Re: pattern URIs (was: Re: Summary: 22-24 Sept 2003 WS Desc FTF)

On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 08:53:53 +0600
Sanjiva Weerawarana <sanjiva@watson.ibm.com> wrote:
> NOTE: I changed the subject to reflect the on-going discussion.
> 
> > I still support your original position, hence I disagree with making
> > this pattern normative. How about the compromise of having the
> > pattern Amy proposes in a non-normative appendix to the patterns
> > spec? We define it properly, assign it a URI, use it to elucidate
> > the patterns framework, make it available for anybody to use it (if
> > they have a binding for it, that is), but it's *not* normative.
> 
> I think this is ok .. and basically this is all we can do for any
> patttern. It is however normative to the point that if someone
> uses that pattern URI then the semantics MUST be exactly as specified.
> Beyond that there's no real "normativeness" for pattern URIs. Some
> patterns will of course get exercised in bindings we do (i.e., the
> bindings will only be applicable to those patterns), but that's as
> far as it goes.
> 
> I suggest we take this approach for all patterns which are not 
> used directly in the spec. This seems like a reasonable compromise
> between not supporting unused patterns and propertly documenting
> and naming specific patterns which people find useful.

Sounds good to me.  I'll submit a couple of patterns that I think are of
interest for pub/sub, one of which I think also has application for
things like choreography.  Probably not today, though, but this week.

Amy!
-- 
Amelia A. Lewis
Architect, TIBCO/Extensibility, Inc.
alewis@tibco.com

Received on Wednesday, 1 October 2003 09:38:15 UTC