReplyTo><br> > > <wsa:Action>http://example.com/subscriptionService/publish<br> > > </wsa:Action><br> > > <wsrm:Sequence><br> > > <wsrm:Identifier>http://Business456.<br> > > com/SubscribeTopics/Sequence/7456-3278</wsrm:Identifier><br> > > <wsrm:MessageNumber>1</wsrm:MessageNumber><br> > > </wsrm:Sequence><br> > > </S:Header><br> > > <S:Body><br> > > <!-- Publication re A, B or C --><br> > > </S:Body><br> > > </S:Envelope><br> > > <br> > > 2a. Example using hypothetical connection identifier: MakeConnection<br> > > <br> > > <S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"<br> > > xmlns:wsrm="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-rx/wsrm/200608"<br> > > xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"><br> > > <S:Header><br> > > <wsa:MessageID>http://example.org/subscriptionService/<br> > > guid/61e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cdcbc9e</wsa:MessageID><br> > > <wsa:Action>http://docs.oasis-open.<br> > org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/MakeConnection<br> > > </wsa:Action><br> > > <wsa:To>http://example.org/subscriptionService</wsa:To><br> > > <!-- absent wsa:ReplyTo is equivalent to: <br> > > <wsa:ReplyTo><br> > > <wsa:Address>http://docs.oasis-open.<br> > org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/anonymous<br> > > </wsa:Address><br> > > </wsa:ReplyTo><br> > > --><br> > > </S:Header><br> > > <S:Body><br> > > <wsrm:MakeConnection> <br> > > <wsrm:ConnectionIdentifier>http://Business456.com/<br> > > SubscribeTopics/Stream/7457</wsrm:ConnectionIdentifier><br> > > </wsrm:MakeConnection> <br> > > </S:Body><br> > > </S:Envelope><br> > > <br> > > 2b. Example using hypothetical connection identifier: reply to <br> > > MakeConnection (CreateSequence)<br> > > <br> > > <S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"<br> > > xmlns:wsrm="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-rx/wsrm/200608"<br> > > xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"><br> > > <S:Header><br> > > <wsa:MessageID>http://example.org/subscriptionService/<br> > > guid/71e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cfcbc9e</wsa:MessageID><br> > > <wsa:RelatesTo>http://example.org/subscriptionService/<br> > > guid/61e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cdcbc9e</wsa:RelatesTo><br> > > <wsa:Action>http://docs.oasis-open-<br> > org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/CreateSequence<br> > > </wsa:Action><br> > > <wsa:ReplyTo>http://example.org/subscriptionService</wsa:ReplyTo><br> > > <wsrm:ConnectionIdentifier><br> > > http://Business456.com/SubscribeTopics/Stream/7457<br> > > </wsrm:ConnectionIdentifier> <br> > > </S:Header><br> > > <S:Body><br> > > <wsrm:CreateSequence><br> > > <wsrm:AcksTo><br> > > <wsa:Address>http://example.org/subscriptionService<br> > > </wsa:Address><br> > > </wsrm:AcksTo><br> > > </wsrm:CreateSequence><br> > > </S:Body><br> > > </S:Envelope><br> > > <br> > > 3a. Example using wsrm:Address: MakeConnection<br> > > <br> > > <S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"<br> > > xmlns:wsrm="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-rx/wsrm/200608"<br> > > xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"><br> > > <S:Header><br> > > <wsa:MessageID>http://example.org/subscriptionService/<br> > > guid/61e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cdcbc9e</wsa:MessageID><br> > > <wsa:Action>http://docs.oasis-open.<br> > org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/MakeConnection<br> > > </wsa:Action><br> > > <wsa:To>http://example.org/subscriptionService</wsa:To><br> > > <!-- absent wsa:ReplyTo is equivalent to: <br> > > <wsa:ReplyTo><br> > > <wsa:Address>http://docs.oasis-open.<br> > org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/anonymous<br> > > </wsa:Address><br> > > </wsa:ReplyTo><br> > > --><br> > > </S:Header><br> > > <S:Body><br> > > <wsrm:MakeConnection> <br> > > <wsrm:Address><br> > > http://docs.oasis-open.<br> > > org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/anonymous?id=550e8400-e29b-11d4-a716-446655440000<br> > > </wsrm:Address><br> > > </wsrm:MakeConnection> <br> > > </S:Body><br> > > </S:Envelope><br> > > <br> > > 3b. Example using wsrm:Address: reply to MakeConnection (CreateSequence)<br> > > <br> > > <S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"<br> > > xmlns:wsrm="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-rx/wsrm/200608"<br> > > xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"><br> > > <S:Header><br> > > <wsa:MessageID>http://example.org/subscriptionService/<br> > > guid/71e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cfcbc9e</wsa:MessageID><br> > > <wsa:RelatesTo>http://example.org/subscriptionService/<br> > > guid/61e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cdcbc9e</wsa:RelatesTo><br> > > <wsa:Action>http://docs.oasis-open-<br> > org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/CreateSequence<br> > > </wsa:Action><br> > > <wsa:To><br> > > <br> > > <!