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Subject: RE: [wsia][wsia-requirements][R602]



While I do think we need to think about how a Consumer can provide enough
information that a Producer could embed action invocations and the like in
binary formats, I think the last sentence needs to be a SHOULD NOT rather
than a MUST NOT as it may not turn out to be feasible once we consider this
for a multi-tiered chain of Producers and Consumer.


                                                                                                                  
                      Eilon Reshef                                                                                
                      <eilon.reshef@webc        To:       "'Alan Kropp'" <akropp@epicentric.com>,                 
                      ollage.com>                wsia@lists.oasis-open.org                                        
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                      05/06/2002 01:06          Subject:  RE: [wsia][wsia-requirements][R602]                     
                      AM                                                                                          
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  



I'll put my 1.5 cents into this discussion, even though I didn't originally
put my name for it :-)

I think that it more than makes sense that we shouldn't ask the Consumer to
parse and modify Flash content, Java applets, or any other binary format.

The question in my mind (regarding the actual intent of this requirement)
is: should the WSIA protocol *permit* some sequence of calls in which a
WSIA Web Service that contains Flash/Java/ActiveX with links or forms would
still work, even though it has user interaction, and even though "smart
look-and-feel customization" (whatever this is) will not be offered.

This point - although seemingly minor - may have significant implications
on the actual protocol with regards to action routing.

If we do decide that binary formats should be supported even at a basic
level, then (at least according to my possibly limited understanding) this
means that we must provide at least some way (not necessarily the
"mainstream" way) for the Consumer to provide enough information to the
Producer (who serves the binary data) so that the binary content is served
in such a way in which all the actions are routed correctly to the
Consumer. This means that the Producer has to take care of it, but it would
make it doable.

We at WebCollage have encountered some cases where people used Flash for
parts of their applications, so it made sense for us to consider it.
However, we need to decide whether this is something that the WSIA
committee as a whole cares about.

Eilon
      -----Original Message-----
      From: Alan Kropp [mailto:akropp@epicentric.com]
      Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 8:41 PM
      To: 'wsia@lists.oasis-open.org'
      Subject: [wsia][wsia-requirements][R602]



      R602 [Flexibility]
                      This specification should support common Presentation

      Formats, which are in use today in Net-enabled applications. In
      particular,
      it should support HTML, XHTML, WML and XML as Presentation Formats.
      It must
      not preclude the use of other presentation formats (Eilon: such as
      Flash,
      GIFs, etc.). Debate on last sentence: AK, CW.


      I think only XML and HTML (due to its ubiquity) markups should be
      supported
      by name, other formats should be considered opaque in the markup
      stream.
      Last sentence should read:


       It must not preclude the use of other presentation formats, although
      these
      (e.g., Flash, GIFs, etc.) shall be considered opaque in the markup
      stream.






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