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[Tim Hudson]

On 5/09/2012 4:25 AM, Bruce Rich wrote: Tim, The spec does not use the term value in either Register or Get, so I would not want to introduce a new term now.  However, the spec does list the attributes applicable to objects created using the Template.  So my amended proposal is now I still think you are basically not resolving the confusion with that approach. Get should return something from Section 2.2 of the specification and in fact if you read it that is what it currently states. This operation requests that the server returns the Managed Object specified by its Unique Identifier . And what is Section 2.2 - Managed Object . That is about as well defined as you can get in terms of the specification. Get should not be interpreting parts of a Managed Object to return or handling anything on an object type specific basis. Where the confusion exists is that you provide attributes in the Template when registering and attributes in the template attribute list and only the attributes in the Template (the managed object) itself should be returned. The whole area of mess is actually in section 2.2.6 and not elsewhere. Whatever a user places in the Template managed object in the Register is what SHALL be returned by the Get. That is clear, simple, and what the current specification states. The specification is unclear on what you are meant to do with attributes provided in the template attribute list in a Register and whether or not it is reasonable to include attributes for the template as distinct from attributes that the template provides to objects that reference it in the template itself. That's what we need to sort out. Tim.