Proper Use of SendingLocationMDE

I’m having some trouble trying to determine the proper use of the elements <message:SendingMDELocationID> and <message:SendingMDEProfileCode>, specifically in the CourtPolicyResponseMessage, but generally, in any message.

From the XSD, you can find the following definitions:

<message:SendingMDELocationID> - Location for the MDE to which asynchronous and service messages can be sent. This unique location is self-assigned by the MDE.

<message:SendingMDEProfileCode> - Code identifying the message profile being used by the sending filing assembly MDE. This list should be extensible to accommodate future messaging profiles. Each code value is specified within the message profile approved for use with ECF.

The Sample XML simply shows ‘MDEID’ as the example for Location, and ‘MESSAGINGPROFILEID’ for the Profile.

So here’s my question: In the CourtPolicyResponseMessage which is being returned to the Filing Assembly MDE from the Filing Review MDE, should the <message:SendingMDELocationID> identify the Filing Assembly MDE and not the Filing Review MDE?

On the Sequence Diagram from the specification document (i.e. ecf-v3.01-spec-wd02.doc, page 23) the response is shown as a dashed line which indicates a synchronous response. However, the definition of <message:SendingMDELocationID> addresses ‘asynchronous and service messages’; it is neither. Is this just an error in the definition or am I missing something?

The definition for <message:SendingMDEProfileCode> talks about a “message profile”. What is a “message profile”, and where is this defined? It also mentions a “list”. Where is this list of message profiles? How are practitioners using this element?

Also, it says it’s the profile “used by the sending filing assembly MDE”; so if the answer to the first Location question is Filing Review MDE and not Filing Assembly MDE as I suggest, then please explain.

Thank you in advance for your considered response,

Gary Graham

Arizona Supreme Court

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