Re: [dss] Pending / TryAgainLater

[Andreas Kuehne <kuehne@klup.de>]

Hi Nick !

> Whilst asynchronous support may be generic, applicable to a range of
> concrete profiles, it does not necessarily need to be part of the core.  It
> should be possible to define an "abstract" profile for asynchronous
> operation in the same way that the policy wise profile defines a set of
> generic elements for handling signature policies.
> 
> I would prefer to have this as a separate package to the core to keep the
> core implementation requirements as simple as possible.
Agreed, I don't think we'll loose anything if we separate this aspect.

> Is there anyone (Andreas? Pieter?) interested in developing such an abstract
> profile for asynchronous operation?  Would it be possible to sketch out how
> this would operate to ensure that it does not have any impact on the core
> before we progress it to CD?

Yes, I will volunteer for it. Especially due to Rich Salz generous cheer to copy and paste from the XKMS spec ( 
http://webservices.xml.com/pub/a/ws/2004/04/07/salz.html ) !


Other volunteers ?


Andreas