Re: Two Questions on Extension Components in WSDL 2.0

Ram,

a) -1

We only define inheritance of operations and faults. An extension could 
define new components and inheritence rules for them. I don't  quite 
understand the semantics of inherited attributes.

b) A I recall, we eliminated the extensions from the XML pseudo syntax to 
reduce clutter. [1]

"Pseudo schemas do not include extension points for brevity."

I actually proposed that we formalize the concepts of extension properties 
and components a while ago. However the WG rejected the proposal. I think 
we could have been more precise in general about extensions.

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-wsdl20-20070326/#bnfpseudoschemas
 
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Two Questions on Extension Components in WSDL 2.0






Gurus,
 
Two questions.Please correct me if I am wrong.
 
a) Inheritance of Extension Components
 
Will properties defined as extension attributes/elements be inherited ?
For instance, if the modeler defines an extension attribute 
"sla:responseTime" with a fixed value "500ms" on an interface "INT_1" 
applicable for all operations/faults of that interface, 
would an interface that extends INT_1 inherit this attribute, both on 
inherited and declared operations and faults? 
 
If so,  the statement in section 2.2.1 stating "The interface extension 
mechanism behaves in a similar way for all other components that can be 
defined inside an interface, namely Interface Fault components." 
 
can be re-phrased, to make this more explicit, as
 
"The interface extension mechanism behaves in a similar way for all other 
components that can be defined inside an interface, namely Interface Fault 
components, and any additional extension components added via 
extensibility.
 
b) Extension components mentioned as a standard component property of WSDL 
2.0 components
 
I am sure there is a rationale for this, but I had this question - Why are 
extension components missing in the component properties and the XML 
representation tables for all components? 
The infoset properties always have their mention stating "Zero or more 
namespace-qualified element information items whose [namespace name] is 
NOT "http://www.w3.org/ns/wsdl ". These are missing from the BNF 
pseudo-schemas, and the table that illustrates the "Mapping from XML 
representation to <COMPONENT_NAME> component properties" for all the 
components.
 
regards,
Ram

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