PR33 - Re: [ws-rx] NEW Issue back-channel not defined

[Christopher B Ferris <chrisfer@us.ibm.com>]

All,

Bob and I have noodled on a definition
of backchannel that we believe addresses the concerns expressed in PR33

Proposed resolution:

Add the following definiton to the glossary
section as follows:

Backchannel: The term Backchannel as
used in this specification means a transport protocol specific facility
that allows transmission of a protocol response message on a given connection
in the direction towards the entity that initiated that connection.

Cheers,

Christopher Ferris
STSM, Software Group Standards Strategy
email: chrisfer@us.ibm.com
blog: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/chrisferris
phone: +1 508 377 9295

"Bob Freund-Hitachi" <bob.freund@hitachisoftware.com>
wrote on 11/07/2006 01:00:26 PM:

> The WS-RM spec uses the term “back-channel” several times without
> defining it outside of the use “protocol specific back-channel”
>  
> A cursory scan of rfc 2616 HTTP 1.1 does not
define the term.
> It is also not defined in SOAP 1.2 Parts 0-3

> Where is the term defined?
> That definition should be referenced or a definition
provided
>  
> Thanks
> -bob