Hi Ian. The excerpt you quote is out of the section that is giving guidance to the consumer on how they should use the Compact representation information to form the hyperlink (and potentially a hover) to be displayed to the end user. The section suggests that rather than forming the hyperlink text from local data, the consumer can use the dc:title, dc:name, or oslc:icon values from the Compact representation, which are presumed to have "better" information about the referenced resource. The excerpted text talks about using these properties "to improve and replace the default link display" and does not reference anything about updating a persisted representation of the resource.
Is there a wording choice that is throwing you off here? Suggestions as to how to improve that wording? Thanks...Scott Scott Bosworth | IBM Rational CTO Team | [email protected] | 919.486.2197 (w) | 919.244.3387(m) | 919.254.5271(f) [email protected] wrote on 05/17/2010 08:53:42 AM: > [image removed] > > [oslc-core] Question on UI Preview - data refresh > > Ian Green1 > > to: > > oslc-core > > 05/17/2010 08:53 AM > > Sent by: > > [email protected] > > I've raised an issue on the UP Preview spec. at [1]. > > My concern is over this excerpt: > > If this becomes known to the Consumer, the Consumer SHOULD assume that > this information is better and use it to improve and replace the default > link display. > > If the "improvement" to the link display is interpreted by a consumer > implementer as "update the persisted representation of the provider's > resource" then data may leak outside of the provider's security model. > Have I misinterpreted the specification? > > My thinking is that the responsibilities of the UI Preview specification > should be limited to UI Preview, and not to "refresh" of persisted data. > > best wishes, > -ian > > [email protected] (Ian Green1/UK/IBM@IBMGB) > Chief Software Architect, Requirements Definition and Management > IBM Rational > > > > > > Unless stated otherwise above: > IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number > 741598. > Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Oslc-Core mailing list > [email protected] > http://open-services.net/mailman/listinfo/oslc-core_open-services.net
