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Subject: RE: [wsia] Marked up requirements doc from F2F


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I think we should at least consider putting a restriction on the character set (or, rather, byte range) used for the handle value, as this may simplify stuff on the Consumer's part, since if the Consumer is stateless it may decide to store the handle in a URL parameter or a form field, and if there's a limitation it might not need to encode the state. However, I would tend to agree with Rich that specifically regarding the handle, it should be treated as an opaque string, and thus even if it is case-insensitive (it might very well be so), the Consumer should not be allowed to make this assumption. Is there anywhere else where case-sensitivity is an issue?
-----Original Message-----
From: Vadhri, Srinivas [mailto:Srinivas.Vadhri@commerceone.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 2:25 PM
To: 'Rich Thompson'; wsia@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: [wsia] Marked up requirements doc from F2F

Let us assume the information in a Handle constitutes a GUID. It constitutes both alpha-numeric characters (again, a Handle is just an example to explain my point - could be any process in the life cycle of a WSIA). The GUID will be higher case and could be lower case - a string in either case should be uniquely same. For e.g.let assume you are passing a parameter "WERTrrr429893484SFGSGGG....", which in a case-insensitive world the parameter has the same value and meaning, and could be different in a case-sensitive world (could even be construed as a totally different parameter by the receving WS application).

There could be numerous other information that are being passed through (at the operational level) - I am not concerned about what is inside the XML/... messages (in the body). The information that is used for processing at a header level in the context of WSIA.

From a WSIA point of view, could this be a requirement?


Srinivas Vadhri

-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Thompson [mailto:richt2@us.ibm.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:49 AM
To: wsia@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: [wsia] Marked up requirements doc from F2F



Are you saying that the value of a Handle must be processed in a case
insensitive manner? If so, why? Conceptually I view a handle as an opaque
remote reference. If a Consumer modifies it in any manner (such as changing
the case), I would view that as a security violation that should cause the
Producer to refuse access to the referenced item.


                                                                                                                     
                      "Vadhri, Srinivas"                                                                             
                      <Srinivas.Vadhri@comme        To:       Charles F Wiecha/Cambridge/IBM@IBMUS,                  
                      rceone.com>                    wsia@lists.oasis-open.org                                       
                                                    cc:                                                              
                      04/30/2002 12:22 PM           Subject:  RE: [wsia] Marked up requirements doc from F2F         
                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                     



All,

I dont know if we had a requirement on case insensitiveness (Upper and
Lower) of the web services applications? If not, I think we should have one
under the General Requirements. For e.g., if we are using the information
in
the Handle, the Consumer or Producer application should process the
information in a case in-sensitive manner.

Srinivas Vadhri



-----Original Message-----
From: Charles F Wiecha [mailto:wiecha@us.ibm.com]
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 2:08 PM
To: wsia@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [wsia] Marked up requirements doc from F2F


Folks -- here's the marked up requirements document from the face to face.
Sorry not to get this out sooner...let's get the edits running on the email
list!

Charlie

(See attached file: WSIA reqs 2002-04-15.doc)

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