Bug 6463: Attaching Policy to WS-Mex GetMetadata - Marked up proposal

Following my action to create a markup version of the proposal for bug 
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=6463, please find the marked 
up document attached.  The changes are all in Section 8 (and an example is 
moved from section 7).



Asir,

The difference between your example and my previous one is primarily that 
you have embedded the WSDL metadata within the EPR, rather than using 
Policy Attachments. 

Whilst both approaches work, I believe that we should have a wider 
variation of examples within the specification in order to illustrate 
different features and usage scenarios. From my experience, a wide range 
of examples is of great benefit to developers.  Embedded WSDL is already 
illustrated in example 7-1. 

In this particular example (8.1), policy attachments also work very well 
as it provides a mechanism to associate policy with a single operation 
without having the whole WSDL included within the EPR.

As a suggested compromise, I've included the policy attachments example 
(8-1) in the proposal attached to this mail, but added a detailed 
explanation below it in order to aid understanding.  I have also added 
some text to say that the WSDL could be embedded, as an alternative 
approach.

Regards
Katy






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