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Subject: Re: [ws-rx] I just posted a PR comment on MakeConnection Policy assertion


Paul Fremantle wrote:
> Tom
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1) Does this imply that to support MakeConnection REQUIRES the 
> endpoint to support and publish WS-Policy?
NO, however if you do support and publish ws-policy on an endpoint, then 
you have to assert MakeConnection in that policy statement to use 
MakeConnection to send messaged from that endpoint.
>
> 2) Do you consider this a substantive change to the spec requiring 
> another PR?
NO
>
> Paul
>
> Tom Rutt wrote:
>> I just posted a PR comment on MakeConnection Policy Assertion not 
>> stating a requirement.
>>
>> I copy it here to this list as well: the following is the text I 
>> posted to ws-rx-comment@lists.oasis-open.org
>> ------
>> Public Review Issue:
>> Title: MakeConnection Policy assertion is not a Requirement.
>>
>> Target: Web Services Make Connection v1.0
>> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/ws-
>> rx/download.php/22238/wsmc-1.0-spec-cd-05.pdf
>>
>> Rationale:
>>
>> The W3C WS-Policy working group has reviewed the WS-Addressing Metadata
>> CR Specification ( http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-ws-addr-metadata-
>> 20070202/ ., and has sent a comment suggesting changes to the
>> definitions of the AnonymousReplies, and NonAnonymousReplies nested
>> policy assertions. The recommendations and rationale for this comment
>> are in the email: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ws-
>> policy/2007Feb/0140.html .
>>
>> It is pointed by the WS-Policy WG that these assertions are not
>> expressed as requirements, which causes problems in their application
>> within the policy intersection algorithm.
>>
>> It is recommended that these assertion definitions be changed as
>> requirements within the scope of a single response message originating
>> from the endpoint to which the policy is attached. Policy statements
>> can be formed which state that one of a set of response types must be
>> used to deliver reply messages.
>>
>> For example, assuming the two nested assertion types are changed to be
>> requirements applying to instances of replies from an endpoint, the
>> following policy expression states that either wsa:AnonymousReplies or
>> wsa:NonAnonymousReplies are required to be used for sending replies from
>> the endpoint to which this expression is attached:.
>>
>> <wsam:Addressing>
>> <wsp:Policy>
>> <wsp:ExactlyOne>
>> <wsp:All> <!-- either anon and non-anon responses required-->
>> <wsam:AnonymousResponses/>
>> </wsp:All>
>> <wsp:All>
>> <wsam:NonanonymousResponses/>
>> <wsp:All>
>> </wsp:ExactlyOne>
>> </wsp:Policy>
>> </wsam:Addressing>
>>
>> It is necessary to clarify that the scope of the assertion applies to a
>> single instance of an MEP, not to all instances of MEPs associated with
>> the endpoint,. to allow the client to choose for each message exchange
>> the appropriate type of response.
>>
>> For the same reasons, the MakeConnection policy assertion definition
>> needs to be changed to be a requirement pertaining to instances of
>> response messaged send from an endpoint.
>>
>> This does not cause problems of composition with ws addressing, as the
>> following example demonstrates.
>>
>> Assuming the nested ws addressing assertions and the makeConnection
>> assertion are changed to be defined as requirements on instances of
>> response messages sent from an endpoint, the following policy expression
>> states that either the wsa:AnonymousReplies or the
>> wsa:NonAnonymousReplies or the wsmc:MakeConnection mechanism is required
>> to be used for sending replies from the endpoint to which this
>> expression is attached:
>>
>> <wsp:Policy>
>> <wsp:ExactlyOne>
>> <wsp:All>
>> <wsam:Addressing>
>> <wsp:Policy>
>> <wsp:ExactlyOne>
>> <wsp:All> <!-- anon or non-anon responses required-->
>> <wsam:AnonymousResponses/>
>> </wsp:All>
>> <wsp:All>
>> <wsam:NonanonymousResponses/>
>> <wsp:All>
>> </wsp:ExactlyOne>
>> </wsp:Policy>
>> </wsam:Addressing>
>> <wsp:All>
>> <wsp:All> <! Addressing required, usemakeConnection for reply -->
>> <wsam:Addressing>
>> <wsmc:MakeConnection>
>> <wsp:All>
>> </wsp:ExactlyOne>
>> <wsp:Policy>
>>
>> Stated in words, this endpoint requires that responses must be sent
>> either as NonAnonymousReplies, or as wsa:Anonymous replies, or as a
>> wsmc:MakeConnection reply.
>>
>> Proposed Resolution:
>>
>> In Clause 3.4 MakeConnection:
>>
>> Change lines 327 – 329 from:
>> “
>> The MakeConnection policy assertion indicates that the MakeConnection
>> protocol (operation and the use of the MakeConnection URI template in
>> EndpointReferences) is supported. This assertion has Endpoint Policy
>> Subject [WS-PolicyAttachment].
>> “
>> To
>> “
>> The MakeConnection policy assertion indicates that the MakeConnection
>> protocol (operation and the use of the MakeConnection URI template in
>> EndpointReferences) is required for instances of replies. This
>> assertion has Endpoint Policy Subject [WS-PolicyAttachment].
>> “
>>
>> Change line 334 from:
>> “
>> A policy assertion that specifies that the MakeConnection protocol is
>> supported.
>> “
>> To
>> “
>> A policy assertion that specifies that the MakeConnection protocol is
>> required for instances of replies from an endpoint.
>> “
>>
>> Delete the following lines 341 – 343:
>> “
>> Because this policy assertion expresses a capability of a receiver
>> (rather than a requirement sender), care should be taken to ensure that
>> it is decorated with the appropriate WS-Policy indicate that use,
>> support and understanding, of this assertion is optional to the sender.
>> “
>>
>


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