Re: [wsrp] PortletDescription clarification

[Subbu Allamaraju <subbu@bea.com>]

Rich Thompson wrote:
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> This is a pair of SHOULD statements:
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> 1. The first one says the Producer ought to try (outside of good 
> reasons) and request items using the names the Consumer has said it can 
> supply. This effectively requests the Producer to do name mapping when 
> it can.

This is somewhat peculiar and inconsistent. In general, producers should 
ask for things that they want, and it is the responsibility of the 
consumer to supply the data, if they can. So, the burden for mapping 
should be on the consumer side. I would like to open a change request to 
drop this requirement, or atleast downgrade the conformance statement to 
a MAY.

> 2. The second one says the Consumer ought to try (outside of good 
> reasons) to supply data items the PortletDescription is requesting. This 
> restricts capricious withholding of data and requests the Consumer to do 
> name mapping when it can.

Got it. Thanks.


Subbu

> 
> The net effect is that either side has the option of conforming to the 
> partner's field names and the spec says they should try and accommodate 
> each other.
> 
> Rich
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> *Subbu Allamaraju <subbu@bea.com>*
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> 05/04/05 10:41 AM
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> WSRP 1.0 has the following text for userProfileItems:
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> •                 userProfileItems: An array of strings that enumerate 
> what portions of
> the UserContext structure the Portlet needs to provide full
> functionality. For the fields this specification defines, the named
> profile items a Portlet uses MUST all come from the “Profile Name”
> column of the table found in section 15. ****Any use of additional
> userProfile items specified as available when the Consumer registered
> SHOULD use the names the Consumer supplied. Any additional items
> specified SHOULD be interpreted by the Consumer as additional items the
> Portlet could use if the Consumer is able to supply the data.****
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> Can someone clarify what the text after **** means? These statements
> seem to place a burden on the producer to use Consumer-supplied names,
> which is quite unnatural for the producer. Shouldn't the burden be
> placed on the consumer instead? These statements also force the producer
> to change the portlet description after registration. One side effect is
> that the producer will be required to maintain different portlet
> description for each producer (even for POPs).
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> Regards,
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> Subbu
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