Re: [ebxml-cppa] recent discussions of context

[Duane Nickull <duane@xmlglobal.com>]

Marty:

I applaud your decision to start this work.  It is imperative for the
entire infrastructure that your team do this. 

I can provide more detailed information of the context issue to whomever
follows up.

Duane


Martin W Sachs wrote:
> 
> The recent discussions of context have centered around the PartyRef
> document as the source of context information. I am starting to think that
> PartyRef is the wrong place for context information and that context
> information belongs in the CPP and CPA proper. In other words, Duane's
> "typo" (PartyInfo) may be the correct answer.
> 
> The PartyRef document is intended to be nothing more than a "telephone
> directory" whose contents are likely to change at any time because of
> personnel changes or organizational changes. There is a specific admonition
> in the CPPA Specification to dereference the pointer to PartyRef only when
> the information is needed. I also note that last week, the CPPA team agreed
> to add a schema location attribute to PartyRef.
> 
> I believe that context information, and especially internationalization
> information, will be, or will include, deployment information, which is why
> it should be in the CPP and CPA themselves.   The context information might
> also have to be negotiated. I don't know enough about internationalization
> to understand exactly what would be included in a CPP or CPA but I would
> imagine that at a mininum it would include a code for the Party's
> geographical region and perhaps internationalization policy information
> which might include such things as which party is responsible for
> translating between two different geographical contexts.
> 
> If someone who is watching this list is in a position to submit a proposed
> definition of internationalization context, I urge the CPPA team to
> consider it.
> 
> Regards,
> Marty
> 
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