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         guide to using the specifications. </p></div><div>
 <h2><a name="status">Status of this Document</a></h2><p><strong>This document is an editors' copy that has
         no official standing.</strong></p><p></p></div><hr><div class="toc">
-<h2><a name="contents">Table of Contents</a></h2><p class="toc">1. <a href="#introduction">Introduction</a><br>2. <a href="#Assertions">What is an Assertion? </a><br>3. <a href="#d3e169">Who is involved in authoring Assertions? </a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.1 <a href="#roles"> Roles and Responsibilities </a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.1.1 <a href="#domain-owners"> Assertion Authors</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.1.2 <a href="#consumers">Consumers</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.1.3 <a href="#providers">Providers</a><br>4. <a href="#general-guidelines">General Guidelines for Assertion Authors</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1 <a href="#assertion-target">Assertions and Their Target Use</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2 <a href="#compact-full">Authoring Styles </a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3 <a href="#new-guidelines-domains">Considerations when Modeling New Assertions</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;43.1 <a href="#minimal-approach">Minimal approach</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3.2 <a href="#QName_and_XML_Information_Set_representation">QName and XML Information Set representation</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3.3 <a href="#self-describing"> Self Describing Messages </a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3.4 <a href="#single-domains">Single Domains</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4 <a href="#comparison">Comparison of Nested and Parameterized Assertions</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4.1 <a href="#parameterized-assertions">Assertions with Parameters</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4.2 <a href="#nested-assertions">Nested Assertions</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4.3 <a href="#which-one-to-use">Considerations for choosing parameters vs nesting</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.5 <a href="#optional-policy-assertion">Designating Optional Behaviors</a><br>&nbsp;nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.5.1 <a href="#d3e504">Optional behavior in Compact authoring</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.5.2 <a href="#d3e512">Optional behavior at runtime</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.6 <a href="#typing-assertions">Typing Assertions</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.7 <a href="#levels-of-abstraction">Levels of Abstraction in WSDL </a><br>5. <a href="#lifecycle">Lifecycle of Assertions</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1 <a href="#Referencing_Policy_Expressions">Referencing Policy Expressions</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.2 <a href="#extending-assertions"> Evolution of Assertions (Versioning and Compatibility)</a><br>6. <a href="#inter-policy">Inter-domain Policy and Composition Issues</a><br>7. <a href="#best-practices-attachment">Applying Best Practices for  Policy Attachment</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.1 <a href="#context-free-policies">Appropriate Attachment: Preserving Context-Free Policies</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.2 <a href="#apropriate-attachment-assertion-subjects">Appropriate Attachment: Identifying Assertion Subjects</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.2.1 <a href="#interaction">Interaction between Subjects</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.3 <a href="#identifying-assertion-sources">Appropriate Attachment: Identifying Assertion Sources </a><br>8. <a href="#scenario">Scenario and a worked example</a><br></p>
+<h2><a name="contents">Table of Contents</a></h2><p class="toc">1. <a href="#introduction">Introduction</a><br>2. <a href="#Assertions">What is an Assertion? </a><br>3. <a href="#d3e169">Who is involved in authoring Assertions? </a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.1 <a href="#roles"> Roles and Responsibilities </a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.1.1 <a href="#domain-owners"> Assertion Authors</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.1.2 <a href="#consumers">Consumers</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.1.3 <a href="#providers">Providers</a><br>4. <a href="#general-guidelines">General Guidelines for Assertion Authors</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1 <a href="#assertion-target">Assertions and Their Target Use</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2 <a href="#compact-full">Authoring Styles </a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3 <a href="#new-guidelines-domains">Considerations when Modeling New