Issue - R2 - Zero or Negative Duration Values

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Issue - R2 - Zero or Negative Duration Values
Status: received

Date added: 10 Sep 2006

Date submitted: 07 September 2006

Submitter: Dieter Koenig

Description: The XML Schema data type "duration" allows zero or negative values (see http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xmlschema-2-20041028/#duration):
"An optional preceding minus sign ('-') is allowed, to indicate a negative duration".

The WS-BPEL 2.0 specification (public review draft) is silent w.r.t. the behavior if a specified duration has a zero or negative value.

Submitter's proposal: I propose that language is added which specifies that

wait and onAlarm are immediately executed if a specified duration has a zero or negative value

zero or negative values are disallowed for repeatEvery

10.7. Delayed Execution - Wait
Add to the end of the first paragraph: "If a specified duration value is zero or negative then the wait activity completes immediately."

11.5. Selective Event Processing – Pick
Add to the end of the second bullet in the second paragraph: "If a specified duration value is zero or negative then <onAlarm> event occurs immediately. Again, the handling of race conditions is implementation dependent."

12.7.2. Alarm Events
Add after the fourth sentence in the first paragraph: "If the specified duration value is zero or negative then the <onAlarm> event is executed immediately.". Add to the end of the first paragraph: "If the specified duration value is zero or negative then the standard fault bpel:invalidExpressionValue MUST be thrown."

12.7.4.1. Alarm Events
Add to the end of the first paragraph: "If the specified duration value is zero or negative then the standard fault bpel:invalidExpressionValue MUST be thrown."

Changes: 10 Sep 2006 - new issue

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