Re: [ws-rx] Re: Comment on WSDL spec: use of Anonymous Element

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Christopher B Ferris <>
Date
2006-08-08T16:34:07+00:00
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Re: [ws-rx] Re: Comment on WSDL spec: use of Anonymous Element
Alastair,

I don't think that MakeConnection "invites
a response"... rather, it opens up the back-channel

(when transmitted over a protocol such
as HTTP that has an inherent back-channel) for the

transmission of a message. 

I think that there is a difference...
a large one at that.

A SOAP Response is entirely different
than a protocol response message. In the context

of a oneway message, carried over a
protocol such as HTTP, there is a response message

that may not carry a SOAP envelope in
its entity body. It is a protocol-level response, not necessarily

a SOAP level-response. The fact that
we are exploiting this is what MakeConnection is all about.

As Paul indicated, I would be happy
if we suggested that WS-A none URI be specified as the

ReplyTo address, but frankly, I think
that that is something for the WS-A WG to work out.

Cheers,

Christopher Ferris

STSM, Software Group Standards Strategy

email: 

blog: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/dw_blog.jspa?blog=440

phone: +1 508 377 9295

Alastair Green <>
wrote on 08/08/2006 11:42:10 AM:

> Chris,

> 

> Redoing part of WS-A in RM creates difficulty in WS-A WSDL (start
of

> thread). Raises question: Why won't standard WS-A anon facility work?

> 

> You have to say something about where you reply to. If you want the

> reply to come on the back-channel then WS-A has a way of saying that

> (and you get that by default).

> 

> If you say there is no reply, then you are saying: don't send a 

> response. But MC precisely invites a response. How is a WS-A 

> implementation supposed to understand (without being RM aware) that

> reply=none really means (functionally) reply=anon? I perceive 

> unnecessary layering tangle. WS-A layer now expected to hold HTTP

> response for app, even though told that there is no response.

> 

> Researching further, I don't understand why an RM-specific 

> alternative to reply=anon has been introduced for the "address"

> case, but not for the "sequence" case. 

> 

> I believe regular "use back channel" feature of WS-A can
be used, 

> and the RM layer can handle RM "sessions", in both cases.

> 

> Does my example of sequence case indicate expected behaviour? Would

> it be wrong to say MC/reply=anon with sequence case?

> 

> First part of long message addresses Doug's points about the 

> application-level set-up message: I don't understand the relevance

> of that type of message.

> 

> Alastair

> 

> 

> 

> Christopher B Ferris wrote: 

> 

> Alastair, 

> 

> Is this a long and drawn out manner of stating that when a message

> is a true oneway (e.g. no 

> response is expected) then the wsa:ReplyTo should be the WS-A none

> URI rather than 

> simply leaving it absent and hence falling trap to the "if not

> present, default to anon" gotcha? 

> 

> I guess I am not seeing an issue here, although I guess it would be

> fine if we recommended or required 

> that the MakeConnection wsa:ReplyTo MAP carry the WS-A none URI. 

> 

> Cheers, 

> 

> Christopher Ferris

> STSM, Software Group Standards Strategy

> email: 

> blog: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/dw_blog.jspa?blog=440

> phone: +1 508 377 9295 

> 

>  wrote on 08/08/2006 07:06:32 AM:

> 

> > Doug, Paul --

> > 

> > I'm going to try to address both your comments. if I can summarize

> > Paul's it was: what's the big deal about [reply endpoint] when

> > MakeConnection is "one-way"?. 

> > 

> > Given RX timescales you may want to treat these remarks as "early

> > public review".

> > 

> > * * *

> > 

> > Doug's message 1 is an application-level set-up call which 

> > establishes common understanding of the UUID. This type of message

> > is exemplified by that shown in the CD example Step 1, unless
I have

> > completely misunderstood.

> > 

> > In that example, a subscriber, who cannot listen, sends a subscribe

> > message to a publisher, saying something like "subscribe
me for 

> > topics A, B, C. The identity of this subscription request is
UUID 

> > X". Thereafter, the publisher knows that X equals "subscription
for 

> > topics A, B, C".

