1EdTech Group Management Services WSDL Binding Version 1.0 Final Specification

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction
1.1 Group Management Services Overview
1.2 Scope and Context
1.3 Structure of this Document
1.4 Nomenclature
1.5 References

2. Application of the WSDL Binding Guidelines
2.1 Synchronous Binding
2.2 Asynchronous Binding

3. Data Model XML Schemas Binding
3.1 <group> Element
3.2 <groupType> Element
3.3 <recordInfo> Element
3.4 <email> Element
3.5 <url> Element
3.6 <timeFrame> Element
3.7 <relationship> Element
3.8 <enrollControl> Element
3.9 <org> Element
3.10 <description> Element
3.11 <extension> Element
3.12 <groupSet> Element
3.13 <groupIdPair> Element
3.14 <groupIdPairSet> Element
3.15 <sourcedIdSet> Element
3.16 <pairSourcedIdSet> Element

4. Synchronous WSDL Binding
4.1 SOAP Specific Service Binding
4.2 Abstract Definition Binding
4.3 Message XML Schemas
4.3.1 'createGroupRequest' Message
4.3.2 'createGroupResponse' Message
4.3.3 'createByProxyGroupRequest' Message
4.3.4 'createByProxyGroupResponse' Message
4.3.5 'deleteGroupRequest' Message
4.3.6 'deleteGroupResponse' Message
4.3.7 'deleteGroupRelationshipRequest' Message
4.3.8 'deleteGroupRelationshipResponse' Message
4.3.9 'readGroupRequest' Message
4.3.10 'readGroupResponse' Message
4.3.11 'updateGroupRequest' Message
4.3.12 'updateGroupResponse' Message
4.3.13 'replaceGroupRequest' Message
4.3.14 'replaceGroupResponse' Message
4.3.15 'changeGroupIdentifierRequest' Message
4.3.16 'changeGroupIdentifierResponse' Message
4.3.17 'createGroupsRequest' Message
4.3.18 'createGroupsResponse' Message
4.3.19 'createByProxyGroupsRequest' Message
4.3.20 'createByProxyGroupsResponse' Message
4.3.21 'deleteGroupsRequest' Message
4.3.22 'deleteGroupsResponse' Message
4.3.23 'deleteGroupsRelationshipRequest' Message
4.3.24 'deleteGroupsRelationshipResponse' Message
4.3.25 'readGroupsRequest' Message
4.3.26 'readGroupsResponse' Message
4.3.27 'readGroupsForPersonRequest' Message
4.3.28 'readGroupsForPersonResponse' Message
4.3.29 'updateGroupsRequest' Message
4.3.30 'updateGroupsResponse' Message
4.3.31 'replaceGroupsRequest' Message
4.3.32 'replaceGroupsResponse' Message
4.3.33 'changeGroupsIdentifierRequest' Message
4.3.34 'changeGroupsIdentifierResponse' Message
4.4 Example SOAP Messages

5. Asynchronous WSDL Binding

Appendix A - WSDL Binding Listings
A1 - Synchronous Binding
A2 - Asynchronous Binding

About This Document
List of Contributors

Revision History

Index

1. Introduction

1.1 Group Management Services Overview

The Group Management Services specification [GroupService, 04] is the definition of how systems manage the exchange of information that describes people within the context of learning. The Group Management Services specification is constructed following the recommendations documented in the 1EdTech Abstract Framework (IAF) [AbsGloss, 03], [AbsASC, 03], [AbsWhite, 03]. This means that this specification is based upon the concepts of:

• Interoperability - Group Management Services focuses on the exchange of Group(s) information between Enterprise systems. There are no assumptions in the specification on how the data is managed within the Enterprise systems;
• Service-oriented - Group Management Services defines the exchange of information in terms of the services being supplied by the collaboration of the systems;
• Component-based - the Group Management Services will be combined with the Person Management Services and Membership Management Services to provide the Enterprise Service. Other services will be added to it in later releases;
• Layering - the Group Management Service is a part of the Application Services layer but it interacts with the services available in the Common Services layer e.g. authentication;
• Behaviors and Data Models - the Group Management Services are defined in terms of their behaviors and data models. The behaviors cause changes in the state of the data model and the state of the data model will only be altered as a result of a clearly defined behavior;
• Multiple Bindings - the Group Management Services information model is to be defined using the Unified Modelling Language (UML). This enables reliable mapping of the information model into a range of different bindings. The bindings of immediate importance are to the Web Services Description Language (WSDL);
• Adoption - the Group Management Services are based upon the original Enterprise specification data model. While there are significant changes the underlying data model has been maintained and the core Person structures remain.

