RE: [ws-caf-editors] context model

[Mark Little <Mark.Little@arjuna.com>]

Greg, I forgot that you weren't on the telecon. yesterday. However, that's 
where the idea of producing UML came from. I think that's what the TC is 
expecting now.

Mark.

>===== Original Message From Greg Pavlik <greg.pavlik@oracle.com> =====
>My comment in private (I suppose this is still private) to Mark was that
>in my opinion a formal model and a UML diagram are very different, and
>we really need to focus on the former. At best, the diagram aids someone
>in understanding the model description. In this case, I think the text
>and diagram should be in the same document, since the diagram shows
>cardinality of relationships, but the relationships themselves are
>spelled out with their meaning and semantic implications in the text.
>
>The activity identifier in the text may be my blunder -- I'll have to
>double check -- the ContextType has a context-identifier, which I have
>always assumed maps to the identity of the activitiy. If that's correct,
>perhaps we can just say so?
>
>For refreshers, here's the context service schema:
>
>    <xs:complexType name="ContextType">
>        <xs:sequence>
>            <xs:element name="context-identifier" type="xs:anyURI"/>
>            <xs:element name="activity-service" type="xs:anyURI"
>minOccurs="0"/>
>            <xs:element name="type" type="xs:anyURI" minOccurs="0"/>
>            <xs:element name="activity-list" minOccurs="0">
>                <xs:complexType>
>                    <xs:sequence>
>                        <xs:element name="service" type="xs:anyURI"
>minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
>                    </xs:sequence>
>                    <xs:attribute name="mustUnderstand"
>type="xs:boolean" use="optional" default="false"/>
>                    <xs:attribute name="mustPropagate" type="xs:boolean"
>use="optional" default="false"/>
>                </xs:complexType>
>            </xs:element>
>            <xs:element name="child-contexts" minOccurs="0">
>                <xs:complexType>
>                    <xs:sequence>
>                        <xs:element name="child-context"
>type="tns:ContextType" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
>                    </xs:sequence>
>                </xs:complexType>
>            </xs:element>
>            <xs:any namespace="##other" processContents="lax"
>minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
>        </xs:sequence>
>        <xs:attribute name="timeout" type="xs:int" use="optional"/>
>    </xs:complexType>
>
>
>Greg
> (ps it's amazing how unhelpful UML when you try to say talk about
>things that aren't classes, objects or actors).
>
>Martin Chapman wrote:
>
>>what is the relationship between activity identifier and context? the
>>text implies a realtionship yet its not on the diagram. also I sugest
>>that rather having a note saying that activities can be nested, that
>>there is an self refernceing association on  activity.
>>
>>Martin.
>>
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Mark Little [mailto:Mark.Little@arjuna.com]
>>>Sent: 09 March 2004 22:16
>>>To: ws-caf-editors@lists.oasis-open.org
>>>Cc: mark.little@arjuna.com
>>>Subject: [ws-caf-editors] context model
>>>
>>>
>>>Here's the context model we seem to have agreement on so far.
>>>If you can take
>>>a quick look and let me know of anything that you think needs
>>>qualifying, I'll
>>>send it to the main group. I want to then follow up with
>>>email explaining the
>>>diagram (basically the text we've already got). From there we
>>>can persue some
>>>of the other issues (such as removing status types, context
>>>as one block in
>>>the SOAP header or one entry per ALS, ...)
>>>
>>>Mark.
>>>
>>>----
>>>Mark Little,
>>>Chief Architect, Transactions,
>>>Arjuna Technologies Ltd.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>www.arjuna.com
>>
>>
>>
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