[Bug 4550] Is an assertion required for {http location} EBNF grammar?

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=4550

           Summary: Is an assertion required for {http location} EBNF
                    grammar?
           Product: WSDL
           Version: 2.0
          Platform: All
               URL: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-ws-
                    desc/2007May/0015.html
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Core
        AssignedTo: plh@w3.org
        ReportedBy: jonathan@wso2.com
         QAContact: www-ws-desc@w3.org


I'd like to propose replacing the text associated with the EBNF grammar in
section 6.8.1.1:

"The following EBNF [ISO/IEC 14977:1966] grammar represents the patterns for
constructing the request IRI"

 with the new assertion HTTPSerialization-2106:

"The {http location} property MUST conform to the following EBNF [ISO/IEC
14977:1966] grammar, which represents the patterns for constructing the
request IRI."

regards,
John Kaputin.

On 5/4/07, John Kaputin (gmail) <jakaputin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> There is no WSDL assertion stating that an {http location} or
> whttp:location must conform to the EBNF grammar defined in Part 2 Section
> 6.8.1.1.
>
> Consider the following whttp:location values, which do not conform to this
> EBNF grammar:
>
> "/to}wn/{localname}"  (unmatched left brace)
> "/town/{local:name}"  (template does not specify an NCName)
> "/town/{localname"    (closing right brace is missing)
>
> Should these be considered WSDL errors? If so, should there be an
> assertion about the EBNF grammar?  Apache Woden parses the whttp:location
> attribute and if it does not conform to the EBNF grammar the {http location}
> property is flagged as invalid, but there is no WSDL assertion to use for
> error reporting.
>
> Alternatively, Woden could just ignore these grammar errors and treat them
> as ordinary string content in {http location} but the problem would still
> need to be resolved when the request IRI is constructed by the message
> builder.

Received on Thursday, 10 May 2007 03:50:42 UTC