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Subject: [Fwd: Re: [ebxml-bp] BPSS 1.01 XML Schema element referencingwith idand name issue
>Schlegel: Currently I am (re)implementing a bpss 1.01 XML execution engine and >have taken the negotiation bpss as my example bpss (no forks, no joins). > >I just got suspicious why there are two attributes (once with the name >and once with the ID) in an element to reference another element. Having >two attributes to reference or name another element seemed to me like >having one too much. That was the original issue I had. > > mm1: Sacha, could you please take the Draft Work Item process and the list of elements and forward the item with the appropriate text and examples to the list? I will open a Work Item given this discussion. Thanks to everyone that contributed (good to hear from you Martin!). Monica >And according to Martin.Me.Roberts there are reasons for that. I post >his comment here as that did not go to the list: > >-----------------------martin.me.roberts---------------------- >Sacha, > I have not looked at the published schema but I worked on the >Schema for 1.1. The version I have follows the BPSS 1.05 form which was >not to use inherited parts such as BusinessActivity in the schema. > > One of may major concerns about the way 1.1 was handled was that >no adequate technical review of the schema was done and neither JJ or >myself ever got asked to change it or as far as I know no comments were >addressed before publication. > > You point about ID and names is a valid one, which would have >been addressed in any sensible review. I was purely following the BPSS >1.05 method. What we have found with the use of tools such as >Bindstudio is that having ID is a real pain as it make editing the >document out side of the tool almost impossible. Names are esier for us >humans to cope with, ID are better for automatic checking. My respnse >then is that we should have supported an either one or both option which >is not possible to express in XSD speak > >Martin Roberts >xml designer, >BT Exact >e-mail: martin.me.roberts@bt.com >tel: +44(0) 1473 609785 clickdial >fax: +44(0) 1473 609834 >Intranet Site :http://twiki.btlabs.bt.co.uk/twiki >-----------------------martin.me.roberts---------------------- > >
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