Re: Correction for the f2f Minutes (Also action 2004-01-30 for Jonathan)

Guys, I've put a note in the draft and closed this edtodo ... please
check whether its ok and if not I can take that out until we get
this sorted out.

Sanjiva.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Marsh" <jmarsh@microsoft.com>
To: "WS Description List" <www-ws-desc@w3.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 7:05 AM
Subject: RE: Correction for the f2f Minutes (Also action 2004-01-30 for
Jonathan)


>
> Thanks for the work on this Umit.  One reason I didn't complete the
> action is that I had some doubts about your correction that required
> more research.
>
> My initial recollection was that we were making it possible to reuse
> <wsdl:service> in the body of a message as one way to indicate a service
> reference.  I've been checking some of my personal notes on the topic
> and they concur with the minutes as they were posted.
>
> As I recall, the schema prevented <wsdl:service> from being reused
> because it wasn't a global element.  We made it global to remedy this,
> made the rest of the top-level elements global for consistency, and
> opened an issue on whether @name should be optional.  This issue
> wouldn't make much sense if we were depending on the wsdl:Service type.
> Roberto's proposal was not adopted, but provides some good scenarios
> which might be useful in developing the primer topic illustrating the
> reuse of <wsdl:service/>
>
> It would be more than a typo to change <wsdl:service> (which is clearly
> an element) to "wsdl:Service type" in the resolution.  However, it
> doesn't seem that the illustration of <wsdl:service> in the primer
> prevents one from deriving an element from wsdl:ServiceType if that's
> what you wanted to do.
>
> We've got the topic of this correction on the FTF agenda - I hope we can
> treat it as a historical question and not as a design review :-).
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: www-ws-desc-request@w3.org [mailto:www-ws-desc-request@w3.org]
> On
> > Behalf Of Umit Yalcinalp
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 6:32 PM
> > To: WS Description List
> > Subject: Correction for the f2f Minutes (Also action 2004-01-30 for
> > Jonathan)
> >
> >
> > We have taken the decision to include a paragraph to the Part 1
> > Specification regarding service references. However, there was a typo
> in
> > the recording of the decision made in [1]. This email is intended to
> > clarify this situation for Jonathan [4].
> >
> > We have made two decisions as recorded and numbered here for
> reference:
> >
> > (1) RESOLVED: Add a paragraph in the spec describing that
> <wsdl:service>
> > can
> >           show up on the wire as a service reference.  Primer will
> have
> > some
> >           examples (see Roberto's counterproposal as a basis).
> >
> > (2) RESOLVED: Make top WSDL elements global in the schema to
> facilitate
> > reuse.
> >
> > The first resolution is in error due to a typo. The minutes should
> have
> > been recorded as wsdl:Service, instead of wsdl:service.
> >
> > The reason this typo creates a confusion is due to the second
> resolution
> > that was taken that day. Prior to the f2f meeting, we did
> > not have the WSDL components represented as top level elements in the
> > schema.  The components were only represented via their types. Per
> > resolution 2, components became top level elements and schema has been
> > changed to reflect this decision.
> >
> > Prior to implementing Resolutions 1 and 2, the schema did not contain
> > the global "wsdl:service" element, only "wsdl:Service" type. This fact
> > alone is enough to illustrate the typo. The schema showed that each
> WSDL
> > component type named with a complexType declaration using the
> convention
> > in naming, such as "wsdl:Interface", "wsdl:Service", etc. as shown in
> [2].
> >
> > Per resolution 2, the names of the complexTypes have been changed to
> > "wsdl:InterfaceType", "wsdl:ServiceType", etc. with the addition of
> top
> > level elements that are defined using these types, such as
> > "wsdl:interface", "wsdl:service" etc. as shown in WSDL Schema [3].
> >
> > The decision in the minutes must be changed to represent a service
> > reference is by using wsdl:Service type (or a type derived from
> > wsdl:Service) to reflect the naming in the schema at the time [2] or
> to
> > reflect the current name, the name of the type that is currently used
> > "wsdl:ServiceType". This will avoid confusion.
> >
> > The whole point of the exercise was to get Schema derivations to
> > statically lock in the interface and/or bindings in the type that is
> > illustrated by Roberto's proposal. Further, schema derivation can not
> be
> > achieved using anelement that the typo seems to suggest. Hence it must
> > be corrected.
> >
> > As a matter of fact, those present at the discussions & presentations
> > that were relevant to this topic, would remember that wsdl:Service
> type
> > was frequently referred to as the "Big-S-Service", and created enough
> > giggles in the room while Arthur was giving our presentation during
> the
> > previous f2f [5]. ;-)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > --umit
> >
> > [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-ws-desc/2003Nov/0061.html
> > [2]
> >
> http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/2002/ws/desc/wsdl20/wsdl20.xsd?rev=1
> .3
> > &content-type=text/xml
> > [3]
> >
> http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/2002/ws/desc/wsdl20/wsdl20.xsd?rev=1
> .5
> > &content-type=text/xml
> > [4] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-ws-desc/2004Feb/0011.html
> > [5] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-ws-desc/2003Sep/0188.html
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Umit Yalcinalp
> > Consulting Member of Technical Staff
> > ORACLE
> > Phone: +1 650 607 6154
> > Email: umit.yalcinalp@oracle.com
> >
> >

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