Issue - 39 - Inconsistent syntax for query attribute values in spec examples

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Issue - 39 - Inconsistent syntax for query attribute values in spec examples

Status: open
Date added: 16 Jul 2003
Submitter: Ugo Corda
Date submitted: 16 July 2003
Document: Specification  (document details)
Description: It looks like the syntax for query attribute values is inconsistent
throughout the examples presented in the spec.

On page 38:

<bpws:propertyAlias propertyName="tns:taxpayerNumber" 
        messageType="txmsg:taxpayerInfo" part="identification" 
        query="/socialsecnumber"/> 
instead of query="/identification/socialsecnumber"

On page 49:

<bpws:propertyAlias propertyName="cor:customerID" 
        messageType="tns:POMessage" part="PO" 
        query="/PO/CID"/> 
(and similarly the three following propertyAlias elements in the same example)

On page 92:

<bpws:propertyAlias propertyName="tns:shipOrderID" 
        messageType="sns:shippingNoticeMsg" 
        part="shipNotice" 
        query="/ShipNoticeHeader/shipOrderID"/> 
instead of query="/shipNotice/ShipNoticeHeader/shipOrderID" 
(and similarly the four following propertyAlias elements in the same example)

It seems that the example on page 49 is correct and the other ones are wrong.

In fact, sec. 14.3, Assignment, says:

> "For XPath 1.0, the value of the query attribute MUST be an absolute locationPath
> (with '/' meaning the root of the document fragment representing the entire part). 
> It is used to identify the root of a subtree within the document fragment 
> representing the part."
and sec. 8.2, Defining Properties, says: 
> "The interpretation of the message, part, and query attributes is the same as in the 
> corresponding from-spec in copy assignments (see Assignment). 

Links: Ugo Corda, 12 Jul 2003
Changes: 16 Jul 2003 - new issue

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