Thoughts of Issue 127

[David Snelling <David.Snelling@UK.Fujitsu.com>]

Folks,

Following the call on Monday, which got a bit out of hand - sorry, I 
did a little thinking from both a technical and a process perspective.

First, from a process perspective. The issue as stated in the Public 
Comment has to do with the normative nature of the use of RAP. The 
answer to this in the spec as it stands is clearly YES. I do agree with 
the questioner, who found the current state of both specs leaving 
something to be desired. I also think Ian's proposal more that 
adequately addresses this issue.

Also from a process perspective, there seemed to be a potential new 
issue raised wrt removing the WS-Resource spec from WSRF. Until this is 
proposed formally we should not spend any more time on it. Note there 
are normative statements in WS-Resource as well as conceptual material 
that would need to be duplicated in other specs. I don't think this is 
a good idea.

Second, from a technical perspective. On careful reading, the Public 
Comment on Issue 127 does not re-raise the issue wether a resource 
access pattern is required. However, I felt that it was behind the 
questioner's thinking and so open the email discussion on this aspect. 
I personally feel that WSRF could stand without requiring a resource 
access pattern and optionally compose with WS-Addressing, but the TC 
has already resolved this issue. I will not reopen it. [Although it 
almost happened by accident on Monday :-)]

I suggest that we close down Issue 127 as Ian proposed and get on with 
the other issues at hand, including how we plan to achieve quorum at 
the next F2F.

Talk to you all on the 22nd.

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Take care:

     Dr. David Snelling < David . Snelling . UK . Fujitsu . com >
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