Re: [Ebxmlrr-tech] Searches for Organizations that implement a given set of service interfaces

[Farrukh S. N. <fa...@we...>]

Oliver Newell wrote:
> Hello -
>
> I have a set of network nodes (radar sensors) that each implement a set 
> of services.  At the moment, I am using the RIM 'Organization' object to 
> contain the information for each node, including all the service 
> information. The services are all described by WSDLs, with separate 
> WSDLs for the service interface information (WSDL <portType>, <binding>) 
> vs the service implementation information (<service>, <port>).
>
> I want to be able to do searches for Organizations that provide services 
> of certain abstract types, like:
>
> 1.  Find all organizations that implement service *interface* A AND  
> service interface B
> 2. Find all organizations that implement service interface A OR service 
> interface B
>
> I am wondering what the right strategy to use for this query is. I see 
> that there is support for 'specification links' in the findOrganization 
> query. I don't see a call to  set the specificationLinks for an 
> organization though - it looks like they are not part of the object. 
>   
Hi Oliver,

SpecificationLinks were a bad idea IMHO in regrep and I take the blame
for it.

To specify that an Org provides a service simply use an Association between
org and service of a new associationType ProviderOf.

HTH.
> Does the findOrganization() query search through the specification links 
> in its child serviceBindings? If so, I can use that, but it looks like I 
> will need to add a specificationLink from each serviceBinding to its 
> service interface WSDL object when I catalog the WSDL in order to make 
> that work (I don't see the WSDL cataloger doing that anywhere at the moment)
>
> Just curious if I am in the ballpark of doing the right thing, or if 
> these queries can already be supported without having to add the 
> specification link....
>
>   


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Regards,
Farrukh

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