> > 

> > Assertion 1 (please correct me if I am wrong): The format, content

> > etc of this type of message (and its manner of transmission)
are 

> > entirely application-specific. It may or may not require an 

> > acknowledgement. It could be sent by carrier pigeon, or by fax.
The 

> > subscribe message, if sent as SOAP-with-Addressing, might receive
a 

> > reply, or might not receive a reply, and if it did, it might
receive

> > it anon or addressable. There are no RM rules that apply to this

> > message. There are only application rules. It cannot do its job

> > usefully unless it passes the UUID: that is all we can say.

> > 

> > Assertion 2. At present there is an RM rule which says: "the

> > mutually understood UUID must be reflected in the [destination

> > endpoint] according to an RM URI scheme". There are no RM
rules to 

> > say whether the connection UUID, during the course of establishing

> > mutual understanding, travels alone, embedded in a URI, in a
body 

> > element or a header element. These are all matters of bilateral

> > agreement at an app level between (in this case) the 

> > consumer/subscriber and the producer/publisher.

> > 

> > [The example is potentially a bit misleading in this respect.

> > 

> > The use of the full "anon-URI?id={uuid}" value in the
<targetEPR/>, 

> > and the use of the element name "targetEPR" make one
think 

> > "addressing", when one would be better off thinking
"subscription 

> > identity" (at an app level). The example set-up message
would work 

> > perfectly well if it read:

> > 

> > <S:Body>

> >     <!-- subscription details -->  

> >     <SubscriptionIdentity>{uuid}</SubscriptionIdentity>

> > </S:Body>

> > 

> > Btw, given that the use of MakeConnection requires a prior 

> > understanding between two parties of the connection identity,
there 

> > seems no reason why {uuid} has to be a UUID. It does need to
be 

> > bilaterally unambiguous.]

> > 

> > * * *

> > 

> > Message 2 is MakeConnection. If the subscriber sends a 

> > MakeConnection, specifying UUID X, then the publisher knows it
is 

> > dealing with traffic relating to subscription X, i.e. for topics
A, 

> > B and C. At an application level, we assume that the contract

> > thereafter is: start reliably communicating a stream of messages,

> > relating to topics A, B and C, therefore implying sequence creation

> > etc, until something causes the stream to close. 

> > 

> > So the subscriber will repeatedly send MakeConnection, citing
the 

> > UUID X, read the HTTP response, and handle the response as if
it 

> > were an inbound RM/RM-app message.

> > 

> > The exchange that RM defines (rather than illustrates) is the

> > MakeConnection, back-call-on-the-connection one. It's this exchange

> > that I am discussing. MakeConnection is the message affected
by the 

> > WSAW anon=required discussion, as I see it.

> > 

> > [While it is probably helpful for diagnostic reasons to repeat
the 

> > UUID back to the sender of MakeConnection in the [destination

> > endpoint], it is actually redundant, as the HTTP Response is

> > automatically and uniquely correlated with the HTTP Request.
This 

> > might lead one to the conclusion that the simple solution would
have

> > been: send UUID on MakeConnection, and then respond to it on
the 

> > anonymous back-channel without reflection of UUID in any form

> > However, this would reduce the symmetry with the Sequence identified

> > use of MakeConnection, see comments later]

> > 

> > * * *

> > 

> > There are two modes in which this exchange can work (reflecting
the 

> > joint proposal, as I understand it):

> > 

> > a) Send response as part of a sequence that already exists

> > b) Use response to create a new sequence, etc

> > 

> > This is relevant to answering Paul F's question, relating to
the 

> > significance of ReplyTo.

> > 

> > If there is a sequence, then the sequence Identifier is a 

> > correlation synonym for the UUID. The reply message may be sent
on 

> > the back-channel; it must carry the wsrm:Identifier (as a separate

> > header element), it need not carry the UUID.

> > 

> > If there is no sequence, then the reply message must carry or
imply 

> > the UUID. (I'm going to assume that carrying the UUID is better
than

> > implying it.) The question is how?

> > 

> > Looking at these two cases, it is striking that both 

> > 

> > a) require a response on the back-channel,

> > b) need to carry an identifier (one of the sequence, one of the

> > "connection"/"session")

> > 

> > Doug's comment that there is no wsa:ReplyTo on the MakeConnection,

> > that it is "one way", is relevant here. In fact there
is no such 

> > thing (in the XML infoset) as a non-existent [reply endpoint].
If 

> > wsa:ReplyTo is absent, then it is inferred to be the anon-URI.
The 

> > only way you can stop that inference is to set the [reply endpoint]

> > to none or to a "real address". I don't think you want
to do either 

> > of those things, in this context.

