Re: [ebxml-bp] BPSS 1.01 XML Schema element referencing with idand name issue

[Sacha Schlegel <sacha_oasis@schlegel.li>]

Hi bp group

OK I have a sample of the name and ID issue:

<ProcessSpecification ...>
  ...
  <BusinessDocument name="ABC" nameID="ABC_ID">
  ...
  ...
  <BusinessTransaction name="Trans1" nameID="Trans1_ID">
    <RequestingBusinessActivity name="ReqBizA" nameID="ReqBizA_ID" ...>

      <!-- here the BusinessDocument gets referenced -->
      <!----------------------------------------------->
      <DocumentEnvelope businessDocument="ABC"
businessDocumentIDREF="ABC_ID" .../>


    </RequestingBusinessAcitivty>
    ...
  </BusinessTransaction>
  ...
</ProcessSpecification>


I did not read up on any "How to engineer XML documents", or UBL's
"Rules how to write an XML Schema" ...

Kind regards

Sacha

On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 21:49, Sacha Schlegel wrote:
> Hi bp group
> 
> Studing the BPSS XML Schema from the "ebXML Business Process
> Specification Version 1.01" I came across the following issue:
> 
> Whenever an element X references another element Y there is a) the name
> (required) of element Y AND b) the ID (optional) of element Y given as
> an attribute of the X element.
> 
> Sample from 1.01 Appendix A:
> 
> ....actually the sample bpss of 1.01 does not use ID's at all but only
> names...
> 
> Looking at the 1.1 BPSS still the name attribute and the ID attribute
> are in elements.
> 
> To me, only the ID attribute makes sense as with the ID I can get to the
> name of the element. Or even having only one, the ID or the name. Having
> both, the name AND ID, this invites to have logically invalid BPSS XML
> instance documents.
> 
> If this issue has been addressed in a post 1.01 version then please
> ignore this email.
> 
> Kind regards.
> 
> Sacha
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