1.2 Scope and Context

This document is the 1EdTech Group Management Services WSDL Binding v1.0 and as such it is used in conjunction with the following documents:

1. 1EdTech Enterprise Services Core Use Cases v1.0 [EntServices, 04a] - the set of use-cases that are the basis for the definition of the Person Management Services Information Model;
2. 1EdTech Group Management Services Information Model v1.0 [GroupService, 04] - the behavior and data model definition of the Group Management Services;
3. 1EdTech Enterprise Services Best Practice & Implementation Guide v1.0 [EntServices, 04c] - this presents information that helps implementers adopt the specification;
4. 1EdTech Enterprise Services Conformance Specification v1.0 [EntServices, 04b] - the definition of the conformance criteria that must be followed by systems that wish to claim compliance to the Enterprise Services Information Model.

As such the Person Management Services specification supersedes the original Enterprise specifications:

1. 1EdTech Enterprise Information Model Final Specification v1.1 [Enterprise, 02a].
2. 1EdTech Enterprise XML Binding Final Specification v1.1 [Enterprise, 02b];
3. 1EdTech Enterprise Services Best Practice & Implementation Guide Final Specification v1.1 [Enterprise, 02c].

This WSDL binding takes the Group Management Service Information Model and produces an encoding of that description in WSDL. This WSDL binding is generated as recommended by the 1EdTech General Web Services documents [GWS, 04a], [GWS, 04b].

1.3 Structure of this Document

The structure of this document is:

2. Application of the WSDL Binding Guidelines	A description of how the General Web Services WSDL binding guidelines have been applied to the Group Management Services Information Model;
3. Data Model Binding	The description of the XML schemas that are created to reflect the data model of the Group Management Services Information Model;
4. Synchronous WSDL Binding	The description of the SOAP messages and the corresponding XML schemas that are created as the synchronous WSDL binding;
5. Asynchronous WSDL Binding	The description of the SOAP messages and the corresponding XML schemas that are created as the asynchronous WSDL binding;
Appendix A - Binding Files Listings	The WSDL listings for the synchronous and asynchronous SOAP/http binding of the Group Management Services Information Model.

1.4 Nomenclature

API	Application Programming Interface
IAF	1EdTech Abstract Framework
UML	Unified Modelling Language
W3C	World Wide Web Consortium
WSDL	Web Services Description Language
XML	Extensible Mark-up Language

1.5 References

[AbsASCs, 03]	1EdTech Abstract Framework: Applications, Services & Components v1.0, Ed. C.Smythe, 1EdTech Consortium, Inc., July 2003.
[AbsGloss, 03]	1EdTech Abstract Framework: Glossary v1.0, Ed. C.Smythe, 1EdTech Consortium, Inc., July 2003.
[AbsWhite, 03]	1EdTech Abstract Framework: White Paper v1.0, Ed. C.Smythe, 1EdTech Consortium, Inc., July 2003.
[Cockburn, 01]	Writing Effective Use-case, A.Cockburn, Addison-Wesley, 2001, ISBN 0-201-70225-8.
[CommonData, 04]	1EdTech Enterprise Services Common Data Definitions Specification v1.0, C.Smythe and C.Vento, 1EdTech Consortium, Inc., June 2004.
[Enterprise, 02a]	1EdTech Enterprise Information Model v1.1, G.Collier, C.Etesse, W.Veres and C.Smythe, 1EdTech Consortium, Inc., July 2002.
[Enterprise, 02b]	1EdTech Enterprise XML Binding v1.1, G.Collier, C.Etesse, W.Veres and C.Smythe, 1EdTech Consortium, Inc., July 2002.
[Enterprise, 02c]	1EdTech Enterprise Best Practice & Implementation Guide v1.1, G.Collier, C.Etesse, W.Veres and C.Smythe, 1EdTech Consortium, Inc., July 2002.
[EntServices, 04a]	1EdTech Enterprise Services Core Use Cases Description v1.0, C.Smythe and C.Vento, 1EdTech Consortium, Inc., June 2004.
[EntServices, 04b]	1EdTech Enterprise Services Conformance Specification v1.0, C.Smythe and C.Vento, 1EdTech Consortium, Inc., Version 1.0, June 2004.
[EntServices, 04c]	1EdTech Enterprise Services Best Practices & Implementation Guide v1.0, C.Smythe and C.Vento, 1EdTech Consortium, Inc., June 2004.
[GWS, 04a]	1EdTech General Web Services Base Profiles v1.0, C.Schroeder, S.Raju, and C.Smythe, 1EdTech Consortium, Inc., June 2004.
[GWS, 04b]	1EdTech General Web Services Binding Methodology & Recipes v1.0, C.Schroeder, S.Raju, and C.Smythe, 1EdTech Consortium, Inc., June 2004.
[GroupServices, 04]	1EdTech Group Management Services Information Model Public Draft v1.0, C.Smythe and C.Vento, 1EdTech Consortium, Inc., January 2004.
[SpecDev, 03]	1EdTech Specification Development Methods & Best Practices Draft 5.0, C.Smythe, 1EdTech Consortium, Inc., August 2003.

