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Subject: RE: [wsdm] What are we managing: an example



Thanks for the example Igor, this is useful to the discussion. It shows
that, if we forget the architecture level for a minute (which is where most
of our discussions have been) and focus on the practical aspects, #1 and #2
are just as simple for the simple case (only one description of the
endpoint). And in the more advanced case (like the additional WSDL Bryan
sent), #2 makes life a lot easier.

So why make life harder in the complex case if doing so doesn't simplify the
simple case?

Especially since at the architecture level the WS-A definition of endpoint
also points us towards #2.

William

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sedukhin, Igor S [mailto:Igor.Sedukhin@ca.com] 
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 8:42 AM
> To: WSDM TC
> Subject: [wsdm] What are we managing: an example
> 
> 
> Folks,
> 
> For those of you who are struggling though the technical 
> details of the proposals and without arguments attached, here 
> is how ManageableThingIdentification capability information 
> instance would look like in the three cases. Let's try to 
> identify some "thing" actually published on the Internet 
> (from xmethods.com). Note that only essential (absolutely 
> necessary) information is listed.
> 
> The "thing" description: 
> http://services.xmethods.net/soap/urn:xmethods-delayed-quotes.wsdl
> 
> #1:
> targetNamespace: 
> http://www.themindelectric.com/wsdl/net.xmethods.services.stoc
> kquote.StockQuote/
> serviceName: net.xmethods.services.stockquote.StockQuoteService
> endpointName: net.xmethods.services.stockquote.StockQuotePort
> 
> #2:
> bindingTargetNamespace: 
> http://www.themindelectric.com/wsdl/net.xmethods.services.stoc
> kquote.StockQuote/
> bindingName: net.xmethods.services.stockquote.StockQuoteBinding
> address: http://66.28.98.121:9090/soap
> 
> #3:
> address: http://66.28.98.121:9090/soap
> activities:
>  {
> 	{ IN, urn:xmethods-delayed-quotes:getQuote },
> 	{ OUT, urn:xmethods-delayed-quotes:getQuoteResponse }  }
> 
> Note examples of the messages
> IN
> [
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <soap:Envelope
>    xmlns:n="urn:xmethods-delayed-quotes"
>    xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";
>    xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/";
>    xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; 
> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";>
>    <soap:Body 
> soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/";>
>       <n:getQuote>
>          <symbol xsi:type="xs:string">CA</symbol>
>       </n:getQuote>
>    </soap:Body>
> </soap:Envelope>
> ]
> OUT
> [
> <soap:Envelope 
> soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/";
>     xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";
>     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
>     xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";
>     xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/";>
>    <soap:Body>
>       <n:getQuoteResponse xmlns:n="urn:xmethods-delayed-quotes">
>          <Result xsi:type="xsd:float">23.41</Result>
>       </n:getQuoteResponse>
>    </soap:Body>
> </soap:Envelope>
> ]
> 
> -- Igor Sedukhin .. (igor.sedukhin@ca.com)
> -- (631) 342-4325 .. 1 CA Plaza, Islandia, NY 11788
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sedukhin, Igor S 
> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 5:55 PM
> To: VAMBENEPE,WILLIAM (HP-Cupertino,ex1); WSDM TC
> Subject: RE: [wsdm] What are we managing: analysis and proposals
> 
> William,
> 
> 1. is managing the thing as IDENTIFIED by the endpoint 
> description component according to WSDL 2. is managing the 
> thing as IDENTIFIED by the address (URI) and the binding 
> description component according to WSDL 3. is managing the 
> thing as IDENTIFIED by the address (URI), messages (XML 
> payload elements) and exchange patterns (sequences&directionality)
> 
> What did I misinterpret/misrepresented? :)
> 
> My subjective judjement is that #1 is at least good to cover 
> 80% of cases. Take an existing WS development tool or 
> toolkit, deploy a WS on an existing WS platform of your 
> choice, take a look at the WSDL that it generates and see if 
> it is ever different than the case #1. That is my first preference.
> 
> If we are to manage Service Access Points and to properly 
> answer your question [So my question is, what is the benefit 
> or restricting an endpoint to only one description?] then I 
> say it must be #3. It is not very complex, in fact the 
> identification capability is quite simple.
> 
> > The implementation of a binding at an address, as defined by WS-Arch
> 
