[ogsa-bes-wg] embedding WS-Name in JSDL doc

[Michel Drescher]

+1

On 21 Jul 2005, at 17:26, A S McGough wrote:

> All,
>
> Although I agree that what Karl has shown is valid in terms of the  
> JSDL schema I feel it somewhat goes against the core emphasis of  
> what JSDL sets out to achieve. JSDL set out to define a template  
> job description, embedding instance information within the document  
> therefore goes against the ideal. For instance if a user requests a  
> JSDL document back from a BES Service and then wishes to submit the  
> JSDL to another BES service it would need to strip this element out  
> before proceeding.
>
> If I may go back to the situation and ask why the  ActivityName  
> needs to be embedded in the JSDL? From what I can see it is to deal  
> with the fact that the requester may wish to receive back a number  
> of JSDL documents. Thus the requirement is to associate with each  
> JSDL document the ActivityName for it. This tag however need not be  
> part of the JSDL document itself. For example using the following  
> would be an alternative (and in my view) a cleaner solution.
>
> <bes:JSDLInstance>
>  <bes:ActivityName> ... WS-Name content ... </bes:ActivityName>
>  <jsdl:JobDefinition>
>    ...
>  </jsdl:JobDefinition>
> </bes:JSDLInstance>
>
> steve..
>
> Karl Czajkowski wrote:
>
>
>> As promised on the call, here's a trivial BES spec. feature
>> suggestion, in psuedo-schema format:
>>
>>   <bes:ActivityName>..WS-Name content..</bes:ActivityName>
>>
>> which could be embedded in the JSDL doc in the JobIdentification
>> section for correlation purposes when retrieving JSDL docs from the
>> BES service:
>>
>> <jsdl:JobDefinition>
>>   <jsdl:JobDescription>
>>      <JobIdentification ...>
>>         <bes:ActivityName>..WS-Name content..</bes:ActivityName>
>>      </JobIdentification>
>>      <Application ...>
>>      ...
>>
>> this works because JobIdentification allows zero or more
>> <xsd:any##other/> in its schema, e.g. any element that is defined  
>> in a
>> namespace other than JSDL's namespace.
>>
>> karl
>>
>>
>>
>
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