Re: [wsdm] Definition of the identification manageability capability

[John DeCarlo <jdecarlo@mitre.org>]

Sedukhin, Igor S wrote:

> I propose that the following text is incorporated in MUWS and MOWS specs.
>
> "The identification capability allows the provider of manageability to 
> tell what it thinks it is managing. In other words refer/address/point 
> to the resource it thinks it made manageable. The exact way of 
> "referring" conforms to the subject domain of the resource."
>
Igor,

This looks nice, but I have some comments on it.

1.  I feel somewhat strongly that the "identification" be opaque and 
unique and not domain specific.
2.  What you describe is crucial, but it would be nice to be sure that 
it isn't confused with the global MUWS identifier for the resource. 

Thus, I propose the following:

"The identification capability provides the consumer of manageability 
with a [globally] unique identifier for each managed resource the 
provider of manageability thinks it is managing.  This identifier is 
opaque (not decomposable into domain-specific information about the 
resource).  It can be used to compare the answers from different 
providers to see if they are both managing the same resource."

"The managed resource reference capability allows the provider of 
manageability to tell the consumer information about what it thinks it 
is managing. In other words refer/address/point to the resource it 
thinks it made manageable. The exact way of "referring" conforms to the 
subject domain of the resource."

What do you think?

Thanks.

John DeCarlo, The MITRE Corporation, My Views Are My Own