Hi Pete,
I agree that your alternative 2 (add service names to operation names in a
single PWG namespace) is much better.
Cheers,
- Ira
On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Zehler, Peter <Peter.Zehler at xerox.com> wrote:
> All,
>>>> I have come across a small issue in some of my prototyping of Scan, Print
> and Resource when trying to co-locate them on a single port. The issue is a
> result of moving to a single namespace for all of the MFD. In a SOAP
> binding using document/literal encoding, messages are dispatched using the
> SoapAction or the message name in the body of the request. The implication
> here is that all operations across the MFD services must have a unique name
> or they need to be differentiated by namespace. Differentiating service
> operations by namespace changes the fully qualified name of the operations.
>>>> We have common administrative operations such as Pause and Resume. We also
> have some common service specific operations such as CreateJob that share a
> name but differ in the contents of the parameters.
>>>> Possible solutions:
>> 1) Change back to multiple namespace approach putting each service in
> its own namespace.
>> 2) Modify the operation names to include the name of the service in
> all operations.
>>>> Proposed solution:
>> I prefer alternative 2. Alternative 1 will cause some extensibility point
> issues and complicates the structure of the WSDL and schemas. There is some
> mapping that needs to be done with solution 2 and deployed Web Services
> (e.g. WS-Scan). I see no problem with that since a mapping is required
> even if the unqualified operation names are aligned. The mapping required
> is trivial.
>>>> If there is no objection, I will make the change before moving to PWG wide
> Last Call. If anyone wishes to discuss this at a teleconference I can delay
> sending the document for PWG wide Last Call. Please send me a note this
> week if you to discuss this further.
>>>> Comments?
>>>> Pete
>>>> Peter Zehler
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