Assertions</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;43.1 <a href="#minimal-approach">Minimal approach</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3.2 <a href="#QName_and_XML_Information_Set_representation">QName and XML Information Set representation</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3.3 <a href="#self-describing"> Self Describing Messages </a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3.4 <a href="#single-domains">Single Domains</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4 <a href="#comparison">Comparison of Nested and Parameterized Assertions</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4.1 <a href="#parameterized-assertions">Assertions with Parameters</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4.2 <a href="#nested-assertions">Nested Assertions</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4.3 <a href="#which-one-to-use">Considerations for choosing parameters vs nesting</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.5 <a href="#optional-policy-assertion">Designating Optional Behaviors</a><br>&nbsp;nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.5.1 <a href="#d3e506">Optional behavior in Compact authoring</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.5.2 <a href="#d3e514">Optional behavior at runtime</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.6 <a href="#typing-assertions">Typing Assertions</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.7 <a href="#levels-of-abstraction">Levels of Abstraction in WSDL </a><br>5. <a href="#lifecycle">Lifecycle of Assertions</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1 <a href="#Referencing_Policy_Expressions">Referencing Policy Expressions</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.2 <a href="#extending-assertions"> Evolution of Assertions (Versioning and Compatibility)</a><br>6. <a href="#inter-policy">Inter-domain Policy and Composition Issues</a><br>7. <a href="#best-practices-attachment">Applying Best Practices for  Policy Attachment</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.1 <a href="#context-free-policies">Appropriate Attachment: Preserving Context-Free Policies</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.2 <a href="#apropriate-attachment-assertion-subjects">Appropriate Attachment: Identifying Assertion Subjects</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.2.1 <a href="#interaction">Interaction between Subjects</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.3 <a href="#identifying-assertion-sources">Appropriate Attachment: Identifying Assertion Sources </a><br>8. <a href="#scenario">Scenario and a worked example</a><br></p>
 <h3><a name="appendix" id="appendix">Appendices</a></h3><p class="toc">A. <a href="#security-considerations">Security Considerations</a><br>B. <a href="#xml-namespaces">XML Namespaces</a><br>C. <a href="#references">References</a><br>D. <a href="#acknowledgments">Acknowledgements</a> (Non-Normative)<br>E. <a href="#change-description">Changes in this Version of
           the Document</a> (Non-Normative)<br>F. <a href="#change-log">Web Services Policy 1.5 - Guidelines for Policy Assertion Authors Change Log</a> (Non-Normative)<br></p></div><hr><div class="body"><div class="div1">
 <h2><a name="introduction"></a>1. Introduction</h2><p>The WS-Policy specification defines a policy to be a collection
@@ -302,7 +302,23 @@
 			environment; when creating a domain specific
 			attachment in multiple WSDL files or Endpoint
 			References in which the same set of policies are expected to be applied. 
-	   		</p><p>Best practice: Assertion Authors should include the following
+	   		</p><p>WS-PolicyAttachment provides various
+                        mechanisms to attach a policy to a policy
+                        subject. Although a policy assertion may be
+                        tailored for or constrained to a specific set
+                        of policy subjects by design, its semantics
+                        are not dependent upon the mechanism by which
+                        a policy expression is attached to a given
+                        policy subject. For instance, an assertion
+                        "Foo" has the same semantic when attached to a
+                        WSDL1.1 operation regardless of whether it was
+                        attached using XML element policy attachment
+                        or the external URI attachment mechanism.
+                        Independence from a specific
+                        attachment mechanism allows policy tools to choose the most 
+                        appropriate mechanism to attach a policy without having to 
+                        analyze the contents of the policy.
+                        </p><p>Best practice: Assertion Authors should include the following
 	   		items in the dialect specification:
          	</p><ul><li><p><em>The definition of the
             			assertion</em>. Does the assertion pertain to a specific
@@ -613,7 +629,7 @@
         			to the WS-Policy framework.
