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Subject: RE: [wsbpel] Issue - 87 - Proposal for Vote - Part 1


I guess we disagree on whether it needs to be at the WSDL level as well. 

Satish
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Yaron Y. Goland [mailto:ygoland@bea.com] 
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 1:00 PM
To: Satish Thatte
Cc: Eckenfels. Bernd; wsbpeltc
Subject: Re: [wsbpel] Issue - 87 - Proposal for Vote - Part 1

The extension would be at the BPEL not WSDL level but yes.

Satish Thatte wrote:
> 
> 
> Do you mean we should design a WSDL 1.1 extension for port type
> (input/output) specification that mimics the WSDL 2.0 app data 
> feature, and mandate its use as a part of the BPEL spec?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yaron Y. Goland [mailto:ygoland@bea.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 2:58 PM
> To: Satish Thatte
> Cc: Eckenfels. Bernd; wsbpeltc
> Subject: Re: [wsbpel] Issue - 87 - Proposal for Vote - Part 1
> 
> Given in this case that there is no conflict between the WSDL 2.0 
> feature and WSDL 1.1 why not simply adopt the solution to fix the 
> problem? There is no backwards compatibility issue. WSDL 2.0 simply 
> came up with a solution that applies as well to WSDL 1.1 as it does to 
> WSDL 2.0 so why not avail ourselves of their work?
> 
> Satish Thatte wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  > We all recognize the WSDL 1.1 has flaws and limitations.
>  >
>  > Regarding the app data feature in WSDL 2.0, as you know that is a 
> part  > of the abstract web service interface specification, not magic 
> in the  > binding  > 
> (http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-wsdl20-extensions-20040803/#app-data).
>  > And as you have pointed out, WSDL 2.0 is not backwards compatible 
> with  > WSDL 1.1.  Although many WSDL 2.0 features may be interesting 
> and  > valuable to us, I don't think we can or should emulate WSDL 2.0 
> features  > given our WSDL 1.1 dependency.
>  >
>  > Satish
>  >
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: Yaron Y. Goland [mailto:ygoland@bea.com]  > Sent: Wednesday, 
> October 06, 2004 9:53 AM  > To: Satish Thatte  > Cc: Eckenfels. Bernd; 
> wsbpeltc  > Subject: Re: [wsbpel] Issue - 87 - Proposal for Vote - 
> Part 1  >  > Because there is a flaw in WSDL 1.1 that doesn't allow 
> for optional  > parts. This means that WSDL 1.1 is unable to support 
> scenarios that  > involve:
>  >
>  > Optional Intermediaries (e.g. sometimes an intermediary is on the  
> > message path and sometimes not)  >  > Up-version Clients (Additional 
> SOAP headers are typically used to  > provide for new backwards 
> compatible features)  >  > Even if the optional parts support was 
> added it still wouldn't be  > sufficient as it wouldn't support:
>  >
>  > Query and Log of Unexpected Data (Dynamic filter systems can often 
> take  > advantage of 'unexpected' data. A classic example are the spam 
> headers  > used by systems like SPAM Assassin which mail clients can 
> use even  > without understanding them thanks to filters. Similar 
> issues exist if  > the client needs to log data.)  >  > Semantic Web 
> Scenarios (RDF and OWL allow one to understand data in a  > format 
> that one wasn't expecting by inference with known data. But this  > 
> only works if one can get to the unexpected data. Something WSDL 1.1  
> > can't handle)  >  > This problem was recognized by the WSDL 2.0 
> working group and it is they  > who added the application data feature 
> to work around it. I just adapted  > their work for BPEL.
>  >
>  >         Yaron
>  >
>  > Satish Thatte wrote:
>  >  >
>  >  > If the extra data is binding dependent how can the process logic 
> rely on  >  > it?  Processes should not be binding dependent.  If the 
> data is binding  >  > invariant then why is it not in the abstract 
> port type?  As we said in  >  > the discussion of issue 77, if the 
> port (or message) type is incomplete,  >  > you can add a "shim" port 
> type that will provide what you need.
> It is
>  >  > not BPEL's business to fix your abstract interface for you.
>  >  >
>  >  > *From:* Yaron Y. Goland [mailto:ygoland@bea.com]  >  > *Sent:* 
> Tue 10/5/2004 4:45 PM  >  > *To:* Eckenfels. Bernd  >  > *Cc:* 
> wsbpeltc  >  > *Subject:* Re: [wsbpel] Issue - 87 - Proposal for Vote 
> - Part 1  >  >  >  > In your case issue 87 wouldn't apply because you 
> model the binary data  >  > as a WSDL part.
>  >  >
>  >  > 87 only applies to data that is in a message, is not associated 
> with a  >  > part and that the binding chooses to make available.
>  >  >
>  >  > A classic example of how to use this feature are optional headers. 
> For
>  >  > example, if someone is using SOAP and wants to have an optional 
> SOAP  >  > header they are out of luck because it is impossible to 
> model optional  >  > headers using WSDL message parts and the 
> standardized SOAP/WSDL binding.
>  >  > Parts are always mandatory therefore if a header is optional it 
> cannot  >  > be modeled as a part.
>  >  >
>  >  > A similar problem exists with HTTP and SMTP. Both of those 
> bindings  >  > support optional headers but WSDL isn't currently able 
> to express the  >  > optionality at the part layer.
>  >  >
>  >  > Issue 87 gets around this problem by providing another point at 
> which  >  > one can get access to message information. The non-bound 
> parts of the  >  > message would show up inside of the ApplicationData 
> container. How this  >  > would occur would be binding specific.
>  >  >
>  >  >         Thanks,
>  >  >
>  >  >                 Yaron
