proposed conformance clauses for BP profiles

[Jacques Durand <JDurand@us.fujitsu.com>]

 

Proposed Conformance Clauses for BP1.2 and BP2.0:

 

2.4       Conformance Clauses

This Profile concerns several conformance targets. Conformance targets are identified in requirements as described in Section 2.2. Conformance claims may apply to any above conformance target.

There are two major ways to conform to this profile, identified by “tags” associated with each profile requirement. These tags are “CORE” and “HTTP-TRANSPORT”: 

·         "CORE" (transport- independent) conformance level. When the endpoint advertising conformance to this Profile is using a transport other than HTTP, then only the requirements tagged with "CORE" apply.

·         "HTTP-TRANSPORT" (HTTP transport-specific) conformance level. When the endpoint advertising conformance to this Profile is using HTTP, then all of the requirements of the Profile tagged either with “CORE” or with “HTTP-TRANSPORT” apply as specified in Section 2.

These define two levels of conformance, as  “core” conformance is included in “HTTP-transport” conformance. In other words, conformance at HTTP-transport level implies conformance at CORE level.

2.4.1    “Core” Conformance

A conformance target (as defined above) is said to be conforming to this profile at the “core” conformance level if this target fulfills all the requirements that are tagged “CORE” and that are relevant to this target type.

 

2.4.2     “HTTP Transport” Conformance

A conformance target (as defined above) is said to be conforming to this profile at the “HTTP transport” conformance level if this target fulfills all the requirements that are tagged either as “CORE” or as “HTTP-TRANSPORT” and that are relevant to this target type.

In other words, conformance at this level implies conformance at CORE level.