[NEW ISSUE] Conformance statement SBPEL3021 is inappropriate andunnecessary

Raiser:        
       Mike Edwards

Target:        
       sca-bpel-1.1-spec-cd02.pdf

Description:

Normative statement SBPEL3021 reads:

[SBPEL3021] An SCA extension attribute
sca-bpel:requires MAY be used to declare required policy intents on a partner
link.

First, the MAY is invalid, since it
is required that an SCA runtime supports the sca-bpel:requires attribute.
 The MAY here actually

is talking about the option that a BPEL
process writer has to express policy intents using that attribute.

Second, the mandatory conformance aspects
of the sca-bpel:requires attribute are defined in SBPEL3022 and SBPEL3023,

making SBPEL3021 redundant.

Proposal:

Remove the normative statement SBPEL3021
and the following sentences in the same paragraph and replace it with the
following text:

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The sca-bpel:requires attribute on a
partnerLink is available for BPEL process designers to associate SCA abstract
policy intents

with a partnerLink element.  Policy
intents specified on a partnerLink element using the sca-bpel:requires
attribute become part

of the componentType of the BPEL process,
appearing as the content of a @requires attribute on either a <service/>
or a 

<reference/> element in the componentType,
depending on whether the partnerLink is used as a service or as a reference.

The form of the sca-bpel:requires attribute
is as follows:

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This proposal also means the removal
of the corresponding Test Assertion from the TestAssertions document for
BPEL.

Yours,  Mike.

Strategist - Emerging Technologies, SCA & SDO.

Co Chair OASIS SCA Assembly TC.

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