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Subject: Re: [wsbpel] usage of <partner> in BPEL?
If a feature has at best speculative value then we should err on the side of cutting it. Therefore I think we should cut partners. Yaron Francisco Curbera wrote: > > > > > Hi Alex, > > I don't see partners as a deployment detail, even though they (like > everything else in a BPEL process) would need to be resolved at deployment > time. If anything, partner belongs to a higher level of abstraction than > partner links, since the intent was to capture business relationships > between partner links which are not reflected on how port types (nor > bindings) are factored. It certainly doesn't belong at the lower layer of > WSDL bindings. > > However, I think that it is a legitimate question whether partner adds > sufficient value to BPEL, particularly since there is no single way we can > point at for using that information. My own opinion would be to keep it > because it allows embedding relevant business constraints into the process > definition. > > Paco > > > > > > > Alex > Yiu > > > <alex.yiu@oracle. To: > wsbpel@lists.oasis-open.org > > > com> cc: Alex Yiu > <alex.yiu@oracle.com> > > Subject: [wsbpel] usage > of <partner> in BPEL? > > 06/28/2004 > 08:19 > > > > PM > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > We define <partnerLink> and <partner> in BPEL. > The usage of <partnerLink> is very clear in BPEL. (e.g. invoke relies on > partnerLink). > > However, the usage of <partner> is not clear. > Is it more like a deployment related information? > Should it be a part of WSDL binding? > There are not other BPEL construct make uses of <partner> declaration. > > I have done a very informal poll to a number of vendors last week at > BPEL F2F in SF. > It seems to me that no particular vendor is actively making use of > <partner> > > Any further thoughts? > > Thanks! > > > Regards, > Alex Yiu > > > > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list (and be removed from the roster of > the OASIS TC), go to > http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/wsbpel/members/leave_workgroup.php > > . > > > > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list (and be removed from the roster of > the OASIS TC), go to > http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/wsbpel/members/leave_workgroup.php. > >
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