> According to http://www.w3.org/TR/ws-gloss/#endpoint there is 
> nothing about implementation as defined by WS-Arch. It is an 
> association as defined by a WS-Arch.
> 
> > What you are proposing is to add a constraint that an 
> endpoint can only have one description.
> 
> One description component! Yes, that is my intention and as 
> far as I can tell an intention of at least a few other in the 
> WSDL WG. We have to fix it and reduce the number of 
> variations that people can have using WSDL. It affects 
> everyone, WSDM TC is not the only one struggling through 
> this. When WSDL group started I remember a discussion when 
> all these variations were put on the board and then we 
> started to think how to make it better. It didn't get much 
> better so far because WSDL 1.1 created enough misuse already.
> 
> -- Igor Sedukhin .. (igor.sedukhin@ca.com)
> -- (631) 342-4325 .. 1 CA Plaza, Islandia, NY 11788
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: VAMBENEPE,WILLIAM (HP-Cupertino,ex1) [mailto:vbp@hp.com]
> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 4:38 PM
> To: Sedukhin, Igor S; WSDM TC
> Subject: RE: [wsdm] What are we managing: analysis and proposals
> 
> 
> Hi Igor,
> 
> I copy/pasted out of your PDF so it is easier to discuss. The 
> first two proposals in your summary are as follow, where (1) 
> represents what you proposed at the F2F and (2) 
> (mis-)represents what I proposed:
> 
> > 1. Use 80%/20% rule and manage endpoints as described by 
> WSDL 1.1 port 
> > components. This is how WSs published with existing tools and 
> > platforms are and this is reinforced by changes in WSDL 2.0.
> >
> > 2. Cover a few more cases (e.g. 10% more) by managing 
> > AccessPoint/ProtocolStack/ServiceImplementation <aggregate>s.
> > Define such thing, name it, and identify by address (URI) + WSDL 
> > binding component pair. Note that this does NOT cover 100% 
> cases and 
> > therefore does not solve the problem.
> 
> I completely agree with this part of (1), your proposal: 
> "endpoints as described by WSDL 1.1 port components". WSDL 
> 1.1 port components do indeed describe endpoints. But they do 
> not IDENTIFY endpoints. WSDL is a description language. As I 
> said in my original proposal, both WS-Arch and WSDL 
> consistently define an endpoint as the implementation of a 
> binding at an address. A WSDL port is a description of such 
> an endpoint. Period. What's not clear here?
> 
> What you are proposing is to add a constraint that an 
> endpoint can only have one description. Why? What is the 
> benefit? Being able to construct the resourceID by using XML 
> properties of the port element? You can do this with more 
> than one description, just pick one of the ports and do the 
> same. Your ID wouldn't be guaranteed to be the same if built 
> by two different people anyway because there are different 
> ways to build the ID with the XML properties of a port 
> element. And in any case we all agreed at the F2F that it is 
> bad practice to try to guess how to write the resourceID of 
> someone else. It is an opaque ID and they way you get it is 
> by it being passed to you through references.
> 
> Adding constraints to make things simpler make sense 
> sometimes, but there has to be a benefit otherwise why impose 
> the constraints. I could say that 80% of portType have less 
> than 6 operations but why would I make this a constraint if 
> there is no benefit? So my question is, what is the benefit 
> or restricting an endpoint to only one description? I asked 
> this several times at the F2F and never got an answer.
> 
> In your description of (2), you say it is "managing 
> AccessPoint/ProtocolStack/ServiceImplementation 
> <aggregate>s". Then you challenge us to
> > Define such thing
> 
> The implementation of a binding at an address, as defined by WS-Arch
> 
> > name it
> 
> This is an endpoint but as I said earlier we could name it 
> something else if it help.
> 
> > and identify by address (URI) + WSDL binding component pair
> 
> Actually, identify by an opaque ID like any other resource 
> and then provide some description like the address and the 
> binding. The opaque ID could of course be constructed by 
> using XML properties of a port that describes this endpoint 
> (the QName of the service and the local name of the port).
> 
> Regards,
> 
> William
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sedukhin, Igor S [mailto:Igor.Sedukhin@ca.com]
> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 12:41 PM
> To: WSDM TC
> Subject: [wsdm] What are we managing: analysis and proposals
> 
> 
> <<What to manage for MOWS.pdf>> 
> -- Igor Sedukhin .. (igor.sedukhin@ca.com) 
> -- (631) 342-4325 .. 1 CA Plaza, Islandia, NY 11788 
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