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Subject: RE: [ebxml-cppa] Status element
I think that clarification can be added to reflect that the status value of "signed" is used whenever at least one (one or more) signature is present. When a second or third signature is added, the status should remain signed. A note about the process -- that the first signer must change the value-- can also be added. I am unpersuaded that we restrict the meaning of signed to "signed", meaning that the first Party has signed the CPA... I would prefer a clarification such as: "signed", meaning that the CPA has been "signed" by (one or more of) the Parties... -----Original Message----- From: Martin W Sachs [mailto:mwsachs@us.ibm.com] Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 12:15 PM To: ebxml-cppa@lists.oasis-open.org Subject: [ebxml-cppa] Status element The current version of the CPPA spec states, regarding the value of the value attribute of the status element (line 3015): "signed", meaning that the CPA has been "signed" by the Parties... I believe that this is incorrect. The value of the value attribute must be set to "signed" just before the first party signs. It cannot be modified after that without invalidating the first party's signature. I suggest changing the statement to: "signed", meaning that the first Party has signed the CPA... I also suggest adding a note clarifying why the value has to be set to "signed" when the first party signs. For example: NOTE: The value fo the value attribute has to be set to "signed" just before the first party signs. It cannot be changed after the first party signs because that would invalidate the signature. Alternatively, we could change the specification to require that the Status element be outside the scope of the first Party's signature. However, that is a functional change which might be inappropriate during the approval process. Regards, Marty ************************************************************************ ************* Martin W. Sachs IBM T. J. Watson Research Center P. O. B. 704 Yorktown Hts, NY 10598 914-784-7287; IBM tie line 863-7287 Notes address: Martin W Sachs/Watson/IBM Internet address: mwsachs @ us.ibm.com ************************************************************************ ************* ---------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription manager: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl>
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