Issue - R10 - Definition of IMA scope

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Issue - R10 - Definition of IMA scope
Status: received

Date added: 19 Sep 2006

Date submitted: 18 September 2006

Submitter: Alex Yiu

Description: 

I would like to request to open a review issue to improve the ease of understanding of the spec. The discussion was under the 
thread of subject:  "A possible issue concerning the definition of IMA scope" started by Ron Ten-Hove.

If the issue is passed, we would just need to refine some cross-referencing of terms and bookmark.

Submitter's proposal: 

Besides 10.4.1, another relevant part of IMA and message exchange handling is in section 12.2:

12.2. Message Exchange Handling 

When the primary activity and the event handlers of a <scope> complete then all Web service interactions dependent on partner links or message exchanges declared inside of the <scope> need to be completed. An orphaned IMA occurs when an IMA using a partner link or message exchange, declared in the completing <scope> or its descendants, remains open.  .... 

I would suggest to do a brief update in 10.1.4
from:

Further if an open IMA goes out of scope prior to being closed 

to:

Further if an open IMA goes out of scope (known as an orphaned IMA) prior to being closed 

from: 

(see section 12. Scopes for other details of bpel:missingReply).

to:

(see section 12.2 Message Exchange Handling for other details of bpel:missingReply and orphaned IMA).

Links:   Ron Ten-Hove, 23 Aug 2006     
  Danny van der Rijn, 23 Aug 2006     
  Alex Yiu, 23 Aug 2006     
  Monica J. Martin, 23 Aug 2006

Changes: 19 Sep 2006 - new issue

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