         			</p></div></div><div class="div2">
 <h3><a name="optional-policy-assertion"></a>4.5 Designating Optional Behaviors</h3><div class="div3">
-<h4><a name="d3e504"></a>4.5.1 Optional behavior in Compact authoring</h4><p>Optional behaviors represent behaviors which may be engaged by a consumer. When using the
+<h4><a name="d3e506"></a>4.5.1 Optional behavior in Compact authoring</h4><p>Optional behaviors represent behaviors which may be engaged by a consumer. When using the
         			compact authoring form for assertions, behaviors are marked by
         			using <code>wsp:Optional</code> attribute that has a value,
         			"true". During the process of normalization, the runtime
@@ -624,7 +640,7 @@
         			runtime behavior. In order to simplify reference to such
         			assertions, we just use the term optional assertions in this section. 
         			</p></div><div class="div3">
-<h4><a name="d3e512"></a>4.5.2 Optional behavior at runtime</h4><p>The <cite><a href="#WS-Policy-Primer">Web Services Policy Primer</a></cite> document contains an
+<h4><a name="d3e514"></a>4.5.2 Optional behavior at runtime</h4><p>The <cite><a href="#WS-Policy-Primer">Web Services Policy Primer</a></cite> document contains an
         			example that proposes the use of <cite><a href="#MTOM">MTOM</a></cite> as an
         			optional behavior that can be engaged by a consumer. The
         			primer proposes that an assertion that identifies the use of
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 						</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">20070122</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">PY</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Completed action item:
 							<a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/06/tracker/wspolicyeds/actions/127">127</a>
 							Resolution for issue <a href="http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=4197">4197</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">20070130</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">UY</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Completed action item:
-							<a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/06/tracker/wspolicyeds/actions/144">144</a>
-							Resolution for issues <a href="http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=3985">3985</a> and <a href="http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=3986">3986</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br></div></div></body></html>
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+							<a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/06/tracker/wspolicyeds/actions/144">144</a>.
+							Resolution for issues <a href="http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=3985">3985</a> and <a href="http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=3986">3986</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">20070130</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">UY</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Completed action item:
+							<a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/06/tracker/wspolicyeds/actions/137">137</a>.
+							Resolution for issue <a href="http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=4198">4198</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br></div></div></body></html>
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@@ -448,6 +448,24 @@
 			attachment in multiple WSDL files or Endpoint
 			References in which the same set of policies are expected to be applied. 
 	   		</p>
+
+                        <p>WS-PolicyAttachment provides various
+                        mechanisms to attach a policy to a policy
+                        subject. Although a policy assertion may be
+                        tailored for or constrained to a specific set
+                        of policy subjects by design, its semantics
+                        are not dependent upon the mechanism by which
+                        a policy expression is attached to a given
+                        policy subject. For instance, an assertion
+                        "Foo" has the same semantic when attached to a
+                        WSDL1.1 operation regardless of whether it was
+                        attached using XML element policy attachment
+                        or the external URI attachment mechanism.
+                        Independence from a specific
+                        attachment mechanism allows policy tools to choose the most 
+                        appropriate mechanism to attach a policy without having to 
+                        analyze the contents of the policy.
+                        </p>
 	   		<p>Best practice: Assertion Authors should include the following
 	   		items in the dialect specification:
          	</p>
@@ -1913,13 +1931,20 @@
 							<loc href="http://www.w3.org/2005/06/tracker/wspolicyeds/actions/127">127</loc>
 							Resolution for issue <loc href="http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=4197">4197</loc></td>
 					</tr> 
-<tr>
+					<tr>
 						<td>20070130</td>
 						<td>UY</td>
 						<td>Completed action item:
-							<loc href="http://www.w3.org/2005/06/tracker/wspolicyeds/actions/144">144</loc>
+							<loc href="http://www.w3.org/2005/06/tracker/wspolicyeds/actions/144">144</loc>.
 							Resolution for issues <loc href="http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=3985">3985</loc> and <loc href="http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=3986">3986</loc></td>
 					</tr> 
+					<tr>
+						<td>20070130</td>
+						<td>UY</td>
+						<td>Completed action item:
+							<loc href="http://www.w3.org/2005/06/tracker/wspolicyeds/actions/137">137</loc>.
+							Resolution for issue <loc href="http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=4198">4198</loc></td>
+					</tr> 
 				</tbody>
 			</table>
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