Both
proposals cause me to worry. I know I'm no where near enough of an expert in the
XML infomodel and XPATH's abstract model to be sure of the total consequences of
our actions. But given that XQUERY is coming and is likely to be a huge hit I
would hate to see us choose an option that cuts us off from the future, which
the XPATH proposal appears to do. Basically I'm +1ing Tony Andrew's
comment.
-----Original Message-----
From: Danny van der Rijn
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Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:55
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Subject: [wsbpel] Issue
- 11 Your opinion requested
At the conference call this morning, I presented
issue 11 as it has progressed so far. The current state is that there
are 2 proposals on the table, both of which are equivalent in terms of what
they accomplish, but we don't need both of them. The desire is that we
get some feedback from the TC as to which avenue to pursue, so that we can
flush out one of them, and present it to the TC for a vote. Links to the
issues are below. If you have any opinon at all, please respond to this
mail with AT LEAST +A/-A +B/-B so we can gauge reactions to the
proposals. If you want to share reasons for your opinion, that is
welcome, too. Note that you should take these proposals as
partially-baked. We plan to refine the "winning" proposal into one that
is spec-worthy.
On the call and in email since the summaries were
posted, there has been some discussion. I have linked the email point
here, and I hope that those who expressed support for either option (I believe
it was just Yaron, but I could be wrong) will repeat them in email for
posterity. Unfortunately, Chris Keller was not on the call at the time
of discussion, and I was unable to present his proposal with the clarity that
he would have, so the discussion may have been skewed in favor of my
proposal. If that occurred, it was certainly not my intention to bias
the discussion.
The hope is that we will get a sense of direction by the next conference
call, and failing that, at the September face to face. Putting the issue
to a Kavi ballot for a sense of direction was also raised (by Monica Martin?),
since that would force those who cared to state their opinion.
Issue
presentation and Proposal A: Author Danny van der Rijn: Add BPEL
elements
Tony
Andrew's "+A" mail
Proposal
B: Author Chris Keller: Add XPath Functions
