[nm-wg] What should we do in Berlin?

[Eric Boyd <eboyd@internet2.edu>]

At the last NMWG sub-group, we agreed on the following action items:

A) Mark & Paul will rework the Request schema to use Dan's "relaxed"
format. They will partition that schema along the lines of the way
that Dan partitioned the response schema, with an eye towards sharing
common bits.

B) Dan, Martin, & Eric will write a requirements document for the
Response schema to match the format of the Request schema document.
The plan is to meet on the phone again in late February after those
items are done for an update on progress and to begin squaring
incompatibilities between the two. (For example, there are implicit
demands on the response schema in the request schema requirements
document.)

I'd like to propose for Berlin in March the following agenda items:

1) Review request schema requirements and proposed schema.

2) Review response schema requirements and proposed schema.

3) Analyze the two schemas in combination for incompatibilities and
resolve.

4) Begin work on the "development guide".

By point 4, I am referring to something that came up during the last
call. In brief, the schema representation can only represent what's
optional and what's not. It can't link the relationship between the
two, e.g. if this fragment of XML schema comes in, then this is how
you decide what response to give. This may lead to requirements for
intermediate schemas as well.

Comments? Suggestions?

--Eric

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