Re: RA and the TAG

On Mar 09, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Doug Davis wrote:

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> Geoff wrote:
> If WS-Transfer’s use of EPRs on Web Services Resources instead of  
> URIs are thought to be damaging the Web then WS-ResourceTransfer’s  
> use of EPRs on Secondary Resources would certainly amplify those  
> damages.
>
> While making such inflammatory statements I would think it would be  
> incumbent upon you to back this up with at least some facts.  RT  
> leverages T's use of Addressing and doesn't extend or change it -  
> how it "amplifies" any problem that Transfer introduces is beyond  
> me.  We get it Geoff - you don't like RT - but this is a stretch.    
> A much more accurate statement would be to extend this to ALL WS  
> specs, or to WS-Addressing itself, the use of ref-params is a  
> problem, period.
which the TAG (and the W3C) punted on when they approved WS-Addressing  
- that horse is long out of the barn!
    -jeff
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> thanks
> -Doug
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> Geoff Bullen <Geoff.Bullen@microsoft.com>
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> RA and the TAG
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> Ashok and I have been discussing some of the historical comments and  
> opinions expressed by the TAG concerning Transfer.  Some of the more  
> interesting comments are included below.
> There seem to be at least 2 issues:
> - Web Services are identified by EPRs and not by URI's.
> - A RESTful interface is desirable i.e. what does a GET on the URI  
> in the EPR return?.
>
> It would be good to discuss this during the F2F.  Ashok could talk  
> about the current trends on
> fetching metadata and we can discuss whether this is a direction the  
> WG wants to pursue.
>
> In the end it would be best to draw out any specific TAG issues  
> sooner rather than later.
> Cheers,
> Geoff
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> Details:
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> 1)
> http://www.w3.org/2008/11/06-tagmem-irc
> Reconstructing the meeting notes a bit, we get:
> "WS-Transfer resources are potentially identified by more than just  
> a URI, making them unsuitable for referencing and use in other Web  
> technologies, e.g. in the context of traditional Web links or RDF  
> assertions. Also, there is a risk, depending how WS-Transfer  
> operates over HTTP, that WS-Transfer might not benefit from existing  
> deployed infrastructure such as proxies."
>
> These comments seem to open up a number of potential issues that the  
> TAG may raise associated with Transfer (and perhaps Eventing?).
>
> 2)
> http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/2006/12/12-tagmem-minutes.html
> Quotes such as:
> “I would be much happier if we can do a better job of getting the  
> community that's using EPRs, etc. to take to heart the value of  
> integration with the Web.”
>
> “PlH: But WS is not entirely against REST, it's just that the  
> toolkits don't typically exploit a RESTful foundation
> DO: But adding WS Transfer in a way would enable more RESTful WS --  
> after all, REST is not dependent on http, you can have a RESTful use  
> of SOAP over UDP”
>
> “The fact that the WS Transfer example breaks the Addressing  
> agreement can be fixed”
>
> It is generally a long discussion about Web Services and the Web  
> Architecture.  Again a number of issues raised here, mainly about  
> using EPRs.  One specific issue raised was about changing the  
> examples in Transfer (and other specs?) to NOT use resource  
> parameters.
>
> 3)
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2006Oct/0061.html
> Several very good questions are raised here:
> * Does WS-Transfer's use of Web Services Addressing End Point  
> References (EPRs) instead of URIs damage the Web?
> * When WS-Transfer is carried over HTTP, can it make proper use of  
> HTTP as an application level-protocol? Should a default HTTP binding  
> be specified to promote proper use of the WS-Transfer/SOAP/HTTP  
> combination?
>
> These issues seem to be similar to those raised in 1) above.
>
> 4)
> Thus far, TAG has only focused on Transfer. RT was published in Fall  
> 2006. If WS-Transfer’s use of EPRs on Web Services Resources instead  
> of URIs are thought to be damaging the Web then WS- 
> ResourceTransfer’s use of EPRs on Secondary Resources would  
> certainly amplify those damages. Perhaps the WG should specifically  
> ask the TAG to review WS-ResourceTranfer and provide their input as  
> well?
>

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