Re: [ebxml-msg] Multiple Acknowledgment elements with the sameactorURI?

[Dave Elliot <david.elliot@xmlglobal.com>]

Hi Doug,

On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 14:19, Doug Bunting wrote:
> That approach would probably be workable.  We'd also need to nail down the
> significance of the RefToMessageId element in the Acknowledgment element.
> Is it required if this value always duplicates the MessageData contents?
> Should we require an Inconsistent error if MessageData and Acknowledgment
> contain different RefToMessageId values, for example?

Hmm I was still assuming that an Acknowledgment mshSignal could in fact
be inserted on a Business Message that was _not_ a direct response to
the message being acknowledged.  ie That you could piggyback an Ack
mshSignal on any BusinessMessage headed towards that remote MSH.

I came to this conclusion because Acknowledgment does have a
RefToMessageId child...  This is notable because an ErrorList does _not_
have a RefToMessageId child and is explicitly constrained as only being
allowed (as a Warning) on a message with a MessageHeader/RefToMessageId
that refers to the message-in-error.

If Acknowledgment elements could not be included where the MessageHeader
RefToMessageId was different, then that's a good question, what would be
the significance of the Acknowledgment/RefToMessageId element in the
first place?

Cheers,

Dave Elliot
XML Global Technologies