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Bug 8172 - Eventing: ED@name MUST be unique
Summary: Eventing: ED@name MUST be unique
Status: CLOSED REMIND
Alias: None
Product: WS-Resource Access
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Eventing (show other bugs)
Version: FPWD
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Doug Davis
QA Contact: notifications mailing list for WS Resource Access
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Reported: 2009-11-03 22:31 UTC by Doug Davis
Modified: 2009-12-08 22:19 UTC (History)
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Description Doug Davis 2009-11-03 22:31:34 UTC 
Appendix A says:
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/wse:EventDescriptions/wse:eventType/@name

    This attribute provides a unique name for this Event Type amongst all the Event Types defined by the enclosing wse:EventDescriptions element. In conjunction with a Prefix that is associated with the value of /wse:EventDescriptions/@targetNamespace namespace URI, the value of this attribute MAY be used as the LocalPart of a QName that identifies this Event Type outside the context of the enclosing wse:EventDescriptions element. 
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While it implies it, it doesn't actually say that @name MUST be unique.

Proposal:
Modify the first sentence to say:

This attribute provides a name for this Event Type and MUST be unique amongst
all the ...
Comment 1 Robert Freund 2009-11-06 23:18:39 UTC 
Appendix A says:
--
/wse:EventDescriptions/wse:eventType/@name

    This attribute provides a unique name for this Event Type amongst all the
Event Types defined by the enclosing wse:EventDescriptions element. In
conjunction with a Prefix that is associated with the value of
/wse:EventDescriptions/@targetNamespace namespace URI, the value of this
attribute MAY be used as the LocalPart of a QName that identifies this Event
Type outside the context of the enclosing wse:EventDescriptions element. 
--

While it implies it, it doesn't actually say that @name MUST be unique.

Proposal:
Modify the first sentence to say:

This attribute provides a name for this Event Type which MUST be unique amongst
all the ...
Comment 2 Robert Freund 2009-11-06 23:19:02 UTC 
resolved with comment #1