WSDL 2.0 Language Versus Processor
by David Booth

Table of contents

• WSDL 2.0 Language Versus Processor
• Outline
• Suggestions
• Why Separate Language from Processor?
• Kinds of WSDL Processors
• Reasons for Defining Conformant Processor
• Where should conformant processor be defined?
• WSD as a Set of Assertions
• Open World Assumption (OWA)
• OWA Example 1: Message Types
• OWA Example 2: MEPs
• Monotonicity
• Mandatory extensions
• Suggested Changes to Section 6.1.1 Mandatory extensions (1 of 3)
• Suggested Changes to Section 6.1.1 Mandatory extensions (2 of 3)
• Suggested Changes to Section 6.1.1 Mandatory extensions (3 of 3)
• Optional Extensions
• Example 3: Optional Whiz-Bang Protocol
• Optional Extensions and WSDL 2.0 Processors
• The Meaning of a WSD
• Testing
• Suggestions
• END
• Logical WSDL Document
• Lack of Interop
• Disagreement about choice of WSD/endpoint
• Disagreement about meaning of WSD/endpoint ("Agent interop")
• Disagreement about application semantics
• WSDL Processor Substitutability
• Interop Benefits of Processor Substitutability