- From: Henrik Frystyk Nielsen <henrikn@microsoft.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 09:50:30 -0700
- To: <reagle@w3.org>, <noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com>, <xmlp-comments@w3.org>
- Cc: "Hoelzing, Gerd" <gerd.hoelzing@sap.com>, <xml-dist-app@w3.org>
>I'm still slightly confused, why are there two sentences, I >presume the >"describe" is new text: >> In addition to those described above, other roles MAY be defined as >> necessary to meet the needs of SOAP applications. >> >> In addition to the three SOAP roles defined above, other roles MAY be >> defined as necessary to meet the needs of SOAP applications. Sorry, it was a cut&paste error. The sentence that should be there is the latter version as this is really where the roles are defined: The roles are identified and the requirements for a conformant SOAP node are expressed: "In addition to the three SOAP roles defined above, other roles MAY be defined as necessary to meet the needs of SOAP applications." >Sorry for being so dense, but the roles are now clearly >*identified*, the >conformance requirements are clearly *described*, but where are they >defined? (The term "next" is only used *once* in Part 1, and >that's in the >identifier...) You are right that there are three parts to the role concept: 1) What is the identifier of a particular role 2) What are the requirements to a SOAP node acting in that particular role 3) How are roles used in the SOAP processing model As you mention, the text we have discussed cover 1) and 2). The third is covered in section 2.6 which states that the concept of roles is integral to the SOAP processing model. For example, the first step in the processing model is to determine the set of roles a SOAP node acts in: "1. Determine the set of roles in which the node is to act. The contents of the SOAP envelope, including any SOAP header blocks and the SOAP body, MAY be inspected in making such determination." The SOAP processing model, however, is designed to work with all roles and not just the roles defined by the SOAP 1.2 specification. Hence the more general reference to roles in section 2.6. Henrik [1] http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/Group/2/06/LC/soap12-part1.html#procsoapmsgs
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