RE: Inconsistent syntax for query attribute values in spec examples

["Ugo Corda" <UCorda@SeeBeyond.com>]

Title: RE: Inconsistent syntax for query attribute values in spec examples

So, is this a genuine issue that we should add to our issues list?

If it is, can we get a consensus now on which one of the examples are correct and which ones are wrong, so that BPEL implementers do not have to wait until we start the formal process of issues resolution?

Thank you,
Ugo

>  -----Original Message-----
> From:         Ugo Corda 
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 7:39 PM
> To:   wsbpel@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject:      Inconsistent syntax for query attribute values
> in spec examples
>
> It looks like the syntax for query attribute values is
> inconsistent throughout the examples presented in the spec.
>
> - On page 38:
>
> <bpws:propertyAlias propertyName="tns:taxpayerNumber"
>       messageType="txmsg:taxpayerInfo" part="identification"
>       query="/socialsecnumber"/>
>
> instead of query="/identification/socialsecnumber"
>
> - On page 49:
>
> <bpws:propertyAlias propertyName="cor:customerID"
>       messageType="tns:POMessage" part="PO"
>       query="/PO/CID"/>
>
> (and similarly the three following propertyAlias elements in
> the same example)
>
> - On page 92:
>
> <bpws:propertyAlias propertyName="tns:shipOrderID"
>       messageType="sns:shippingNoticeMsg"
>       part="shipNotice"
>       query="/ShipNoticeHeader/shipOrderID"/>
>
> instead of query="/shipNotice/ShipNoticeHeader/shipOrderID"
> (and similarly the four following propertyAlias elements in
> the same example)
>
>
> It seems to me that the example on page 49 is correct and the
> other ones are wrong.
>
> In fact, sec. 14.3, Assignment, says:
>
> "For XPath 1.0, the value of the query attribute MUST be an
> absolute locationPath (with '/' meaning the root of the
> document fragment representing the entire part). It is used
> to identify the root of a subtree within the document
> fragment representing the part."
>
> and sec. 8.2, Defining Properties, says:
>
> "The interpretation of the message, part, and query
> attributes is the same as in the corresponding from-spec in
> copy assignments (see Assignment).
>
> Ugo
>
> P.S. I did not submit this as an issue yet because I want to
> first make sure that I am not missing anything in my
> interpretation of the spec and related examples.