6404 2009-01-14 00:07:33 +0000 MEX- define the MEX dialect 2009-04-21 21:29:21 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WS-Resource Access MetadataExchange FPWD PC Windows XP CLOSED REMIND http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ws-resource-access/2009Jan/0012.html hasProposal P2 normal --- 1 dug dug ashok.malhotra bob geoffbu public-ws-resource-access-notifications oldest_to_newest 23050 0 dug 2009-01-14 00:07:33 +0000 The MEX specification doesn't really define what metadata is to be returned when the Dialect value on the GetMetadata operation is set to " http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/mex". It just says its "this specification". I've heard rumors that it means "return everything you can" while the absence of a dialect on the GetMetadata operation means "return whatever you want". This should be cleared up. Proposal: Its not clear to me that we need to have both "everything" and "whatever" options. So my preference is to have the "mex" dialect be the default value (ie. when the Dialect isn't present on the GetMetadata operation) and have it mean "return everything you can". If we really do need to have these two distinct (albeit poorly defined) options - then, aside from defining what the "mex" dialect means, we should also define a new URI to mean "whatever" so that people can be explicit in the GetMetadata request and fill in the Dialect value with a well defined URI that means "whatever". 23092 1 bob 2009-01-14 18:26:57 +0000 *** Bug 6420 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** 23099 2 geoffbu 2009-01-14 23:18:00 +0000 These are the notes from the MEX interop.. For the GetMetadata operation, if the GetMetadata request were to contain the MEX dialect what should a provider return? The specification should clarify this for the GetMetadata operation. Proposed Clarification: • No dialect element = service can choose the Metadata Sections to return • Dialect element with MEX dialect = service should return all Metadata Sections • Dialect element with X dialect = service should return all Metadata Sections with dialect X. 23582 3 dug 2009-02-09 01:49:34 +0000 Proposal: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ws-resource-access/2009Feb/0061.html 24138 4 bob 2009-03-10 19:39:00 +0000 Geoff: No dialect = everything, MEX = those specified in MEX. Dug proposal: no dialect = mex, mex = everything client can see Ashok: Counter proposal - MEX = policy, schems, WSDL, ALL = everything you know. Prohibit nothing. 24176 5 bob 2009-03-11 19:55:37 +0000 Agreement: no dialect == everything that the provider considers important with the ability to optimize dialect="ALL" == all known metadata with ability to optimize one can specify a dialect list on the getmetaadatarequest N.B the dialect "MEX" on a getmetadaterequest shall return no metadata sections