RE: WSDL 2.0 element order enforcement in schema

Lawrence, did you not find those extra constraints written in prose in
the spec? If not we have a problem to be fixed.

Sanjiva.

On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 15:50 -0400, Arthur Ryman wrote:
> 
> Lawrence/Jonathan, 
> 
> The technical problem is that extension elements are allowed anywhere
> and if you describe that using choice then the resulting schema is
> non-deterministic, which is apparently a very bad thing. 
> 
> The resolution of this issue was to leave the schema as it is and add
> rules to the validator. (more coding for Woden) 
> 
> Arthur Ryman,
> Rational Desktop Tools Development
> 
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> 
> "Jonathan Marsh"
> <jmarsh@microsoft.com> 
> Sent by:
> www-ws-desc-request@w3.org 
> 
> 07/05/2005 03:20 PM 
> 
> 
>                To
> Lawrence
> Mandel/Toronto/IBM@IBMCA, <www-ws-desc@w3.org> 
>                cc
> 
>           Subject
> RE: WSDL 2.0
> element order
> enforcement in
> schema
> 
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> 
> Your schema appears to limit extension elements to
> post-import/include/types, right?  We looked at that before and found
> it unacceptable.  We have looked at several different ways to describe
> the order of top-level elements in Schema several times, including
> using substitution groups, but we’ve never found a solution that
> didn’t impose other restrictions. 
>   
> 
>                                    
> ______________________________________________________________________
> 
> From: www-ws-desc-request@w3.org [mailto:www-ws-desc-request@w3.org]
> On Behalf Of Lawrence Mandel
> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 9:10 AM
> To: www-ws-desc@w3.org
> Subject: WSDL 2.0 element order enforcement in schema 
>   
> 
> While looking at the WSDL 2.0 schema today I came across a question
> about the ordering of elements in a WSDL 2.0 document. 
> 
> Section 2.1.2 of the WSDL 2.0 spec defines the following XML
> representation of WSDL 2.0, 
> 
> <description
>     targetNamespace="xs:anyURI" >
> <documentation />*
> [ <import /> | <include /> ]*
> <types />?
> [ <interface /> | <binding /> | <service /> ]*
> </description>
> 
> This definition imposes ordering constraints on the elements in the
> WSDL 2.0 document. The WSDL 2.0 schema does not currently enforce this
> ordering. The description type is defined as follows,
> 
> <xs:complexType name='DescriptionType' >
>   <xs:annotation>
>     <xs:documentation>
> 
>        Please refer to the WSDL 2.0 specification for
>                additional constraints on the contents of this type.
>     </xs:documentation>
>   </xs:annotation>
>   <xs:complexContent>
>     <xs:extension base='wsdl:ExtensibleDocumentedType' >
>       <xs:choice minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='unbounded' >
>         <xs:element ref='wsdl:import' />
>         <xs:element ref='wsdl:include' />
>         <xs:element ref='wsdl:types'/>
> 
>          <xs:element ref='wsdl:interface' />
>                      <xs:element ref='wsdl:binding' />
>                      <xs:element ref='wsdl:service' />
>         <xs:any namespace='##other' processContents='lax' />
>       </xs:choice>
>                <xs:attribute name='targetNamespace' type='xs:anyURI'
> use='required' />
>     </xs:extension>
>   </xs:complexContent>
> </xs:complexType>
> 
> The schema can be updated as follows to enforce the ordering outlined
> in the spec. 
> 
> <xs:complexType name='DescriptionType' >
>    <xs:annotation>
>      <xs:documentation>
>        Please refer to the WSDL 2.0 specification for 
>        additional constraints on the contents of this type. 
>      </xs:documentation>
>    </xs:annotation>
>    <xs:complexContent>
>      <xs:extension base='wsdl:ExtensibleDocumentedType' > 
>        <xs:sequence>
>          <xs:choice minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='unbounded' > 
>            <xs:element ref='wsdl:import' /> 
>            <xs:element ref='wsdl:include' /> 
>          </xs:choice>
>          <xs:element ref='wsdl:types' minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
>          <xs:choice minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='unbounded' > 
>            <xs:element ref='wsdl:interface' /> 
>            <xs:element ref='wsdl:binding' /> 
>            <xs:element ref='wsdl:service' /> 
>            <xs:any namespace='##other' processContents='lax' />
>          </xs:choice>
>        </xs:sequence>
>        <xs:attribute name='targetNamespace' type='xs:anyURI'
> use='required' /> 
>      </xs:extension>
>    </xs:complexContent>
>  </xs:complexType>
> 
> Is the omission of ordering constraints from the schema intentional?
> Can someone update the schema to enforce section 2.1.2 of the spec?
> 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Lawrence Mandel
> 
> Software Developer
> IBM Rational Software
> Phone: 905 - 413 - 3814   Fax: 905 - 413 - 4920
> lmandel@ca.ibm.com

Received on Wednesday, 6 July 2005 03:08:20 UTC