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Subject: RE: [ebxml-msg] Proposed CPP/A schema changes to deal with ebMSperMessage parameters


I'm not sure which side I am coming down on but I'm wondering, while reading
this discussion, how we can make the element required/throw-an-error in one case
(perMessage) while not allowing the element to appear in another case
(true|false).  This means the program must look in the CPA to decide whether it
should expect the element to appear?  This sounds more difficult that it should
be.

Regards,

David Fischer
Drummond Group.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dale Moberg [mailto:dmoberg@cyclonecommerce.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 10:42 AM
To: Martin W Sachs; PEDRETTI,BRUCE (HP-NewJersey,ex2)
Cc: Arvola Chan; ebxml-msg@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: [ebxml-msg] Proposed CPP/A schema changes to deal with ebMS
perMessage parameters


I agree with Marty.

When the attribute is missing,
we can discuss what the default
value should be. I proposed "perMessage"
as the default in that case.
Chris F. doesn't like that proposal,
from what I could understand.

But I have no idea how
to decide  between yes (always)
versus no (never) as a default
for requesting acknowledgements,
for example. To me it
makes sense to say that absent
an agreement upon
an explicit fixed value, make it
perMessage.


-----Original Message-----
From: Martin W Sachs [mailto:mwsachs@us.ibm.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 7:22 AM
To: PEDRETTI,BRUCE (HP-NewJersey,ex2)
Cc: 'Arvola Chan'; ebxml-msg@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: [ebxml-msg] Proposed CPP/A schema changes to deal with ebMS
perMessage parameters



Since there are really only 3 cases:  yes in CPA, no in CPA, per
message, I
don't understand the need for a default in the message specification.
Given that the only usable values in the message are yes and  no, why
should the attribute be permitted to be left out?

Regards,
Marty

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"PEDRETTI,BRUCE (HP-NewJersey,ex2)" <bruce_pedretti@hp.com> on
11/26/2001
06:07:05 PM

To:    "'Arvola Chan'" <arvola@tibco.com>,
ebxml-msg@lists.oasis-open.org
cc:
Subject:    RE: [ebxml-msg] Proposed CPP/A schema changes to deal with
ebMS
       p    erMessage parameters




Arvola,

Thank you for helping me understand the issues. This design is  elegant
in
that you nicely cover the gambit with two attributes, but  perhaps it is
difficult to understand because the "flag" attribute is  dual-purpose.
Sometimes "flag" provides a fixed value, sometimes it  provides a
default.
This makes me a bit uneasy for two reasons: 1) if a  value is a default,
then for readability the attribute name ought to indicate  such (for
example, "perMessageDefault"); and 2) without annotated documentation,
this "dual-purpose" concept can not be expressed in a  schema.

There are at least two other alternatives:

1) <DuplicateElimination inForce="perMessage"
perMessageDefault="false"/>
2) Use element presence for boolean conditions.  For  example:
    a) if duplicate elimination false:  <DuplicateElimination> absent
    b) if duplicate elimination true:  <DuplicationElimination> present
    c) if duplicate elimination perMessage:  <DuplicateElimination
perMessageDefault="true"/>

All 3 seem to me to have pros and cons.  My preference is
for alternative
(1).  My fellow hp developers prefer alternative  (2).  If you go with
your
original proposal, careful documentation may  be important.

Bruce


============================================
Bruce  Pedretti       Hewlett-Packard Company
Software  Developer   6000 Irwin Road
(856)  638-6060       Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054
http://www.hp.com/
============================================
-----Original Message-----
From: Arvola Chan  [mailto:arvola@tibco.com]
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 4:24  PM
To: PEDRETTIBRUCE (HP-NewJerseyex2);  ebxml-msg@lists.oasis-open.org;
ebxml-cppa@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [ebxml-msg] Proposed  CPP/A schema changes to deal with
ebMS
permessage  parameters


Bruce:

I was allowing for the fact that the two parties may have  agreed that a
property like AckRequested is "perMessage" and still specify in  the CPA
a
bilaterally agreed default value (which can be different from the
schema
default) for the property should the sending application omit to specify
a
value for this property.

