[OASIS Issue Tracker] (ODATA-674) Specify navigation property binding combined with containment

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Ralf Handl updated ODATA-674:
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    Environment: Proposed  (was: [Proposed])

> Specify navigation property binding combined with containment
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: ODATA-674
>                 URL: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/ODATA-674
>             Project: OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData) TC
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Implementing OData, OData CSDL
>    Affects Versions: V4.0_OS
>         Environment: Proposed
>            Reporter: Ralf Handl
>            Assignee: Ralf Handl
>              Labels: Gap, request_tc_discussion
>             Fix For: V4.01_WD01
>
>
> This combination is not explicitly covered in the specification.
> There are two sides to this problem: 
> - target entity sets for contained entities
> - contained entity sets as target entity sets
> The first problem can be solved by allowing <NavigationPropertyBinding> elements as children of <NavigationProperty> elements that specify ContainsTarget="true": 
>   <NavigationProperty Name="Items" Type="Collection(Model.OrderItem)" ContainsTarget="true">
>     <NavigationPropertyBinding Path="Product" Target="Model.Container/Products"/>
>   </NavigationProperty>
> The second problem is trickier: assume an Order contains Items and Shipments, and an Item refers to a single Shipment of the same Order and vice versa. Using paths that start at the type defining the containment navigation property, the Target would be "Shipments" and "Items".
> <EntityType Name="Order">
>   <NavigationProperty Name="Items" Type="Collection(Model.OrderItem)" ContainsTarget="true">
>     <NavigationPropertyBinding Path="Shipment" Target="Shipments"/>
>   </NavigationProperty>
>   <NavigationProperty Name="Shipments" Type="Collection(Model.Shipment)" ContainsTarget="true">
>     <NavigationPropertyBinding Path="ShippedItems" Target="Items"/>
>   </NavigationProperty>
> </EntityType>
> <EntityType Name="OrderItem">
>   <NavigationProperty Name="Shipment" Type="Model.Shipment" Partner="ShippedItems"/>
> </EntityType>
> Slightly more complicated: Region contains SalesPeople and Customers, Customer has SalesRep that is a sales person from the same region. A Target can only be specified if Customer has an upward navigation to the containing Region: Target="Region/SalesPeople".
> So target paths are either relative and start with a sibling of the parent (navigation property within the same type, entity set within the same container) or absolute and start with a qualified schema name.



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