[oslc-core] "One last" change to OSLC Core representations

[Samit Mehta]

Dave,

Sorry for not responding to the various chains of emails on the concern I 
had raised.

Based on some of the discussion, I think that the concern I had raised in 
my original message may have been misinterpreted - Steve Speicher's 
response clarifies what I was proposing.  I'll clarify.

I was not proposing requiring (MUST) a single format in the Core Spec.  My 
suggestion was that the Core Spec guide (or require) the Domain Specs to 
make sure that clients only need to support a single representation for 
EACH scenario.  The language you had proposed used phrases like "OSLC 
domain specifications are expected to...".  I would prefer that this 
language be made stronger.  Steve Speicher suggested using "SHOULD", and I 
am ok with with Core Spec providing softer guidance to Domain Specs 
instead of a hard requirement.

Scott Bosworth's point in his response was that all the Domain 
Specifications are already "requiring" at least one specific 
representation (currently that representation seems to be RDF/XML).  And I 
agree with him that in practice my concern about clients having to support 
mulitple formats are indeed unfounded.  However, I would much rather 
prefer that this was clearly reflected in the Core Spec.  We can't assume 
what specification someone would start reading first.  Frankly, I would 
hope that some folks (especially service consumers) who are wanting to get 
an exposure to the technical direction around OSLC start with the Core 
Specification.  In those cases it would be nice if they immediately got 
the picture that across OSLC we are focused on service consumers having to 
do "less work" in order to support exactly the same scenario with 
mulitiple providers.

My goal with this message was just to clarify my point.  I am convinced 
that in practice we are meeting the goal... I just want to make sure that 
we reflecting that practice in the specification.

I do not want to drag this discussion out any further and I am ok with 
whatever you decide. 

Thanks for considering my feedback,
____________________________________________
Samit Mehta
(512) 323-9350 - Work
mailto:samit.mehta at us.ibm.com
IBM Rational Software - Business Development


oslc-core-bounces at open-services.net wrote on 07/27/2010 10:41:30 AM:

> I believe we have consensus for making this change and the issues that
> have been raised by Samit, Andy and Tack have been sufficiently
> addressed, at least at the Core level.
> 
> I plan to make this last change later today and also to move the Core
> spec and associated pages to their final URLs.
> 
> Thanks,
> - Dave
> 
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