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  > Eckenfels. Bernd wrote:
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > Hello Yaron,
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > in our engine we have a similiar extension, which allows us 
> to  > transport  >  >  > binary (attachment) data. However we do this 
> inside the WSDL  > limits, and  >  >  > require a  part to be defined 
> of a special type. Essentially this  > part  >  >  > carries the 
> reference id to the binary attachment. When receiving the  >  >  > id, 
> you are free to assign it to any outgoing mesage, which will  >  >  > 
> automatically attach the binary (in a somewhat lazy fashion).
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > I am not sure if using a element outside the usual WSDL  > 
> possibilities is  >  >  > a good ideas since that is somewaht against 
> the idea of well defined  >  >  > services. Perhaps you have a 
> practical example for your extension?
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>  >  >  > Bernd Eckenfels
>  >  >  > Chief Architect
>  >  >  > --
>  >  >  > SEEBURGER AG - Edisonstr.1 , D-75015 Bretten, Germany  >  >  
> > Fax: +49 (0)7252 96-2400 - Phone: +49 (0)7252 96-1256  >  >  > 
> mailto:b.eckenfels@seeburger.de - http://www.seeburger.de  >  >  >  >  
> >  >  >  >  > -----Original Message-----  >  >  > From: Yaron Y. 
> Goland [mailto:ygoland@bea.com]  >  >  > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 
> 2004 8:36 PM  >  >  > To: wsbpeltc  >  >  > Subject: [wsbpel] Issue - 
> 87 - Proposal for Vote - Part 1  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  > The 
> original proposal for vote contained two parts, one that  > defined 
> the  >  >  > generic mechanism and another that specified language for 
> specific  >  >  > bindings. In order to allow us to make forward 
> progress I am removing  >  >  > the section on specific bindings for 
> this vote and instead just  > focusing  >  >  > on the mechanism. This 
> vote will not close issue 87 as, if it is  > passed,  >  >  > we will 
> still need to decide if we wish to address any binding  > specific  >  
> >  > issues.
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > 14.9 Application Data
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > Application data is data transmitted in a message outside  >  
> >  > of the normal message channel, specifically data in a message 
> that is  >  >  > not bound to a WSDL message part referenced in the 
> portType/operation  >  >  > definition that applies to the sent or 
> received message.
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > To enable BPEL processes to access application data the 
> from-spec is  >  >  > extended to include:
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > <from appDataForMessage="ncname"/>  >  >  >  >  >  > The 
> value of the appDataForMessage attribute MUST be the name of a  > WSDL  
> >  >  > message type variable. The output of this from-spec will 
> always  > follow  >  >  > the schema:
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > <element name="applicationData" type="bpws:tApplicationData">  
> >  >  >  >  >  > <complexType name="tApplicationData">
>  >  >  >      <sequence>
>  >  >  >         <any processContents="lax" minOccurs="0"
>  > maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
>  >  >  >      </sequence>
>  >  >  >      <anyAttribute processContents="lax"/>
>  >  >  > </complexType>
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > The application data will be recorded inside of the  > 
> applicationData XML  >  >  > element.
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > To enable BPEL processes to set application data the to-spec 
> is  > extended  >  >  > to include:
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > <to appDataForMessage="ncname"/>  >  >  >  >  >  > The schema 
> of the data assigned using this to-spec MUST follow the  >  >  > 
> previously defined schema or a bpws:mismatchedAssignmentFailure  > 
> MUST be  >  >  > thrown.
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > When a message is received by the BPEL process any 
> application data  >  >  > associated with the message MUST be made 
> available via the  > application  >  >  > data from-spec. The exact 
> means by which application data is  > retrieved  >  >  > from a 
> message is binding specific and the binding definition has  > final  >  
> >  > say as to what data will appear as application data but in 
> general  > any  >  >  > parts of the incoming message that do not have 
> bindings to  > specific WSDL  >  >  > message parts are considered 
> application data. Similarly when a  > message  >  >  > is sent if any 
> application data has been associated with the message  >  >  > then 
> the application data MUST be sent with the outgoing message  > using  
> >  >  > the rules defined for the particular binding in use.
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > Any application data associated with a WSDL message type 
> variable is  >  >  > replaced with application data from the incoming 
> message, if any,  >  >  > whenever that variable is used to receive a 
> new message.
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > Schema Changes:
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > Add to tFrom:
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > <attribute name="appDataForMessage" type="NCName"/>  >  >  >  
> >  >  > Add to to:
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > <attribute name="appDataForMessage" type="NCName"/>  >  >  >  
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