[ebxml-msg] Reliable Messaging question

[Arvola Chan <arvola@tibco.com>]

Section 7.5.2 in Draft version 2.0 describes Receiving Message Behavior under the ebXML Reliable Messaging Protocol. It does not mention anything about error handling.

 

Suppose the received message is erroneous (e.g., some elements in the message are inconsistent with the CPA), the receiver is obligated to return an Error message. It is not clear to me if an Acknowledgment MUST also be included in the Error message.

 

Does the Error message serve as an implicit Acknowledgement? Will the sender keep retrying until it gets back an Acknowledgment (i.e., as long as the number of allowable retries have not been exhausted)?

 

Thanks,

-Arvola