11850 2011-01-24 22:50:28 +0000 MEX needs to clarify "empty" response to GetMetadata 2011-09-13 21:31:36 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WS-Resource Access MetadataExchange CR All All CLOSED REMIND P2 normal --- 1 gilbert.pilz public-ws-resource-access-notifications dug public-ws-resource-access-notifications oldest_to_newest 44686 0 gilbert.pilz 2011-01-24 22:50:28 +0000 With respect to the GetMetadata request - given a particular set of metadata (at a service) and a particular set of @Dialect elements and attributes (in a request), it is possible for a GetMetadata request to effectively narrow down the set of returned metadata sections to the empty set - i.e. there is no metadata matching the requester's selection criteria. The spec is silent about what happens in this case. Proposal - add the following sentence to the end of the description of [Body]/mex:GetMetadataResponse/mex:Metadata: "Note, in cases where the requester, through the use of @Content and/or mex:Dialect sub-elements in the GetMetadata request, has excluded all the metadata maintained by the service, this element will be empty." 44989 1 bob 2011-02-01 20:50:48 +0000 resolved as proposed