[OGSA-BES-WG] [ogsa-hpcp-wg] wsdl/xsd modifications for BES v26

Christopher Smith csmith at platform.com
Fri Sep 29 15:14:08 CDT 2006


Hey Rich,

The schema still imports the s12 envelope schema ... should that be removed?

The WSDL still references s12:Fault in CreateActivityResponseType. Is this
intentional?

-- Chris


On 29/9/06 12:59, "Richard Ciapala" <richci at microsoft.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> At this AM's SC06 interop demo conf call, we decided to change the response
> messages that use the s12:Fault type to xsd:anyType as a interim solution so
> we can proceed with the interop testing. Glenn had sent a separate email out
> regarding this issue earlier in the week. We also need to discuss a longer
> term solution within the context of the BES working group.
> 
> I attached the updated bes-factory.xsd so Peter's WSDL + this XSD (derived
> from Peter's) are the latest versions for the demo at this time.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ogsa-hpcp-wg-bounces at ogf.org [mailto:ogsa-hpcp-wg-bounces at ogf.org] On
> Behalf Of Peter Lane
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 8:05 PM
> To: Glenn Wasson
> Cc: ogsa-hpcp-wg at ggf.org; ogsa-bes-wg at ogf.org
> Subject: Re: [ogsa-hpcp-wg] wsdl/xsd modifications for BES v26
> 
> On Sep 28, 2006, at 10:22 AM, Glenn Wasson wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>>       As part of the HPC Profile interop work, I have been trying to
>> process the BES v26 WSDL through my tooling (Microsoft's wsdl.exe).
>> I have
>> found a number of problems with the BES-Factory wsdl and xsd that
>> appears in the appendix of the BES document. Some of these issues are
>> simple typos and some require re-formulations of the wsdl/xsd in order
>> to work with the tooling. I have attached modified versions of both
>> the wsdl and xsd for bes-factory and, below, I have provided a summary
>> of the changes. I contend that these changes (apart from fixing typos)
>> don't actually change the defined interface/data types - they are
>> merely an alternate way of expressing the same ideas using wsdl/xsd
>> that (at least my) tooling can handle.
>> 
>> I am interested in:
>> a) comments on this reformulation
>> b) whether anyone else, who is using different tools, has had similar
>> (or
>>    different) issues with the wsdl/xsd in the BES v26 appendix
>> c) whether anyone using different tools encounters issues processing
>> the
>>    attached wsdl/xsd
>> d) whether people participating in the HPCP interop work are willing
>> to use
>>    the attached wsdl/xsd
>> 
>> Glenn
>> 
>> 
>> Summary of changes:
>> 1. bes-factory wsdl (appendix E) and bes-factory xsd (appendix B) both
>> have
>> 
>>    <xsd:schema> elements with the same target namespace
>>      - moved schema types from bes-factory.wsdl to bes-factory.xsd
> 
> I disagree with this change. Unless we think someone will need to import the
> message types, they aren't relevant anywhere except within the WSDL and should
> remain there.
> 
>>      - changed <schema> element in bes-factory.wsdl to only import
>> bes-
>>        factory.xsd (other imports seemed to create problems because
>> the same
>> 
>>        schemas were also imported in the bes-factory.xsd file)
>>      - changed target namespace of <xsd:schema> element in bes-
>> factory.wsdl
>>        to http://schemas.ggf.org/bes/2006/08/bes-factory/WSDL
>> (added the
>>        /WSDL)
>>      - This doesn't effect anything since no types are defined in the
>> bes-
>>        factory.wsdl's <xsd:schema>, but was necessary to prevent the
>>        namespace collision
> 
> This should be an xsd:include, then, not an xsd:import:
> 
> <xsd:include schemaLocation="bes-factory.xsd"/>
> 
> No need to hack a namespace into the WSDL's schema section...
> 
>> 2. the operation "ResponseType" elements are multiply defined
>>      - both the wsdl and xsd define <xsd:element>s for, for example,
>>        CreateActivityResponse (the definitions differ only in the name
>> of an
>> 
>>        outer element wrapper)
>>      - kept the definition with the outer element wrapper around the
>> type
>>        (i.e. <Response> as the outer element)
> 
> The types weren't the same at all. One set was the single-activity type which
> is then referenced in the multi-activity type that is actually used in the BES
> factory operation messages.
> 
>>      - moved this definition to bes-factory.xsd and simply reference
>> it from
>> 
>>        bes-factory.wsdl
>> 3. typos in the types of the response elements for several operations
>>      - GetActivityStatusesResponse, TerminateActivitiesResponse,
>>        GetActivityDocumentsResponse should be of types
>>        GetActivityStatusesResponseType,
>> TerminateActivitiesResponseType,
>>        GetActivityDocumentsResponseType respectively 4. added
>> minOccurs and maxOccurs to the GetAttributesDocument related
>>    classes
>>      - spec seems undecided here
> 
> I fixed the things I commented on above and am attaching new versions of these
> two files. I've also validated them with the GT tooling.
> 
> Peter
> 
>> 
>> <bes-factory.xsd>
>> <bes-factory.wsdl>
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