Re: [ebxml-bp] State Alignment and Web Services

["Monica J. Martin" <Monica.Martin@Sun.COM>]

> Nagahashi: Hi,
>
> This "pending" sounds like business level semantics, which should not 
> be handled at the transport level.
> I can provide an example from RosettaNet which supports such "pending" 
> status response. While the response message itself is legally binding, 
> but you can say "no" later in update message.
> There might be a confusion about "legally binding". "legally binding" 
> means that you're liable for what you said in the message ("pending" 
> in this case), not for selling something no matter what your 
> downstream supplier say...?
>
> Kenji 

mm1: If you have a use case Kenji, please bring to the meeting on 
Monday, 19 July 2004.  On legally binding, see my posting [1], about 
intent to bind.  It means you have an intent to fulfill.  Thanks.

[1] http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/ebxml-bp/200407/msg00065.html