If such negotiated defaults are unnecessary, then I agree that  your
suggested simplifications will be sufficient.

Thanks,
-Arvola
-----Original Message-----
From:  PEDRETTI,BRUCE (HP-NewJersey,ex2) <bruce_pedretti@hp.com>
To:  'Arvola Chan' <arvola@tibco.com>; ebxml-msg@lists.oasis-open.org  <
ebxml-msg@lists.oasis-open.org>
Date:  Monday, November 26, 2001 12:36 PM
Subject: RE: [ebxml-msg]  Proposed CPP/A schema changes to deal with
ebMS
permessage  parameters


<bp>Comments in-line...</bp>

 -----Original  Message-----
From: Arvola Chan [mailto:arvola@tibco.com]
Sent:  Monday, November 26, 2001 2:58 PM
To: PEDRETTIBRUCE  (HP-NewJerseyex2)
Cc: ebxml-msg@lists.oasis-open.org;  ebxml-cppa@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [ebxml-msg] Proposed  CPP/A schema changes to deal with
ebMS p
ermessage  parameters


Bruce:

Please see my embedded comments.

Regards,
-Arvola
-----Original Message-----
From:  PEDRETTI,BRUCE (HP-NewJersey,ex2) <bruce_pedretti@hp.com>
To:  'Arvola Chan' <arvola@tibco.com>
Cc: ebxml-msg@lists.oasis-open.org  <ebxml-msg@lists.oasis-open.org>
Date:  Monday, November 26, 2001 10:35 AM
Subject: RE: [ebxml-msg]  Proposed CPP/A schema changes to deal with
ebMS p
ermessage  parameters


Arvola,

Thanks for taking the initiative to present these  ideas to the cpa
team.
Comments:

1) Personally speaking, I had envisioned an  attribute for
DuplicateElimination that had the enumerated values:  true, false,
perMessage.  For  example, <DuplicateElimination inForce="true"/> or
<DuplicateElimination inForce="perMessage"/>.

<ac>
Even when the two parties agree that duplicate elimination is to be
specified per message, the sending MSH may still want to look to the CPA
for  guidance on how this attribute should be set. That is, the
application
may  explicitly specify a value for the duplicateElimination attribute,
or
choose  to omit it in which case the CPA should provide the default
value.
Therefore, just having "perMessage", "true", and "false" as the only
possible values for the inForce attribute is not quite sufficient. <bp>I
don't understand what you mean by "not  sufficient".  What other
possible
values might there be?  Just to  be explicit about the meaning of these
values as I see  them:

1) If "true", then both parties agree that  duplicateElimination is
inForce;
2) If "false", then both parties agree that  duplicateElimination should
not be performed.
3) If "perMessage", then the Receiving MSH will comply with  message
header
(if possible).

Are there other arrangements?  I agree that the CPA  schema should
provide
a default value, but that idea is not counter to an  enumeration.</bp>
</ac>


2) The AckRequested issues could also be simplified  with the same
enumeration.  For example <Ack requested="true"  signed="perMessage"/>.

<ac>
Similarly, the CPA should provide  guidance to the sending MSH whether
it
should construct an AckRequested  element, if the application chooses to
omit such specification.   <bp>Similar rebuttal as  above</bp>
</ac>

3) Also, am I understanding correctly that you are  proposing defaults
for
AckRequested such that:
     <AckRequested  perMessageCharacteristics="perMessage"
includeInMessageHeader="false"/>
... are these default values at odds with each  other?  If AckRequested
is
supposed to be decided on a per message  basis, mustn't the info be
included in the message header -- or am I  misunderstanding the
includeInMessageHeader attribute?

