[Bug 132] New: context type needs to be mandatory

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           Summary: context type needs to be mandatory
           Product: WS-Context
           Version: 1.0
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows 2000
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Schema
        AssignedTo: ws-caf@lists.oasis-open.org
        ReportedBy: peter.furniss@choreology.com
         QAContact: mark.little@arjuna.com


The current (0.2) schema has the context type as optional. Since a context 
alone has no semantic (other than identifying an operation as part of an 
activity with no implications on what behaviour is expected), a received 
context with no type cannot be used or interpreted by the receiver.  The type 
value needs to be included in every context.

It would be possible to omit in from a context-by-reference, but the receiver 
must then dereference the context to find out what it is about, and whether it 
is required to do anything with it. This seems an unnecessary burden on 
implementations, and so it would be better if the type is present in all 
contexts.



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