Re: [ws-caf] Context "by value" versus "by reference"

[Guy Pardon <guy@atomikos.com>]

Hi Jim,

I read somewhere in this mailing list that in the latest version the URL dereferencing was dropped in favor of the service reference.
It's just not in the text and schema (yet)...

Guy

On dinsdag, jul 13, 2004, at 15:31 Europe/Brussels, Jim Webber wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> As regards the mechanics of "by reference" contexts (and deliberating
> sidestepping the debate as to its perceived value), at the moment the
> access mechanism for "dereferencing" a context is underspecified.
>
> Would be it be possible to define a simple message exchange with the
> host context service along the lines of:
>
> <get-context>
> <context-id>a:b:c:d</context-id>
> </get-context>
>
> Which presumably would elicit one of the responses:
>
> <context>
> ...
> </context>
>
> Or
>
> <no-such-context-fault>
> ...
> </no-such-context-fault>
>
> Or an out-of-band fault (eg not authorised) as appropriate. 
>
> This suggestion addresses access at the message level, rather than the
> current scheme which seems to imply following a URI (usually a URL).
>
> Jim
> --
> http://jim.webber.name 

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