> > 

> > With these points in mind, I think it is worth looking again
at my 

> > previous postings. 

> > 

> > The orthodox way of saying "respond on the back-channel"
is setting 

> > [reply endpoint] to anon. This can be done explicitly or by 

> > inference from absence.

> > 

> > I think there has to be a good reason to invent a new way of

> > expressing this semantic. Doing so has repercussions (see the

> > original starting point of this thread, re WSA W anon/required).
The

> > (very valuable) use case of MakeConnection does not require an

> > alternate mechnanism for stating the back channel semantic. 

> > 

> > We can illustrate all of this by placing three examples side
by side:

> > 

> > * * *

> > 

> > 1. Example using sequence Identifier: MakeConnection and reply
[asper CD 04]

> > 2. Example using hypothetical connection identifier: MakeConnection

> > and reply [as it could be, simplified]

> > 3. Example using current Address [as per CD 04]

> > 

> > 1a. Example using sequence Identifier: MakeConnection

> > 

> > <S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"

> >             xmlns:wsrm="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-rx/wsrm/200608"

> >             xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">

> >     <S:Header>

> >         <wsa:MessageID>http://example.org/subscriptionService/

> > guid/61e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cdcbc9e</wsa:MessageID>

> >         <wsa:Action>http://docs.oasis-open.

> org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/MakeConnection

> > </wsa:Action>

> >         <wsa:To>http://example.org/subscriptionService</wsa:To>

> > <!-- absent wsa:ReplyTo is equivalent to:    

> >         <wsa:ReplyTo>

> >             <wsa:Address>http://docs.oasis-open.

> org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/anonymous

> > </wsa:Address>

> >         </wsa:ReplyTo>

> > -->

> >     </S:Header>

> >     <S:Body>

> >         <wsrm:MakeConnection>  
         

> >             <wsrm:Identifier>http://Business456.

> > com/SubscribeTopics/Sequence/7456-3278</wsrm:Identifier>

> >         </wsrm:MakeConnection> 

> >     </S:Body>

> > </S:Envelope>

> > 

> > 1b. Example using sequence Identifier: reply to MakeConnection

> > 

> > <S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"

> >             xmlns:wsrm="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-rx/wsrm/200608"

> >             xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">

> >     <S:Header>

> >         <wsa:MessageID>http://example.org/subscriptionService/

> > guid/71e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cfcbc9e</wsa:MessageID>

> >         <wsa:RelatesTo>http://example.org/subscriptionService/

> > guid/61e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cdcbc9e</wsa:RelatesTo>

> >         <wsa:ReplyTo><wsa:Address>http://example.org/subscriptionService

> > </wsa:Address></wsa:ReplyTo>

> >         <wsa:Action>http://example.com/subscriptionService/publish

> > </wsa:Action>

> >         <wsrm:Sequence>

> >             <wsrm:Identifier>http://Business456.

> > com/SubscribeTopics/Sequence/7456-3278</wsrm:Identifier>

> >             <wsrm:MessageNumber>1</wsrm:MessageNumber>

> >         </wsrm:Sequence>

> >     </S:Header>

> >     <S:Body>

> >         <!-- Publication re A, B or C
-->

> >     </S:Body>

> > </S:Envelope>

> > 

> > 2a. Example using hypothetical connection identifier: MakeConnection

> > 

> > <S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"

> >             xmlns:wsrm="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-rx/wsrm/200608"

> >             xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">

> >     <S:Header>

> >         <wsa:MessageID>http://example.org/subscriptionService/

> > guid/61e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cdcbc9e</wsa:MessageID>

> >         <wsa:Action>http://docs.oasis-open.

> org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/MakeConnection

> > </wsa:Action>

> >         <wsa:To>http://example.org/subscriptionService</wsa:To>

> > <!-- absent wsa:ReplyTo is equivalent to:    

> >         <wsa:ReplyTo>

> >             <wsa:Address>http://docs.oasis-open.

