[Nml-wg] hasService / hasInboundPort

[Freek Dijkstra]

On 13-03-2013 10:39, Roman Łapacz wrote:

>>> - A Port can have a "hasService" relation to a SwitchingService
>>> - A SwitchingService can have a "hasInboundPort" relation to a Port
>>>
>>> Perhaps it would make sense to suggest a preference that one of them
>>> must be there and that the other is optional. The second relation is
>>> slightly more informative, so that is probably better.

> If you state SHOULD NOT then it's better to remove it from the schema.
> It's better to do it now, when NML is not really used by some
> applications, then later.

hasService is used for other relations, including from a (server layer)
Port to an AdaptationService. Removing hasService would require us to
introduce a new relation type for that relation as well. I think we're
too far into the document publication process to make such a change.

Freek