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Subject: RE: [wsia][wsia-requirements][R905 and 601]


Thanks, Rich,

That gives me something to think about. I hadn't considered it from 
that particular viewpoint. I am going to give it some more thought.

Ciao,
Rex

At 1:48 PM -0400 5/22/02, Rich Thompson wrote:
>I think all these levels are appropriate at times:
>
>    - Requirements on the specification: Guidelines for the TC as it writes
>    the spec.
>    - Requirements on Producers & Consumers: Processing models and semantics
>    - Requirements on artifacts: Restrictions on the artifacts that are
>    exchanged as part of the protocol.
>
>Some requirements have implications on all of these levels. This particular
>one places requirements on an artifact (eg. Presentation Fragments), on the
>TC (eg. minimal restrictions on markup types) and Producers/Consumers (eg.
>setting & processing whatever the spec defines as the standard means to
>achieve unique tokens).
>
>
> 
>                                                                                                                  
>                       "Monica 
>Martin"                                                                              
>                       <mmartin@certivo.        To:       "Rex 
>Brooks" <rexb@starbourne.com>, Rich                  
>                       net> 
>Thompson/Watson/IBM@IBMUS, <wsia@lists.oasis-open.org>             
> 
>cc:                                                                 
>                       05/22/2002 01:20         Subject:  RE: 
>[wsia][wsia-requirements][R905 and 601]               
> 
>PM                                                                                           
> 
>                                                                                                                  
> 
>                                                                                                                  
>
>
>
>This gets back to my question today.  Is the use of "specification" to
>mean the WSIA Web Service.  What can a specification do?  Perhaps the
>answer is "Provide the capability for xx to do yy."
>
>Thanks, Rex.
>Monica
>
>              -----Original Message-----
>              From: Rex Brooks
>              Sent: Wed 5/22/2002 11:18 AM
>              To: Rich Thompson; wsia@lists.oasis-open.org
>              Cc:
>              Subject: Re: [wsia][wsia-requirements][R905 and 601]
>
>
>
>              Could we possibly change the construction of our requirements
>so
>that
>              it is the Specification which MUST, MUST NOT provide, preclude
>etc?
>
>              When we say Presentation Fragments MUST be capable.... what we
>are
>              saying is that the Presentation Fragment MUST be thus or such,
>when
>              what we mean is that the Specification MUST make it so that
>the
>              Presentation Fragment can be capable... We all know what we
>mean, but
>              it bothers me a little that our thinking seems to need to take
>a
>              rather, hmmmn (insert a PC term here) transposed form.
>
>              Sorry. It's nitpicky, but clarity isn't easy.
>
>              Ciao,
>              Rex
>              At 10:02 AM -0400 5/22/02, Rich Thompson wrote:
>              >Couple of points:
>              >- Thomas has pointed out in an initial WSRP pass through this
>document that
>              >we will fail if multiple presentation fragments can not be
>combined into a
>              >single page ... therefore change to MUST.
>              >- There is also an intent to keep restrictions to the minimum
>and a note
>              >that they will be type specific.
>              >
>              >Suggest rewording to:
>              >
>              >    Different Presentation Fragments MUST be capable of being
>combined in
>              >    a single document. This MAY require specification of
>restrictions
>              >    specific
>              >    to various markup types or Presentation Fragments, but
>any
>such
>              >    specification
>              >    of restrictions MUST be minimized.  If a markup type
>(such
>as HTML)
>              >    mandates
>              >    uniqueness of tokens in a single document, a page SHOULD
>be
>composed in
>              >    a
>              >    way that guarantees uniqueness. In particular, multiple
>Presentation
>              >    Fragments
>              >    generated by the same Producer SHOULD be capable of being
>combined.
>              >
>              >
>              >
>              >
>              >
>>                        Monica
>              >Martin
>>                        <mmartin@certivo.        To:       Rich
>              >Thompson/Watson/IBM@IBMUS, wsia@lists.oasis-open.org
>              >                       net>
>              >cc:
>>                                                 Subject:  WSIA
>              >5/21/2002: [wsia][wsia-requirements][R905 and 601]
>              >                       05/21/2002
>              >08:43
>>
>              >PM
>>
>              >
>>
>              >
>>
>              >
>              >
>              >Several ideas:
>              >
>              >Composition of presentation fragments onto a page
>              >
>              >Composition of different presentation fragments onto a page
>              >
>              >Composition of different presentation fragments generated by
>a
>producer
>              >(May be the same as above)
>              >
>              >Restrictiions on presentation fragments (or markup types)
>              >
>              >Guarantee uniqueness of tokens in a single document defined
>by
>the
>              >presentation format
>              >
>              >
>              >
>              >
>              >
>              >E905 and E601
>              >
>              >Notes: [mm1: Namespace entity rewriting Javascript; Consumer
>with
>              >multiple Producers? Need justification. Include with
>presentation
>              >fragments (Consumer passes Producer a key).]
>              >
>              >
>              >
>              >Suggested text:
>              >
>              >Different Presentation Fragments SHOULD be capable of being
>combined in
>              >a single document. Restructions MAY be specified on markup
>types or
>              >Presentation Fragments.  In particular, if a presentation
>format (such
>              >as HTML) mandate uniqueness of tokens in a single document, a
>page
>              >SHOULD be composed in a way that guarantees uniqueness. In
>particular,
>              >Presentation Fragments generated by the same Producer SHOULD
>be
>capable
>              >of being composed.
>              >
>              >
>              >
>              >Comments and arrows welcome.
>              >
>              >Thanks.
>              >Monica J. Martin
>              >
>              >Program Manager
>              >
>              >Drake Certivo, Inc.
>              >
>              >208.585.5946
>              >
>              >
>              >
>              >              -----Original Message-----
>              >              From: Rich Thompson
>              >              Sent: Fri 5/17/2002 1:33 PM
>              >              To: wsia@lists.oasis-open.org
>              >              Cc:
>              >              Subject: [wsia][wsia-requirements][R130]
>              >
>              >
>              >
>              >              Here are the modified requiremetns documents
>....
>the 'a'
>              >version
>              >is prior
>              >              to accepting changes and rearranging the
>requirements by
>              >functional
>              >              categories. In addition to those changes, the
>'b'
>version has
>              >consistent
>              >              capitalization of words like 'MUST' and
>Consumer.
>I also noted
>              >and
>              >              implemented the global change of 'property' to
>'context data'.
>              >
>              >              (See attached file: WSIA reqs
>2002-05-17a.doc)(See attached
>              >file: WSIA reqs
>              >              2002-05-17b.doc)
>              >
>              >              Requirements still needing attention include:
>              >                    R201
>              >                    R203
>              >                    R130
>              >                    Overlap between R601 & E905
>              >                    Overlap between R702 & E904
>              >                    Monica's recent email:
>              >                       WSIA Web Services SHOULD provide the
>capability for
>              >those
>              >                       Presentation
>              >                       Fragments, returned by the Producer,
>can
>be requested
>              >and relayed
>              >                       through the Consumer.
>              >                       WSIA Web Service SHOULD provide the
>capability for
>              >Presentation
>              >                       Fragments to reference end-user
>requests
>for external
>              >resources.
>              >
>              >
>              >
>              >
>
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