> org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/anonymous

> > </wsa:Address>

> >         </wsa:ReplyTo>

> > -->

> >     </S:Header>

> >     <S:Body>

> >         <wsrm:MakeConnection>  
         

> >             <wsrm:ConnectionIdentifier>http://Business456.com/

> > SubscribeTopics/Stream/7457</wsrm:ConnectionIdentifier>

> >         </wsrm:MakeConnection> 

> >     </S:Body>

> > </S:Envelope>

> > 

> > 2b. Example using hypothetical connection identifier: reply to

> > MakeConnection (CreateSequence)

> > 

> > <S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"

> >             xmlns:wsrm="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-rx/wsrm/200608"

> >             xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">

> >     <S:Header>

> >         <wsa:MessageID>http://example.org/subscriptionService/

> > guid/71e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cfcbc9e</wsa:MessageID>

> >         <wsa:RelatesTo>http://example.org/subscriptionService/

> > guid/61e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cdcbc9e</wsa:RelatesTo>

> >         <wsa:Action>http://docs.oasis-open-

> org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/CreateSequence

> > </wsa:Action>

> >         <wsa:ReplyTo>http://example.org/subscriptionService</wsa:ReplyTo>

> >         <wsrm:ConnectionIdentifier>

> >             http://Business456.com/SubscribeTopics/Stream/7457

> >         </wsrm:ConnectionIdentifier>
         

> >     </S:Header>

> >     <S:Body>

> >         <wsrm:CreateSequence>

> >             <wsrm:AcksTo>

> >                 <wsa:Address>http://example.org/subscriptionService

> > </wsa:Address>

> >             </wsrm:AcksTo>

> >         </wsrm:CreateSequence>

> >     </S:Body>

> > </S:Envelope>

> > 

> > 3a. Example using wsrm:Address: MakeConnection

> > 

> > <S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"

> >             xmlns:wsrm="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-rx/wsrm/200608"

> >             xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">

> >     <S:Header>

> >         <wsa:MessageID>http://example.org/subscriptionService/

> > guid/61e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cdcbc9e</wsa:MessageID>

> >         <wsa:Action>http://docs.oasis-open.

> org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/MakeConnection

> > </wsa:Action>

> >         <wsa:To>http://example.org/subscriptionService</wsa:To>

> > <!-- absent wsa:ReplyTo is equivalent to:    

> >         <wsa:ReplyTo>

> >             <wsa:Address>http://docs.oasis-open.

> org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/anonymous

> > </wsa:Address>

> >         </wsa:ReplyTo>

> > -->

> >     </S:Header>

> >     <S:Body>

> >         <wsrm:MakeConnection>  
         

> >             <wsrm:Address>

> >                 http://docs.oasis-open.

> > org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/anonymous?id=550e8400-e29b-11d4-a716-446655440000

> >             </wsrm:Address>

> >         </wsrm:MakeConnection> 

> >     </S:Body>

> > </S:Envelope>

> > 

> > 3b. Example using wsrm:Address: reply to MakeConnection (CreateSequence)

> > 

> > <S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"

> >             xmlns:wsrm="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-rx/wsrm/200608"

> >             xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">

> >     <S:Header>

> >         <wsa:MessageID>http://example.org/subscriptionService/

> > guid/71e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cfcbc9e</wsa:MessageID>

> >         <wsa:RelatesTo>http://example.org/subscriptionService/

> > guid/61e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cdcbc9e</wsa:RelatesTo>

> >         <wsa:Action>http://docs.oasis-open-

> org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/CreateSequence

> > </wsa:Action>

> >         <wsa:To>

> > 

> > <!-- I believe this is WS-A illegal: reply To must equal request

> > ReplyTo/Address. -->           

> > 

> >             http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/anonymous?

> > id=550e8400-e29b-11d4-a716-446655440000

> >         </wsa:To>

> >         <wsa:ReplyTo>http://example.org/subscriptionService</wsa:ReplyTo>

> >     </S:Header>

> >     <S:Body>

> >         <wsrm:CreateSequence>

> >             <wsrm:AcksTo>

> >                 <wsa:Address>http://example.org/subscriptionService

> > </wsa:Address>

> >             </wsrm:AcksTo>

> >         </wsrm:CreateSequence>

> >     </S:Body>

> > </S:Envelope>

> > 

> > Yours,

> > 

> > Alastair

> > 

> > Doug Davis wrote: 

> > 

> > Alastair, 

> >   I think you're mixing up the messages a bit.  There
are two messages 

> > at play: 

> > 1 - the message containing the EPR to send subsequent messages
to.   

