RE: New issue: relayed infoset inconsistency

IIRC the original resolution that resulted in 2.7.4 had some text about
applications that relied on the lexical form and said SHOULD instead of
MUST

Gudge

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc Hadley [mailto:marc.hadley@sun.com] 
> Sent: 14 January 2003 16:30
> To: xml-dist-app@w3.org
> Subject: New issue: relayed infoset inconsistency
> 
> 
> 
> There is an inconsistency between section 2.7.4 (SOAP Intermediaries 
> and Relayed Infoset) in part 1[1] and the descriptions of the SOAP 
> mustUnderstand, role and relay attributes.
> 
> Section 2.7.4 states that "All XML infoset properties of a 
> message MUST 
> be preserved with the following exceptions: [long list]" but doesn't 
> mention anything about the mustUnderstand, role and relay attributes.
> 
> However, in contradiction to this:
> 
> (i) Section 5.2.2[2] (SOAP role Attribute) states that 'If 
> relaying the 
> message, a SOAP intermediary MAY omit a SOAP role  attribute 
> information item if its value is 
> "http://www.w3.org/2002/12/soap-envelope/role/ultimateReceiver"'.
> 
> (ii) Section 5.2.3[3] (SOAP mustUnderstand Attribute) states that 'If 
> relaying the message, a SOAP intermediary MAY substitute 
> "true" for the 
> value "1", or "false" for "0". In addition, a SOAP intermediary MAY 
> omit a SOAP mustUnderstand  attribute information item if its 
> value is 
> "false"'.
> 
> (iii) Section 5.2.4[4] (SOAP relay Attribute) states that 'If 
> relaying 
> the message, a SOAP intermediary MAY substitute "true" for the value 
> "1", or "false" for "0". In addition, a SOAP intermediary MAY omit a 
> SOAP relay attribute information item if its value is "false"'.
> 
> I think this was an oversight when section 2.7.4 was 
> constructed and to 
> restore consistency I propose that we add three bullets to 
> the list in 
> section 2.7.4 as follows:
> 
> 19 SOAP role attribute information items that are present in the 
> [attributes] property of SOAP Header block element information items 
> may be transformed as described in 5.2.2 SOAP role Attribute.
> 
> 20 SOAP mustUnderstand attribute information items that are 
> present in 
> the [attributes] property of SOAP Header block element information 
> items may be transformed as described in 5.2.3 SOAP mustUnderstand 
> Attribute.
> 
> 21 SOAP relay attribute information items that are present in the 
> [attributes] property of SOAP Header block element information items 
> may be transformed as described in 5.2.4 SOAP relay Attribute.
> 
> Comments ?
> Marc.
> 
> [1] 
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/CR-soap12-part1-20021219/#soapinterminfoset
> [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/CR-soap12-part1-20021219/#soaprole
> [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/CR-soap12-part1-20021219/#soapmu
> [4] http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/CR-soap12-part1-20021219/#soaprelay
> 
> --
> Marc Hadley <marc.hadley@sun.com>
> Web Technologies and Standards, Sun Microsystems.
> 
>

Received on Tuesday, 14 January 2003 12:06:12 UTC