Re: issue: support cross references within a WSDL file using ncnames?

On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 00:20:34 -0400, in soap you wrote:

>The WG would like to solicit your comments on whether we should
>support references within a WSDL document with just an NCName
>instead of always requiring a QName. 
>
>Here's the issue from the latest part1 document:
>
><issue id="issue-references-with-qname">
>  <head>Should intra-namespace references using only localParts be 
>        supported?</head>
>  WSDL 1.1 requires all references to be QNames. For example, a 
>  reference to a portType from a binding element must always use 
>  a QName even if that portType is in the same namespace and even
>  if it is defined in the same document. It would be convenient 
>  to support local part references for intra-namespace references.
>  <source>Sanjiva Weerawarana</source>
></issue>
>
>Sanjiva.

What happens in the case where you need to cross a namespace boundary
?, switch back to QNames ? How do you tell if its a QName or an NCName
?

Cheers
Simon
www.pocketsoap.com

Received on Saturday, 13 April 2002 11:57:06 UTC