[provision] SPML Conformance Matrix

In advance of official minutes from this week’s PSTC
f2f, I wanted to briefly re-visit our last item of business.  Those of you
who attended, will not doubt recall the active debate on conformance that
resulted in the below text for the conformance section of the specification. 
Having read through this again, I am now of the opinion that it does not make
sense to have an “optional must implement one of” policy for the RA
and PS that excludes SearchRequest.  Consensus was that searchRequest
should be optional for all parties, so if I optionally choose to implement
that, why would it not be my “one in the bag” so to speak and count
towards the compliance of my RA/PST?  The same should therefore apply to ExtendedRequest. 
In essence we are saying “look, if you implement an RA or PSP you have to
support at least one request types and do this in a basic BatchRequest envelope,
otherwise what are you doing…”.  

 

So, I would like you
to consider the second table/section below as a minor amendment (which does makes
the table look much nicer ;-) and propose we vote on this on Monday
con-call.

10.Conformance
tables (as defined in last order of business)

This section lists those portions of the specification that MUST be
included in an implementation of an SPML client or an SPML service that claims
to conform with SPML v1.0.

 

Note: "M" means mandatory to implement.  "O"
means optional to implement. “O* means optional to implement but must implement 
one of either AddRequest, ModifyRequest or DeleteRequest . 
“NA” means does not apply. 

 

The implementation MUST support ALL those schema elements that are
marked “M” and MUST support one of either AddRequest, ModifyRequest
or DeleteRequests in the columns marked “O*”

 

 

 

  
  
Element name

  
  
  
RA

  

  

  
  
  
PSP Server

  
  
  
PSP

  Client

  
  
  
PST

  

  

  
 

 

  
  
spml:AddRequest

  
  
  
O*

  
  
  
M

  
  
  
O*

  
  
  
O*

  
 

 

  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
 

 

  
  
spml:ModifyRequest

  
  
  
O*

  
  
  
M

  
  
  
O*

  
  
  
O*

  
 

 

  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
 

 

  
  
spml:DeleteRequest

  
  
  
O*

  
  
  
M

  
  
  
O*

  
  
  
O*

  
 

 

  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
 

 

  
  
spml:SearchRequest

  
  
  
O

  
  
  
O

  
  
  
O

  
  
  
O

  
 

 

  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
 

 

  
  
spml:ExtendedRequest

  
  
  
O

  
  
  
O

  
  
  
O

  
  
  
O

  
 

 

  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
 

 

  
  
Support for the synchronous SPML operations model
  (requires support for spml:BatchRequest)

  
  
  
M

  
  
  
M

  
  
  
M

  
  
  
M

  
 

 

  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
 

 

  
  
Support for the asynchronous SPML operations model
  (requires support for spml:BatchStatus and spml:BatchCancel)

  
  
  
O

  
  
  
O

  
  
  
O

  
  
  
O

  
 

 

  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
 

 

  
  
Provide an spml:Schema compliant definition of all published
  services  

  
  
  
NA

  
  
  
M

  
  
  
NA

  
  
  
M

  
 

 

  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
 

 

  
  
Support the spml:SchemaRequest operation for all
  published service

  
  
  
O

  
  
  
O

  
  
  
O

  
  
  
O

  
 

 

 

 

11.Conformance tables
(New DR slight amendment ;-)

This section lists those portions of the specification that MUST be
included in an implementation of an SPML client or an SPML service that claims
to conform with SPML v1.0.

 

Note: "M" means mandatory to implement.  "O"
means optional to implement. “O* means optional to implement but must
implement one of either AddRequest, ModifyRequest, DeleteRequest, SearchRequest
or ExtendedRequest.  “NA” means does not apply. 

 

The implementation MUST support ALL those schema elements that are
marked “M” and MUST support one of either AddRequest AddRequest, ModifyRequest,
DeleteRequest, SearchRequest or ExtendedRequest in the columns marked
“O*”

 

 

 

  
  
Element name

  
  
  
RA

  

  

  
  
  
PSP Server

  
  
  
PSP

  Client

  
  
  
PST

  

  

  
 

 

  
  
spml:AddRequest

  
  
  
O*

  
  
  
M

  
  
  
O*

  
  
  
O*

  
 

 

  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
 

 

  
  
spml:ModifyRequest

  
  
  
O*

  
  
  
M

  
  
  
O*

  
  
  
O*

  
 

 

  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
 

 

  
  
spml:DeleteRequest

  
  
  
O*

  
  
  
M

  
  
  
O*

  
  
  
O*

  
 

 

  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
 

 

  
  
spml:SearchRequest

  
  
  
O*

  
  
  
O*

  
  
  
O*

  
  
  
O*

  
 

 

  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
 

 

  
  
spml:ExtendedRequest

  
  
  
O*

  
  
  
O*

  
  
  
O*

  
  
  
O*

  
 

 

  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
 

 

  
  
Support for the synchronous SPML operations model
  (requires support for spml:BatchRequest)

  
  
  
M

  
  
  
M

  
  
  
M

  
  
  
M

  
 

 

  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
 

 

  
  
Support for the asynchronous SPML operations model
  (requires support for spml:BatchStatus and spml:BatchCancel)

  
  
  
O

  
  
  
O

  
  
  
O

  
  
  
O

  
 

 

  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
 

 

  
  
Provide an spml:Schema compliant definition of all published
  services  

  
  
  
NA

  
  
  
M

  
  
  
NA

  
  
  
M

  
 

 

  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
  
  
 

  
 

 

  
  
Support the spml:SchemaRequest operation for all
  published service

  
  
  
O

  
  
  
O

  
  
  
O

  
  
  
O

  
 

 

 

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