<ac>
The intended meaning is that the application may specify on a per
message
basis, whether an AckRequested element should be constructed.  However,
if
the application omits such a specification, the MSH should not
construct
an AckRequested element because includeInMessageHeader is set to  false.
At
the same time, this default can be changed by setting
includeInMessageHeader to true.   <bp>Isn't an absence  of AckRequested
and
an AckRequested="false" semantic the same?   Seems to me that if
the app says nothing about an MSH  ack requested, then the MSH should
not
create the  AckRequested element.  Under what circumstances might it
need
to create an AckRequested="false"?   </bp>
</ac>
-----Original Message-----
From: Arvola Chan  [mailto:arvola@tibco.com]
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 7:16  PM
To: Doug Bunting
Cc: ebxml-msg@lists.oasis-open.org;  ebxml-cppa@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [ebxml-msg] Proposed  CPP/A schema changes to deal with
ebMS
per message  parameters


Doug:

The first point in my original message was intended to  differentiate
message properties that originate from BPSS from those that  are
specific
to the messaging specification. The DeliveryChannel element  originally
contains a Characteristics element that carries BPSS related
parameters. I
am recommending that Characteristics be renamed
BusinessProcessCharacteristics before we add the new
MessagingCharacteristics element.

Here is another suggested set of schema changes to address  your desire
to
allow

 "acknowledgments are required for this delivery  channel and the
message
will indicate whether signing is required" or "any  requested
acknowledgement must be signed".

 <element  name="MessagingCharacteristics">
  <complexType>
   <sequence>
    <element  ref="tns:AckRequested"/>
    <element  ref="tns:AckSignatureRequested"/>
    <element  ref="tns:DuplicateElimination"/>
   </sequence>
  </complexType>
 </element>
 <element  name="AckRequested">
  <complexType>
   <attribute  name="perMessageCharacteristics" type
="tns:perMessageCharacteristics.type"  default="perMessage"/>
   <attribute  name="includeInMessageHeader" type="boolean"  default
="false"/>
   <attribute name="actor"  type="tns:actor.type"
default="toPartyMSH"/>
  </complexType>
 </element>
 <element  name="AckSignatureRequested">
  <complexType>
   <attribute  name="perMessageCharacteristics" type
="tns:perMessageCharacteristics.type"  default="perMessage"/>
   <attribute name="flag"  type="boolean"  default="false"/>
  </complexType>
 </element>
 <element  name="DuplicateElimination">
  <complexType>
   <attribute  name="perMessageCharacteristics" type
="tns:perMessageCharacteristics.type"  default="perMessage"/>
   <attribute name="flag"  type="boolean"  default="false"/>
  </complexType>
 </element>
 <simpleType  name="perMessageCharacteristics.type">
  <restriction  base="NMTOKEN">
   <enumeration  value="fixed"/>
   <enumeration  value="perMessage"/>
  </restriction>
 </simpleType>
 <simpleType  name="actor.type">
  <restriction  base="NMTOKEN">
   <enumeration  value="nextMSH"/>
   <enumeration  value="toPartyMSH"/>
  </restriction>
 </simpleType>

Regards,
-Arvola
-----Original Message-----
From:  Doug Bunting <dougb62@yahoo.com>
To:  Arvola Chan <arvola@tibco.com>
Date:  Monday, November 19, 2001 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: [ebxml-msg]  Proposed CPP/A schema changes to deal with
ebMS
per message  parameters


Arvola,

I'm not on the CPPA list and I'm unsure about the  history here.  Feel
free
to forward your answers as  appropriate.

What will the effect of the first point be?  More  particularly, what
does
this have to do with the goals you've listed  above?

The line "<attribute name="actor"  type="tns:actor.type"/ default
="toPartyMSH">" needs the slash  moved to the end.

