Issue - R24 - Externally referenced locally-scoped partnerLinks

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Issue - R24 - Externally referenced locally-scoped partnerLinks
Status: received

Date added: 17 Oct 2006

Origin: Public comment - Jim Clunes, 16 October 2006

Date submitted: 17 October 2006

Description: Is there a standard way to refer to a locally-scoped partnerLink from 
outside the process? My reading of the specification is that partnerLink 
names need only be unique within the scope that they are defined, not 
necessarily unique to the entire process.

However, the last sentence of section 6.2 says:

The initial binding information of a <partnerLink> can be set as a part of 
business process deployment, regardless of whether it is declared on the 
<process> or <scope> element level.

What identifier should deployment descriptors use to reference these 
locally-scoped partnerLinks for the purpose of initializePartnerRole?

Changes: 17 Oct 2006 - new issue

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