-- I believe this is WS-A illegal: reply To must equal request <br> > > ReplyTo/Address. --> <br> > > <br> > > http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/anonymous?<br> > > id=550e8400-e29b-11d4-a716-446655440000<br> > > </wsa:To><br> > > <wsa:ReplyTo>http://example.org/subscriptionService</wsa:ReplyTo><br> > > </S:Header><br> > > <S:Body><br> > > <wsrm:CreateSequence><br> > > <wsrm:AcksTo><br> > > <wsa:Address>http://example.org/subscriptionService<br> > > </wsa:Address><br> > > </wsrm:AcksTo><br> > > </wsrm:CreateSequence><br> > > </S:Body><br> > > </S:Envelope><br> > > <br> > > Yours,<br> > > <br> > > Alastair<br> > > <br> > > Doug Davis wrote: <br> > > <br> > > Alastair, <br> > > I think you're mixing up the messages a bit. There are two messages <br> > > at play: <br> > > 1 - the message containing the EPR to send subsequent messages to. <br> > > In some cases this message will have the EPR in its wsa:ReplyTo <br> > > header, but it could also be placed someplace else depending <br> > > on its use. And it is this EPR that needs to be tagged as the <br> > > polling one (ie. it has the RM anon URI). <br> > > This message will contain application specific data in the Body <br> > > so your suggestion of placing some UUID in there will not work. <br> > > This gets back to the necessity to keep all info about where to <br> > > send messages encapsulated into whatever EPR we want to be tagged <br> > > as the polling one. <br> > > <br> > > 2 - the MakeConnection message. <br> > > This message does not have a wsa:ReplyTo, its a one-way. This <br> > > message does contain a Body which is the correlation info used <br> > > by the receiver of this message to find an appropriate message <br> > > to send back. So, basically the stuff in the Body must match <br> > > the EPR from message 1. And given that in some cases the only <br> > > thing remaining from the EPR in message 1 is the serialized <br> > > version of it, we must be able to find messages based solely <br> > > on what's in the outgoing message itself. Which means the <br> > > wsa:To field. Again, ref-p's are bad for this purpose. :-) <br> > > <br> > > HTH <br> > > <br> > > thanks <br> > > -Doug <br> > > <br> > > <br> > > <br> > > Alastair Green <alastair.green@choreology.com> wrote on 08/07/2006 <br> > > 02:02:55 PM:<br> > > <br> > > > Doug,<br> > > > <br> > > > I think I'm connecting, if you'll pardon the pun. <br> > > > <br> > > > 1. As I read WS-A, the [destination endpoint][address] must be set <br> > > > to [reply endpoint][address] for a reply.<br> > > > <br> > > > 2. If [reply endpoint] is omitted (as per the CD example), then <br> > > > [reply endpoint] = anon, by default.<br> > > > <br> > > > 3. If [destination endpoint] = "anon-URI?id={uuid}", then <br> > > > [destination endpoint] <> [reply endpoint][address] (which was <br> > > > simple, unornamented anon-URI), which contradicts premise 1.<br> > > > <br> > > > Does that make sense? If so, then I think you would need to set <br> > > > [reply endpoint] to none, explicitly, to avoid that clash (given <br> > > > RM's current approach). But this causes<br> > > > <br> > > > 4. The WS-A processor that sent MakeConnection to get very confused.<br> > > > It wasn't expecting anything but an HTTP 200 series by way of a <br> > > > response, but is about to get a full-scale SOAP message bounding back.<br> > > > <br> > > > +++<br> > > > <br> > > > Further thoughts, which continue, in my mind, to question the <br> > > > current RM approach, but which may ease the WSA W problem.<br> > > > <br> > > > a) You could have defined an extension element in the [reply <br> > > > endpoint] for the UUID.<br> > > > <br> > > > b) Or, you could have chosen to send the UUID in the body element.<br> > > > <br> > > > c) In either case, this could team up with setting [reply <br> > > endpoint] to anon. <br> > > > <br> > > > d) As in 3. above, you shouldn't then set response [destination <br> > > > endpoint] to anon?id={uuid}.<br> > > > <br> > > > e) So, you need to set [reply endpoint] to anon, and set <br> > > > [destination endpoint][address] to anon.