[OASIS Issue Tracker] Commented: (CAMP-71) optionality of 'pdpURI' attribute in AssemblyTemplate is inconsistent

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Anish Karmarkar commented on CAMP-71:
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This was discussed on the 2013-06-26 call.
The reason for making the attribute in the resource definition optional is because a platform may allow one to create an AssemblyTemplate (registration) through means other than those described in the specification. It is even possible that a platform may allow one to register without a PDP package (ie. use some other packaging). In such cases there won't be a pdpURI. But if one used a PDP to register using the method described in the spec then this attribute is required to be present.

> optionality of 'pdpURI' attribute in AssemblyTemplate is inconsistent
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>                 Key: CAMP-71
>                 URL: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/CAMP-71
>             Project: OASIS Cloud Application Management for Platforms (CAMP) TC
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Spec
>            Reporter: Gilbert Pilz
>            Assignee: Gilbert Pilz
>            Priority: Minor
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> WD13 specifies the 'pdpURI' attribute of the AssemblyTemplate resource (section 5.8.3) as "Required: false". However, the two mechanisms for creating an AssemblyTemplate described in 6.12 both say: "The server shall include the pdpUri attribute, which identifies the PDP from which the template was created, in the newly created AssemblyTemplate resource." It is inconsistent to describe an attribute as being optional yet require (using normative statements) every implementation to include it.

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