RE: New AFTF draft.

 From the perspective of the SOAP module the attachments are
resources.  That is why we use URIs to name them.

 From the perspective of the packaging module the attachments
are representations.  It deals with bytes.

The confusing concept from the Web point of view is "Compound
SOAP structure".  This programming construct cannot be
precisely defined: it may contain pointers that are not bound.  A
compound SOAP structure is a logically a "view" rather than a
physical region of memory or a packet of data.  The construct
that can be defined is the message package.  That is why writing
the spec for the package is easier that defining how the package
looks from the SOAP layer.

John.

At 06:44 AM 9/11/2002 -0700, David Orchard wrote:

>Seems to me it should be a representation rather than a resource.  Even
>though the representation might be identified by a URI (and so be confused
>with a Resource).  The web architecture is pretty clear that resources are
>hidden by servers.
>
>Cheers,
>Dave
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xml-dist-app-request@w3.org
> > [mailto:xml-dist-app-request@w3.org]On
> > Behalf Of Jean-Jacques Moreau
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 3:04 AM
> > To: Christopher B Ferris
> > Cc: Henrik Frystyk Nielsen; Carine Bournez; Herve Ruellan;
> > xml-dist-app@w3.org; Yves Lafon
> > Subject: Re: New AFTF draft.
> >
> >
> >
> > They're not resources, but representations of resources?
> > Personally, I think part reads better than resource in this context.
> >
> > Jean-Jacques.
> >
> > Christopher B Ferris wrote:
> > > Well, there's 'resource' which fits in nicely with the Web
> > architecture.
> > >
> > > e.g.
> > >         "Compound SOAP structure
> > >          A compound SOAP structure consists of a primary
> > SOAP message part
> > >          and zero or more related resources."
> > >
> > > I would even go as far as to add: "identified by a URI".
> >

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