<br> > > > <br> > > > f) which begs the question, where does the UUID go?<br> > > > <br> > > > g) If you passed an extension element UUID, or a UUID in the body <br> > > > element, and then passed it back as an extension element in the anon<br> > > > EPR that should be OK, because you have followed the rules for reply<br> > > > formulation with respect to the [destination endpoint][address]<br> > > > /[reference parameters]. The fact you have chosen to put an <br> > > > extension element in the response is WS-A 3.3/3.4 legal, as I read <br> > > > it. That's a higher-layer behaviour that does not contradict WS-A <br> > > > base behaviour, which is constrained.<br> > > > <br> > > > +++<br> > > > <br> > > > Why is g) not viable in your view? The processors that need to <br> > > > understand the body/extension UUID element are the RM senders and <br> > > > responders (not the WS-A processors, which passively pass on the <br> > > > UUID to the RM receiver of MakeConnection, and pass on the extension<br> > > > element to the RM receiver of the response). <br> > > > <br> > > > In other words, the awareness of RM-ness that is demanded in <br> > > > formulating MakeConnection, and in replying to it, resides in the <br> > > > same place, and at the same level, as in the current (CD) solution.<br> > > > <br> > > > The difference being: that the MakeConnection is now a regular <br> > > > [reply endpoint] = anon. At which point special WSAW rules are not needed.<br> > > > <br> > > > I don't see any lesser or greater problem with intermediaries, <br> > > > onward transmission etc than would apply with the current solution, <br> > > > if that is a concern. On this point, I think I may be missing <br> > > > something, or misunderstanding your area of concern?<br> > > > <br> > > > So, to summarize:<br> > > > <br> > > > 1. asimple-non out, special, ornamented-anon back is a problem.<br> > > > 2. none out, anon back is a problem.<br> > > > 3. extension element UUID out, extension element UUID back, is no <br> > > > different, in layer terms, than body UUID out, ornamented address <br> > > > back, i.e. is not a problem.<br> > > > 4. anon out means no problem with anon = required.<br> > > > <br> > > > <br> > > > * * *<br> > > > <br> > > > My last point was indeed completely beside the point of your issue :<br> > > > -) -- it is an independent issue about WSAW, and a limitation that <br> > > > the proposed syntax seems to impose by applying the flag across all <br> > > > "response endpoints". <br> > > > <br> > > > Alastair<br> > > > <br> > > > Doug Davis wrote: <br> > > > <br> > > > Alastair, <br> > > > We did consider adding some extra metadata to the EPR (outside of <br> > > > the wsa:Address and ref-p's), but there's a problem - this metadata <br> > > > is not copied over into the response message - just the wsa:Address <br> > > > and ref-p's are. This means that any data placed elsewhere in the <br> > > > EPR is lost once the message is serialized. So unless we assume the<br> > > > impl can hold on to the original EPR for the entire message path <br> > > > (which we can't in distributed systems), the identity part must be <br> > > > in either the address or ref-p's. And, as you said, ref-p's aren't <br> > > > good for this. <br> > > > <br> > > > What's interesting about your anon?unique-id example is that that <br> > > > solution might work very nicely (we talked about this in the past) -<br> > > > but as you said it would require WSA to say anon URIs 'start <br> > > > with...' - and WSA is closed :-( <br> > > > <br> > > > I got a bit lost on your last point - it almost sounded like a <br> > > > complaint about the current WSA WSDL spec instead of my issue - or <br> > > > did I not follow it? <br> > > > <br> > > > I noticed that on the agenda for tomorrow's WSA call (I think its <br> > > > tomorrow) is a CR issue that mentioned how this wording in the WSDL <br> > > > spec prevents the use of "none". I can't help but think that both <br> > > > issues (mine and the other CR issue) would be solved nicely if the <br> > > > wording were turned around a bit and said something about how this <br> > > > flag indicates whether or not the endpoint supports addressable <br> > > > endpoints in the response EPRs. Not sure of the exact wording, but <br> > > > if instead of taking about specific URIs (like anon and none) it <br> > > > talked about whether the endpoint supported the notion of creating <br> > > > it own connections to the EPR then it wouldn't need to get into the <br> > > > business of listing all of the URIs that are valid. And I think it <br> > > > would relay the exact same information. <br> > > > <br> > > > thanks <br> > > > -Doug <br> > > > <br> > > > <br> > > <br> > > > <br> > > > Alastair Green <alastair.green@choreology.com> <br> > > > 08/04/2006 10:57 AM <br> > > > <br> > > > To <br> > > > <br> > > > Doug Davis/Raleigh/IBM@IBMUS <br> > > > <br> > > > cc <br> > > > <br> > > > public-ws-addressing@w3.org, public-ws-addressing-request@w3.org, <br> > > > ws-rx@lists.oasis-open.org, abbieb@nortel.com, aclark@novell.com, <br> > > > akira.tanaka.pr@hitachi.com, aleyfer@actional.com, anash@reactivity.com, <br> > > > andreas.bjarlestam@ericsson.com, anil.edakkunni@soa.com, anil.