> >     In some cases this message will have the EPR in
its wsa:ReplyTo 

> >     header, but it could also be placed someplace else
depending 

> >     on its use.  And it is this EPR that needs
to be tagged as the 

> >     polling one (ie. it has the RM anon URI). 

> >     This message will contain application specific
data in the Body 

> >     so your suggestion of placing some UUID in there
will not work. 

> >     This gets back to the necessity to keep all info
about where to 

> >     send messages encapsulated into whatever EPR we
want to be tagged 

> >     as the polling one. 

> > 

> > 2 - the MakeConnection message. 

> >     This message does not have a wsa:ReplyTo, its a
one-way.  This 

> >     message does contain a Body which is the correlation
info used 

> >     by the receiver of this message to find an appropriate
message 

> >     to send back.  So, basically the stuff in
the Body must match 

> >     the EPR from message 1.  And given that in
some cases the only 

> >     thing remaining from the EPR in message 1 is the
serialized 

> >     version of it, we must be able to find messages
based solely 

> >     on what's in the outgoing message itself.  Which
means the 

> >     wsa:To field.  Again, ref-p's are bad for
this purpose. :-) 

> > 

> > HTH 

> > 

> > thanks 

> > -Doug 

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > Alastair Green <> wrote on
08/07/2006 

> > 02:02:55 PM:

> > 

> > > Doug,

> > > 

> > > I think I'm connecting, if you'll pardon the pun. 

> > > 

> > > 1. As I read WS-A, the [destination endpoint][address] must
be set 

> > > to [reply endpoint][address] for a reply.

> > > 

> > > 2. If [reply endpoint] is omitted (as per the CD example),
then 

> > > [reply endpoint] = anon, by default.

> > > 

> > > 3. If [destination endpoint] = "anon-URI?id={uuid}",
then 

> > > [destination endpoint] <> [reply endpoint][address]
(which was 

> > > simple, unornamented anon-URI), which contradicts premise
1.

> > > 

> > > Does that make sense? If so, then I think you would need
to set 

> > > [reply endpoint] to none, explicitly, to avoid that clash
(given 

> > > RM's current approach). But this causes

> > > 

> > > 4. The WS-A processor that sent MakeConnection to get very
confused.

> > > It wasn't expecting anything but an HTTP 200 series by way
of a 

> > > response, but is about to get a full-scale SOAP message
bounding back.

> > > 

> > > +++

> > > 

> > > Further thoughts, which continue, in my mind, to question
the 

> > > current RM approach, but which may ease the WSA W problem.

> > > 

> > > a) You could have defined an extension element in the [reply

> > > endpoint] for the UUID.

> > > 

> > > b) Or, you could have chosen to send the UUID in the body
element.

> > > 

> > > c) In either case, this could team up with setting [reply

> > endpoint] to anon. 

> > > 

> > > d) As in 3. above, you shouldn't then set response [destination

> > > endpoint] to anon?id={uuid}.

> > > 

> > > e) So, you need to set [reply endpoint] to anon, and set

> > > [destination endpoint][address] to anon.

> > > 

> > > f) which begs the question, where does the UUID go?

> > > 

> > > g)  If you passed an extension element UUID, or a UUID
in the body 

> > > element, and then passed it back as an extension element
in the anon

> > > EPR that should be OK, because you have followed the rules
for reply

> > > formulation with respect to the [destination endpoint][address]

> > > /[reference parameters]. The fact you have chosen to put
an 

> > > extension element in the response is WS-A 3.3/3.4 legal,
as I read 

> > > it. That's a higher-layer behaviour that does not contradict
WS-A 

> > > base behaviour, which is constrained.

> > > 

> > > +++

> > > 

> > > Why is g) not viable in your view? The processors that need
to 

> > > understand the body/extension UUID element are the RM senders
and 

> > > responders (not the WS-A processors, which passively pass
on the 

> > > UUID to the RM receiver of MakeConnection, and pass on the
extension

> > > element to the RM receiver of the response). 

> > > 

> > > In other words, the awareness of RM-ness that is demanded
in 

> > > formulating MakeConnection, and in replying to it, resides
in the 

> > > same place, and at the same level, as in the current (CD)
solution.

> > > 

> > > The difference being: that the MakeConnection is now a regular

> > > [reply endpoint] = anon. At which point special WSAW rules
are not needed.

