RE: Issue: properties and schema languages other than XSD

+1, if we keep features and properties

> -----Original Message-----
> From: www-ws-desc-request@w3.org [mailto:www-ws-desc-request@w3.org]
On
> Behalf Of Roberto Chinnici
> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 4:24 PM
> To: www-ws-desc@w3.org
> Subject: Issue: properties and schema languages other than XSD
> 
> 
> It appears that the definition of the property component in WSDL 2.0
> ([1]) does not allow the use of schema languages other than XML
Schema.
> 
> A quick comparison with, e.g., the message reference component ([2])
> will illustrate the issue.
> 
> The {message} property of a message reference component is defined as
> follows:
> 
>    {message} 	The element declaration resolved to by the value of the
>    message attribute information item if present, otherwise a similar
>    construct in some type system as referred to by some other
attribute
>    information item if present, otherwise empty.
> 
> So in
> 
>   <input messageReference="xs:NCName"?
>          message="xs:QName"? >
>          <documentation />?
>   </input>
> 
> the "message" attribute is optional and it can be replaced with a
> different one (via extensibility).
> 
> On the other hand, the {value constraint} property of a property
> component has this definition:
> 
>    {value constraint} 	If the constraint element information
item is
>    present, the type referred to by the value of this element
information
>    item. Otherwise, if the value element information item is present,
an
>    anonymous simple type, whose base type is "xs:anySimpleType", with
a
>    single "enumeration" facet whose value is that of the element
>    information item. Otherwise, "xs:anySimpleType".
> 
> No mention of non-XML Schema type systems here. Moreover, in
> 
>    <property
>        uri="xs:QName"
>        required="xs:boolean"? >
>      <documentation />?
>      [ <value /> | <constraint /> ]
>    </property>
> 
> one of <value/> or <constraint/> is REQUIRED. How would someone
specify
> a constraint using a schema language other then XML Schema then?
> 
> A possible solution is to change the syntax for <wsdl:property/> to:
> 
>    <property
>        uri="xs:QName"
>        required="xs:boolean"?
>        value="xs:anySimpleType"?
>        constraint="xs:QName"? >
>      <documentation />?
>    </property>
> 
> Then the {value constraint} property would be defined as follows:
> 
>    - if the value attribute information item is present, an anonymous
> simple type, whose base type is "xs:anySimpleType", with a single
> "enumeration" facet whose value is that of the attribute information
> item;
>    -  otherwise, if the constraint attribute information item is
present,
> the type referred to by the value of this attribute information item;
> (incidentally, I think here we should say "the *simple* type
definition
> referred to by...")
>    - otherwise a similar construct in some type system as referred to
by
> some other attribute information item if present,
>    - otherwise the simple type definition for xs:anySimpleType
> 
> I cannot quite recall why we decided to use element information items
> for <value/> and <constraint/> instead of attributes. Perhaps somebody
> will help me remember...
> 
> Happy New Year!
> 
> Roberto
> 
> --
> Roberto Chinnici
> Java Web Services
> Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> roberto.chinnici@sun.com
> 
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl20/#Property
> [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl20/#MessageReference

Received on Tuesday, 6 January 2004 17:14:07 UTC