Re: [ws-rx] My vote on the current RX specs ballot

[Paul Fremantle <paul@wso2.com>]

Marc

I certainly was of the opinion on the call that this wasn't the TC's 
intention, and nor was so literal a reading of the spec.

My understanding is that the WSRMP usage of WSP is confined to the 
subset of features that is the same from 1.2 to 1.5 CR. Certainly I 
didn't expect that Apache would confine itself to using WSRMP1.1 with 
only WSP1.5.

Paul

Marc Goodner wrote:
> I filed this as a comment with my ballot. Based on some private messages 
> I have received I think it is worth posting this to the list. It seems 
> that my reading of the change to the RM Policy spec may be more literal 
> than the TC’s intent. I’m posting this here with the intent of seeing if 
> people disagree or not with my reasoning with respect to whether or not 
> the RM Policy assertion can be used with the Policy 1.2 namespace even 
> though our reference is now solely to Policy 1.5. I am especially 
> interested in how any interpretations contrary to my own are supported 
> by what is written in the specification.
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> Regards,
> 
> Marc g
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> The late change from referencing WS-Policy 1.2 to WS-Policy 1.5 in RM 
> Policy required that I abstain from the current ballot for the RX TC specs.
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> This change was not technically necessary as the RM Policy assertion 
> does not use any features of WS-Policy 1.5 alone and the assertion is 
> backwards compatible with WS-Policy 1.2. The change does however mean 
> that Microsoft cannot use the revised RM Policy assertion and be 
> compliant to this specification until we also support the final version 
> of WS-Policy 1.5.
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> I believe that the delay caused by waiting for WS-Policy 1.5 to be 
> completed is going to hurt the market adoption of WS-RM and WS-RM Policy.
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> It is regretful that the TC made this change at the last minute thinking 
> of the references alone rather than considering the change's impact on 
> market adoption of the specifications.
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> 

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OASIS WS-RX TC Co-chair

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