Issue 109 - Normative descriptions of protocol messages

[Ram Jeyaraman <Ram.Jeyaraman@microsoft.com>]

This issue is identified as 109.

This issue was discussed and closed with the resolution noted below, with minor amendments as detailed in the F2F meeting minutes: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/21065/WS-TX_Minutes_F2F_2006_11_07-09.htm

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Wilkinson3 [mailto:awilkinson@uk.ibm.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 1:33 AM
To: ws-tx@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [ws-tx] NEW Issue - Normative descriptions of protocol messages

Protocol: AT

Artifact:  Specs

Draft:  AT PR-01

Link to the documents referenced:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-tx/wstx-wsat-1.1-spec-pr-01.pdf

Issue type: Editorial

Issue description:

Opened as a result of the discussion of issue 102.

The current descriptions of the protocol messages in sections 3.2 and 3.3
are not of sufficient quality to be made normative.

Proposed resolution:

Amend the descriptions of the protocol messages to read as follows
(messages not listed below remain unchanged):

Section 3.2:


Commit

Upon receipt of this notification, the coordinator knows that the
participant has completed application processing. A coordinator that is
Active SHOULD attempt to commit the transaction.

Rollback
Upon receipt of this notification, the coordinator knows that the
participant has terminated application processing. A coordinator that is
Active MUST abort the transaction.

Section 3.3:

Prepare
Upon receipt of this notification, the participant knows to enter phase 1
and vote on the outcome of the transaction. A participant that is Active
MUST respond by sending an Aborted, Committed or ReadOnly notification as
its vote.  If the participant does not know of the transaction, it MUST
send an Aborted notification. If the participant has already voted by
sending Aborted or Committed, it MUST resend the same vote.

Rollback
Upon receipt of this notification, the participant knows to abort, and
forget, the transaction. A participant that is Active or Prepared MUST
respond by sending an Aborted notification and SHOULD then forget all
knowledge of this transaction. If the participant does not know of the
transaction, it MUST send an Aborted notification to the coordinator.

Commit
Upon receipt of this notification, the participant knows to commit the
transaction. A participant that has successfully sent Prepared MUST
respond by sending a Committed notification and SHOULD then forget all
knowledge of this transaction. If the participant does not know of the
transaction, it MUST send a Committed notification to the coordinator.
Committed
Upon receipt of this notification, the coordinator knows the participant
has committed, and forgotten the transaction.