<br> > > john@jhuapl.edu<br> > > > , Anish.Karmarkar@oracle.com, Anthony Nadalin/Austin/IBM@IBMUS, <br> > > > asakala@iona.com, ash@rainingdata.com, ashok.malhotra@oracle.com, <br> > > > asirveda@microsoft.com, atarashi@sv.nec-labs.com, atmanes@gmail.com, <br> > > > audet@nortel.com, barreto@adobe.com, bhakti.mehta@sun.com, 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<ljin@bea.com>, <br> > > > machi@nca.or.kr, "'Mark Little'" <mark.little@jboss.com>, <br> > > > "'Schenecker, Mark'" <mark.schenecker@sap.com>, "'de Boer, Martijn'" <br> > > > <martijn.de.boer@sap.com>, "'Raepple, Martin'" <martin.raepple@sap.com>, <br> > > > mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org, matsuki.yoshino.pw@hitachi.com, <br> > > mckierna@uk.ibm.com<br> > > > , mgoodner@microsoft.com, mhb@itst.dk, "'Bechauf, Michael'" <br> > > > <michael.bechauf@sap.com>, mike.grogan@sun.com, millwood@uk.ibm.com, <br> > > > mlovett@uk.ibm.com, mlyons@layer7tech.com, mschenecker@e2open.com, <br> > > > mwang@tibco.com, nickr@enosis.com, nilo.mitra@ericsson.com, <br> > > > nobuyuki.yamamoto.vw@hitachi.com, Ondrej.Hrebicek@microsoft.com, <br> > > paul@wso2.com<br> > > > , pauld@mitre.org, paul.cotton@microsoft.com, paul.knight@nortel.com, <br> > > > peter.furniss@erebor.co.uk, peter_niblett@uk.ibm.com, pete.<br> > wenzel@sun.com, <br> > > > prateek.mishra@oracle.com, pyendluri@webmethods.com, Richard <br> > > > Salz/Cambridge/IBM@IBMUS, robin@oasis-open.org, sada@jp.fujitsu.com,<br> > > > "'Patil, Sanjay'" <sanjay.patil@sap.com>, sanka@wso2.com, <br> > scayron@acord.org<br> > > > , Scott Hinkelman/Austin/IBM@IBMUS, shengsong.ni@oracle.com, <br> > > > shivajee@tibco.com, srcarter@novell.com, stefanba@microsoft.com, <br> > > > "'Rossmanith, Stefan'" <stefan.rossmanith@sap.com>, "'Winkler, Steve'" <br> > > > <steve.winkler@sap.com>, sumit.gupta@oracle.com, tboubez@layer7tech.com, <br> > > > tejeswar.das@iona.com, thomas.erl@soasystems.com, thomas.t.<br> > bui@boeing.com, <br> > > > timothy@drummondgroup.com, toby.considine@unc.edu, tom@coastin.com, <br> > > > "'Yalcinalp, Umit'" <umit.yalcinalp@sap.com>, vfurman@webmethods.com<br> > > > , "'Shipkowitz, Vicki'" <vicki.shipkowitz@sap.com>, vikas@sonoasystems.com<br> > > > , "'Videlov, Vladimir'" <vladimir.videlov@sap.com>, Martin Chapman <br> > > > <martin.chapman@oracle.com> <br> > > > <br> > > > Subject <br> > > > <br> > > > Re: Comment on WSDL spec: use of Anonymous Element <br> > > > <br> > > > <br> > > > <br> > > > <br> > > > Hi Doug,<br> > > > <br> > > > Comments interspersed:<br> > > > <br> > > > Doug Davis wrote: <br> > > > <br> > > > Alastair, <br> > > > There are a couple of different things at play here. First, sorry <br> > > > about the long cc-list but the wsrx mailing list still doesn't <br> > > > appear to work so I need to include the entire wsrx team manually :-( <br> > > > I thought my mail client was going to expire when I just did "reply all". <br> > > > <br> > > > In a non-anonymous world the wsa:Address field represents both the <br> > > > fact that the destination can access connections and it identifies <br> > > > the party. And I think that makes sense. There is no reason to not<br> > > > have a single URI do that (let's not get into the 'identity' issue <br> > > > w.r.t. ref-p's :-). So, if we then switch over to the anonymous <br> > > > case, IMO, I don't believe the implementation should need to change </font></tt> <br><tt><font size=2>> > > w.r.t. the purpose of this URI. <br> > > > Here's what I don't understand. In the non-anon case an EPR (address<br> > > > + stuff) is used to target. In the anon case, so far as I can tell, <br> > > > there is nothing in WS-A to stop the same "full EPR" (address + <br> > > > stuff) being used to target the reply.<br> > > > <br> > > > If one pursues this, what you intuitively want is: callback EPR = <br> > > >
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