Re: policy framework questions

1) False, as assertions can be optional and thus no need to make assertions
mandatory (assertions may be domain dependant and have different processing
then the framework) not sure what you are gaining here, if you state that a
wsp:Policy can't be empty this also solve the issue with less processing.
What does it mean to have an empty assertion ?
1a) False
2) False, see #1
3) False,  as assertions are extensible
4) True

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Is there any disagreement with all of these statements being True?

1) If a policy assertion is defined by the domain author to contain
one or more nested assertions then it MUST contain a wsp:Policy,
wsp:ExactlyOne or wsp:All element as a direct child (True)

1a) In normal form any assertion that contains a nested assertion
will only have one nested assertion alternative (True)

2) If a policy assertion is defined by the domain author to contain
one or more nested assertions any instance of the assertion need not
contain any of these actual assertions. Their use may be defined as
optional by the domain assertion author. However, one of the
wsp:Policy, ExactlyOne or All child elements must always be present,
but may have empty content (True).

3) An assertion that is not defined by the domain author to contain
nested assertions may never have a wsp:Policy,ExactlyOne or All
child. (True)

4) It is meaningless to compare <a /> and <a><Policy /> since this
case should never occur, since one of the two forms would be in error
when 'a' is a specific assertion (True)

This would lead us to close issue 3548 with no action needed.


regards, Frederick

Frederick Hirsch
Nokia

[1] <http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=3548>