[jsdl-wg] ws-policy specification

[A.S.McGough]

Yes I thought about that but it's still a kind of default value. "If 
it's not there then it's mandatory".

steve..

Andreas Savva wrote:
> One possibility, perhaps an ugly one, is to define Optional so that it 
> can only take one value: 'true'. Then it can appear only if an 
> extension is optional.
>
> A.S.McGough wrote:
>> That structure of Optional="true" would seem to work for backwards 
>> compatibility. Though it would break the statement that in all JSDL 
>> documents there are no defaults. As we'd have to say if Optional is 
>> not defined then Optional="false". Otherwise the "there are no 
>> defaults in JSDL" would allow people to say if its not defined then I 
>> can do what I want - which will probably be to ignore it!
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> steve..
>>
>> Fabio Benedetti wrote:
>>> Following up today discussion on the call about the specification of
>>> optional or mandatory extension to JSDL,
>>> following is the link to the WS-Policy specification
>>>
>>> http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-ws-policy-20061117/
>>>
>>> In section 4.3.1 is described how domain specific policy assertions can
>>> specify if they are optional or mandatory
>>>
>>> Ciao, Fabio
>>>
>>> Fabio Benedetti
>>> STSM SWG/Tivoli Job Scheduling Development
>>> Via Sciangai, 53 00144 Rome
>>> Phone: +39 06596 62433 Fax: +39 06596 62077
>>> eMail: fabio.benedetti at it.ibm.com
>>>
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>>
>>


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