I like what's been described as two separate Boolean  values for
AckRequested in the CPA -- one that controls whether  acknowledgements
are
supported at all and another that controls whether  any supported
acknowledgments may be signed.  This proposal seems to  eliminate that
separation.  A CPA will not be able to say  "acknowledgments are
required
for this delivery channel and the message  will indicate whether signing
is
required" or "any requested  acknowledgement must be signed".

thanx,
    doug

----- Original Message -----
From: Arvola Chan
To: ebxml-cppa@lists.oasis-open.org  ; ebxml-msg@lists.oasis-open.org
Sent: Monday, 19 November 2001 15:12
Subject: [ebxml-msg] Proposed CPP/A schema changes to deal  with ebMS
per
message parameters

At last week's ebxml-msg TC F2F meeting, it was agreed  that the
duplicateElimination attribute (under QualityOfServiceInfo) and  the
AckRequested element (under soap:Header)will in principle be treated  as
parameters that are adjustible on a message by message basis. Trading
partners may specify in the CPA that they have agreed that these
parameters are variable per message, or that these parameters are to be
fixed at certain values, for a given delivery channel.

Accordingly, I am proposing the following  changes/additions to the
CPP/A
schema:

- Rename the existing Characteristics element under  DeliveryChannel as
BusinessProcessCharacteristics.

- Add a MessagingCharacteristics element under  DeliveryChannel.

- Add AckRequested and DuplicateElimination elements  under the
MessagingCharacteristics element, as follows:

 <element  name="MessagingCharacteristics">
  <complexType>
   <sequence>
    <element  ref="tns:AckRequested"/>
    <element  ref="tns:DuplicateElimination"/>
   </sequence>
  </complexType>
 </element>
 <element  name="AckRequested">
  <complexType>
   <attribute  name="perMessageCharacteristics" type
="tns:perMessageCharacteristics.type"  default="perMessage"/>
   <attribute  name="includeInMessageHeader" type="boolean"  default
="false"/>
   <attribute name="actor"  type="tns:actor.type"/
default="toPartyMSH">
   <attribute name="signed"  type="boolean"  default="false"/>
  </complexType>
 </element>
 <element  name="DuplicateElimination">
  <complexType>
   <attribute  name="perMessageCharacteristics" type
="tns:perMessageCharacteristics.type"  default="perMessage"/>
   <attribute name="value"  type="boolean"  default="false"/>
  </complexType>
 </element>
 <simpleType  name="perMessageCharacteristics.type">
  <restriction  base="NMTOKEN">
   <enumeration  value="fixed"/>
   <enumeration  value="perMessage"/>
  </restriction>
 </simpleType>
 <simpleType  name="actor.type">
  <restriction  base="NMTOKEN">
   <enumeration  value="nextMSH"/>
   <enumeration  value="toPartyMSH"/>
  </restriction>
 </simpleType>

- If the perMessageCharacteristics attribute (under  AckRequested and/or
DuplicateElimination) is 'perMessage', then both  parties have agreed
that
AckRequested and/or DuplicateElimination can be  varied per message.
Furthermore, the sender would by default make use of  attributes under
the
AckRequested and DuplicateElimination elements within  the CPA to
populate
the AckRequested element and duplicateElimination  attribute in the
ebXML
message. For example, if the includeInMessageHeader  attribute under
AckRequested is true, then an AckRequested element will be  constructed
with its actor and signed attributes populated accordingly in  the ebXML
message. Of course, the sender is free to populate the  AckRequested
element in the ebXML message differently, based on other  criteria (if
the
CPA stipulates that this is to be treated as  perMessage).

- Conversely, if the perMessageCharacteristics attribute  is 'fixed',
then
both parties have agreed that AckRequested and/or  DuplicateElimination)
must always be set to the same values as indicated  in the CPA under the
AckRequested and DuplicateElimination elements for  the corresponding
DeliveryChannel. In this case, the sender is required to  make use of
attributes under the AckRequested and DuplicateElimination  elements
within
the CPA to populate the AckRequested element and  duplicateElimination
attribute in the ebXML message. For example, if the  value attribute
under
DuplicateElimination is true, then the  duplicateElimination attribute
under QualityOfServiceInfo will be set to  true. Any deviation from the
agreed upon fixed values would cause the  receiver MSH to return an
error.

Please let me know if you see a problem in the suggested  schema change,
or
if I have mis-represented the decision reached last  Thursday.

Thanks,
-Arvola





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