Re: Version attribute for WSDL

I like versioning, but I'm really unclear on how one adds an attribute 
in XML that isn't in the infoset.  Does this mean, perhaps, that it 
isn't part of the WSDL component model?

Amy!
On Feb 12, 2004, at 9:13 AM, Tom Jordahl wrote:

>
>
> In fulfillment of my action item received at the January F2F, here is a
> proposal to add a version attribute to WSDL to aid in the versioning 
> of WSDL
> documents and interfaces.
>
> I propose that an attribute with the name "version" be added to the
> <definitions> element of WSDL.  This attribute is for user 
> convenience, and
> the specification would define no semantics for it, specifically the 
> value
> of this attribute would NOT be included in the infoset.  However, it is
> expected that WSDL authors and consumers can use this attribute, when
> present, to differentiate between different revisions of a WSDL 
> document.
>
> Example:
>
> <definitions version="1" targetNamespace=http://sample.org/>
> ...
> </definitions>
>
> This proposal is modeled after the version attribute of XML Schema, see
> section 3.15.2 in Part 1 of the XML Schema specification:
>   http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#Schemas
>
> In our specification, section 2.1.2 would be updated to include the new
> attribute:
>
> 2.1.2 XML Representation of Definitions Component
>
> <definitions
>       targetNamespace="xs:anyURI"
>       version = "xs:token"? >
>   <documentation />?
>   [ <import /> | <include /> ]*
>   <types />?
>   [ <interface /> | <binding /> | <service /> ]*
> </definitions>
>
>
> Additionally, I propose that a similar version attribute be added to 
> the
> <interface> element of WSDL. This attribute would mirror the 
> definitions
> attribute.  Again, this would be for user convenience, and the 
> specification
> would define no semantics for it, specifically the value of this 
> attribute
> would NOT be included in the infoset.  WSDL authors and consumers 
> could use
> this attribute, when present, to differentiate between different 
> revisions
> of an interface.  In particular, this would enable a consumer of the
> document to know explicitly when an interface they are using has 
> changed.
>
> Example:
> <definitions>
>   <interface name="myInterface" version="alpha17">
>     ...
>   </interface>
> </definitions>
>
>
> 2.2.2 XML Representation of Interface Component
> <definitions>
>   <interface
>         name="xs:NCName"
>         extends="list of xs:QName"?
>         styleDefault="xs:anyURI"?
>         version = "xs:token"? >
>     <documentation />?
>     [ <operation /> | <feature /> | <property /> ]*
>   </interface>
> </definitions>
>
>
> --
> Tom Jordahl
> Macromedia Server Development
>

Received on Thursday, 12 February 2004 09:22:18 UTC