10785 2010-09-27 19:01:44 +0000 MEX: PutMetadata is ambiguous on request with references 2011-01-11 22:03:01 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WS-Resource Access MetadataExchange LC PC Windows XP CLOSED REMIND P2 normal --- 1 dug public-ws-resource-access-notifications public-ws-resource-access-notifications oldest_to_newest 39609 0 dug 2010-09-27 19:01:44 +0000 In MEX PutMetadata it says: ---- [Body]/mex:PutMetadata/mex:Metadata ... If a MetadataSection child contains a MetadataReference or MetadataLocation instead of the metadata in-lined, the endpoint MAY reject the PutMetadata request with an mex:UnsupportedMetadata fault. ---- The spec is clear on what to do if the service doesn't like the references, and to me, this implies that if it does like the references it will place use those references when someone asks for the metadata. In other words, the service is not supposed to follow those refs, grab the data so that it can return the metadata inlined in a future getMetadata request. Instead it should return these refs. However, this isn't spelled out - as it current stands someone might interpret the spec to imply that the service is supposed to follow those refs. High Level Proposal: Add text clarifying that a service is not to follow the refs, rather treat this PutMetadata operation as a way to update the references the service is storing. 39797 1 bob 2010-09-28 19:45:19 +0000 Resolved as proposed