Re: [xcbf] Biometrics web service

[Phil Griffin <phil.griffin@asn-1.com>]

BTW. I haven't looked into this far enough to
know whether complex types are required for
some reason, but if not, and if simple types
are allowed, the definition

    PrivacyHTTPResponseType ::= SEQUENCE {
       privacyObjectResponse  UTF8String
    }

could simply be shortened to

    PrivacyHTTPResponseType ::= UTF8String

with no loss of content that I can discern.

Phil




Phil Griffin wrote:

> John,
> 
> Looking at a proposed ASN.1 based WSDL web service for
> biometrics for an X9.84 meeting next week in California
> and I have a question. Isn't
> 
>    <xsd:complexType name="PrivacyHTTPResponseType">
>     <xsd:sequence>
>        <xsd:element
>           name="privacyObjectResponse" type="xsd:string"/>
>     </xsd:sequence>
>    </xsd:complexType>
> 
> the same thing as saying something like
> 
>    PrivacyHTTPResponseType ::= SEQUENCE {
>       privacyObjectResponse  UTF8String
>    }
> 
> Seems that it would be. It's just hard to imagine why
> anyone would want to use the former instead of the
> later. Maybe it's what I'm used to seeing, but the
> later would seem to be arguably easier to read, write,
> and comprehend.
> 
> Maybe I've overlooked something. I recall your mentioning
> something during a break in Baltimore at the MoU MG meeting
> last week about the ability to carry all of the UTF8
> characters in XML that are allowed in ASN.1 encodings. Do
> you recall this discussion?
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
> 
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