RE: Version attribute for WSDL

I think the reason we have a version feature with no semantics is for the
same reason that Schema did it this way.  

We will get trashed if we attempt to define 'here is the way it works' and
we get trashed if we have nothing.  So this is a compromise (means everyone
is unhappy) that give a standard place to hang you 'version hat' on, but we
don't require tools or people to do anything specific that they will hate.

As to your other points, you are thinking too much. :-)  The version
attribute doesn't affect the component model, so if you are importing or
extending things, this attribute has no bearing.  In exactly the same way
that the version attribute of your Schema elements don't play in to these
things when you import or extend them.

--
Tom Jordahl
Macromedia Server Development

-----Original Message-----
From: Sanjiva Weerawarana [mailto:sanjiva@watson.ibm.com] 
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 12:07 PM
To: Tom Jordahl; www-ws-desc@w3.org
Subject: Re: Version attribute for WSDL

Hi Tom,

I'm confused as to the value of adding a version attribute that
the users get to provide semantics for. How is that ever going
to interoperate??

Also, doesn't import need to allow a way to indicate which
version of stuff to import? What about during inheritance -
when I say "extends x:foo" do I now need to indicate which
version of x:foo I extend?

I tried to get a simple version attribute type thing supported
inside IBM and got trashed .. these are some of the issues
that got brought up.

Sanjiva.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Jordahl" <tomj@macromedia.com>
To: <www-ws-desc@w3.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:11 PM
Subject: RE: Version attribute for WSDL


>
> Correct, the value of the attribute is not part of the WSDL component
model.
> See the XML Schema version attribute for how this works. :-)
>
> I am not opposed to including it in the component model, but one of the
> attraction of this proposal is that "the specification would define no
> semantics for it", which I lifted from the Schema spec.  This allows users
> to apply their OWN versioning semantics, with the guidance from the WSDL
> spec being that if the value of the attribute changed from the last time
you
> saw it, is it likely that the document or interface has changed.
>
> --
> Tom Jordahl
> Macromedia Server Development
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: www-ws-desc-request@w3.org [mailto:www-ws-desc-request@w3.org] On
> Behalf Of Amelia A Lewis
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 9:22 AM
> To: Tom Jordahl
> Cc: 'www-ws-desc@w3.org'
> Subject: 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
> >

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