NEW ISSUE: Remove <operation/> elements from the specification

RAISER:    Mike Edwards

DESCRIPTION:

The current specification contains <operation/>
elements which appear as child elements of both interface elements and

of binding elements.  The purpose
of these operation elements is to provide a mechanism to attach policy
(intents and/or

policySets) to operations within an
interface.

This is producing a parallel interface
definition language, alongside WSDL, Java interfaces and so on, but at
the moment

it is not an adequate interface definition
language as it does not provide means to identify the message elements
flowing

into and out of each operation.  This
parallel interface definition language is adding complexity.

With the proposal for Issue 15, a mechanism
is provided to externally attach policy to interfaces, operations and messages

in a single uniform way.  Once
the Issue 15 mechanism is agreed, the second mechanism to attach policy
to operations

is completely redundant and unnecessary.
 

PROPOSAL:

Remove <operation/> elements from
the specification entirely.

<Dependent on the resolution to Issue
15>

Yours,  Mike.

Strategist - Emerging Technologies, SCA & SDO.

Co Chair OASIS SCA Assembly TC.

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