Fw: EPRs, MAPs and MEPs

David Hull was kind enough to send this clarification to the dist-app 
list, but I think it is also of interest as the TAG comes up to speed on 
WS-Addressing.  Thanks David!

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Noah Mendelsohn 
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David Hull <dmh@tibco.com>
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12/01/2005 02:33 PM
 
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        cc:     (bcc: Noah Mendelsohn/Cambridge/IBM)
        Subject:        EPRs, MAPs and MEPs


As there has been some confusion:

WSA defines two core concepts: Endpoint References (EPRs) and Message 
Addressing Properties (MAPs).
EPRs provide a data representation for a destination for messages. 
Basically an IRI [address], [reference parameters] which are to be 
attached to the message sent (as SOAP headers in the SOAP binding), and 
[metadata], which is anything else of interest.
MAPs are analogous to the usual email headers such as from: to: reply-to: 
message-id: and in-reply-to: and, as the name suggests, are properties of 
the message.  There is also an [action] MAP defined analogous to the 
SOAPAction HTTP header.
As should be clear, a MAP is not the same as a MEP.  The names are 
confusing, but (one hopes) which one is meant should also generally be 
clear from context.

Received on Thursday, 1 December 2005 20:18:44 UTC