Re: [wsrp-interfaces] Custom user profile items

[Subbu Allamaraju <subbu@bea.com>]

I see this stalemate as a lack of consensus between solutions. I suggest 
that we try to reach some consensus between the following:

a. Drop custom user profile items from the spec altogether.

b. Change UserProfile/UserContext types to reflect custom user profile 
items as in Andre's or my proposal.

c. Let implementations use the extension description as in Rich's proposal.

d. Expect that implementations will carry custom user profile items as 
extensions, i.e. leave things as they are.

I'm purposefully narrowing the topic to just user profile items, and 
leave the broader debate on extensions to implementations.

Subbu

Rich Thompson wrote:
> 
> In reflecting on this mornings call, I think Mike is right in that we 
> have not well enough defined the problem we are working on and this is 
> complicating discussing solutions. My summary of the problem statements 
> I have heard is:
>  
>  Richard: The v1 metadata for custom user profiles items is insufficient 
> to locate and understand the items (i.e. reasonably support mapping).
>  Subbu: The v1 spec left where custom user profile items are placed 
> ambiguous.
>  Andre: The protocol should cleanly support user profile schemas defined 
> outside the TC.
> 
> I think Subbu's problem statement is a narrowing of Richard's with a 
> strong indication of a preferred solution. I think Andre's statement is 
> the broadest of the three proposed problem statements. If we can settle 
> on which one(s) of these, if any, we are willing to accept as problems, 
> it should help scope the discussion/solution in a productive manner.
> 
> Rich