> > > 

> > > I don't see any lesser or greater problem with intermediaries,

> > > onward transmission etc than would apply with the current
solution, 

> > > if that is a concern. On this point, I think I may be missing

> > > something, or misunderstanding your area of concern?

> > > 

> > > So, to summarize:

> > > 

> > > 1. asimple-non out, special, ornamented-anon back is a problem.

> > > 2. none out, anon back is a problem.

> > > 3. extension element UUID out, extension element UUID back,
is no 

> > > different, in layer terms, than body UUID out, ornamented
address 

> > > back, i.e. is not a problem.

> > > 4. anon out means no problem with anon = required.

> > > 

> > > 

> > > * * *

> > > 

> > > My last point was indeed completely beside the point of
your issue :

> > > -) -- it is an independent issue about WSAW, and a limitation
that 

> > > the proposed syntax seems to impose by applying the flag
across all 

> > > "response endpoints". 

> > > 

> > > Alastair

> > > 

> > > Doug Davis wrote: 

> > > 

> > > Alastair, 

> > >   We did consider adding some extra metadata to the
EPR (outside of 

> > > the wsa:Address and ref-p's), but there's a problem - this
metadata 

> > > is not copied over into the response message - just the
wsa:Address 

> > > and ref-p's are.  This means that any data placed elsewhere
in the 

> > > EPR is lost once the message is serialized.  So unless
we assume the

> > > impl can hold on to the original EPR for the entire message
path 

> > > (which we can't in distributed systems), the identity part
must be 

> > > in either the address or ref-p's.  And, as you said,
ref-p's aren't 

> > > good for this. 

> > > 

> > >   What's interesting about your anon?unique-id example
is that that 

> > > solution might work very nicely (we talked about this in
the past) -

> > > but as you said it would require WSA to say anon URIs 'start

> > > with...' - and WSA is closed :-( 

> > > 

> > >   I got a bit lost on your last point - it almost sounded
like a 

> > > complaint about the current WSA WSDL spec instead of my
issue -  or 

> > > did I not follow it? 

> > > 

> > >   I noticed that on the agenda for tomorrow's WSA call
(I think its 

> > > tomorrow) is a CR issue that mentioned how this wording
in the WSDL 

> > > spec prevents the use of "none".  I can't
help but think that both 

> > > issues (mine and the other CR issue) would be solved nicely
if the 

> > > wording were turned around a bit and said something about
how this 

> > > flag indicates whether or not the endpoint supports addressable

> > > endpoints in the response EPRs.  Not sure of the exact
wording, but 

> > > if instead of taking about specific URIs (like anon and
none) it 

> > > talked about whether the endpoint supported the notion of
creating 

> > > it own connections to the EPR then it wouldn't need to get
into the 

> > > business of listing all of the URIs that are valid.  And
I think it 

> > > would relay the exact same information. 

> > > 

> > > thanks 

> > > -Doug 

> > > 

> > > 

> > 

> > > 

> > > Alastair Green <> 

> > > 08/04/2006 10:57 AM 

> > > 

> > > To 

> > > 

> > > Doug Davis/Raleigh/IBM@IBMUS 

> > > 

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> > > Subject 

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> > > Re: Comment on WSDL spec: use of Anonymous Element 

> > > 

> > > 

> > > 

> > > 

> > > Hi Doug,

> > > 

> > > Comments interspersed:

> > > 

> > > Doug Davis wrote: 

> > > 

> > > Alastair, 

> > >  There are a couple of different things at play here.
First, sorry 

> > > about the long cc-list but the wsrx mailing list still doesn't

> > > appear to work so I need to include the entire wsrx team
manually :-( 

> > > I thought my mail client was going to expire when I just
did "reply all". 

> > > 

> > > In a non-anonymous world the wsa:Address field represents
both the 

> > > fact that the destination can access connections and it
identifies 

> > > the party.  And I think that makes sense.  There
is no reason to not

> > > have a single URI do that (let's not get into the 'identity'
issue 

> > > w.r.t. ref-p's  :-).   So, if we then switch over
to the anonymous 

> > > case, IMO, I don't believe the implementation should need
to change 

> > > w.r.t. the purpose of this URI. 

> > > Here's what I don't understand. In the non-anon case an
EPR (address

> > > + stuff) is used to target. In the anon case, so far as
I can tell, 

> > > there is nothing in WS-A to stop the same "full EPR"
(address + 

> > > stuff) be