2. Application of the WSDL Binding Guidelines

2.1 Synchronous Binding

The WSDL bindings have been generated using the methodology documented in [GWS 04a] and [GWS, 04b]. The composition of the synchronous WSDL binding is shown in Figure 2.1.

Figure 2.1 Group WSDL and XSD binding file composition.

The binding files described in Figure 2.1 contain:

• 'imsGroupManServiceSyncv1p0.wsdl' - the service specific WSDL binding file. For the Group Management Service this is based upon SOAP/http. This file imports the abstract definitions using the <wsdl:import> construct. The listing of this file is given in Appendix A;
• 'imsGroupManAbstractSyncv1p0.wsdl' - the abstract message definitions that represent the behavior of the Group Management Service operations. This file imports the message XSD using the <xsd:import> construct. The listing of this file is given in Appendix A;
• 'imsGroupManMessSchemav1p0.xsd' - the XSD definitions for the synchronous and asynchronous messages. This file imports the Group data model XSD using the <xsd:import> construct. The listing of this file is given in Appendix A;
• 'imsGroupManDataSchemav1p0.xsd' - the definition of the Group data model. This is the file that was produced by the equivalent data model binding in Enterprise v1.1. The listing of this file is given in Appendix A;
• 'imsMessBindSchemav1p0.xsd' - the XSD binding of the message header parts. This includes the message headers for synchronous, polled and asynchronous message models;
• 'imsCommonSchemav1p0.xsd' - the XSD binding of the 1EdTech Enterprise Service common data objects. This file is used by the Group message and data model XSDs as well as the 1EdTech message binding XSD;
• 'wsiwsdlv1p1.xsd' - this is the reference XSD for the WSDL definition. This file is the WS-I amended version of the original file from W3C;
• 'wsisoapv1p1.xsd' - this is the reference XSD for the SOAP extensions to WSDL. This file is from WS-I.

The name spaces used within these bindings are listed in Table 2.1.

Table 2.1 The namespaces used in the binding files.

Namespace	Prefix	Usage
-	"tns:"	The target namespace identifier.
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema	"xsd:"	The XML schema definition namespace.
/imsCommonSchemav1p0	"esx:"	The 1EdTech Enterprise Service common data model definitions namespace.
/imsMessBindSchemav1p0	"isb:"	The 1EdTech message header binding definitions namespace.
/gms/xsd/imsGroupManDataSchemav1p0	"grp:"	The data model namespace for the Group class.
/gms/xsd/imsGroupManMessSchemav1p0	"imsgms:"	The 1EdTech Group Management Services message binding definitions namespace.
/gms/wsdl/imsGroupManAbstractSyncv1p0	"absg:"	The Group Management Service abstract definitions file references.
wsisoapv1p1	"soap:"	The SOAP references used within the WSDL files.
wsiwsdlv1p1	"wsdl:"	The default WSDL files namespace for WSDL v1.1.

2.2 Asynchronous Binding

Note: At the time of publication the Asynchronous Binding had not been tested. The details for creating the Asynchronous Binding are available in the 1EdTech Group Management Service WSDL Binding V2.0 Public Draft document. The Asynchronous Binding details will be issued in V2.0 of this document once testing has been completed.

3. Data Model XML Schemas Binding

3.1 <group> Element

The XSD visualization of the <group> data model is shown in Figure 3.1. This is the XML equivalent of the UML description in Figure 4.1 and Table 4.1 [GroupService, 04].

Figure 3.1 <group> element composition.

3.2 <groupType> Element

The XSD visualization of the <groupType> data model is shown in Figure 3.2. This is the XML equivalent of the UML description in Figure 4.1 and Tables 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 [GroupService, 04].

Figure 3.2 <groupType> element composition.

3.3 <recordInfo> Element

The XSD visualization of the <recordInfo> data model is shown in Figure 3.3. This is the XML equivalent of the UML description in Figure 4.1 and Tables 4.1 [PersonService, 04].

Figure 3.3 <recordInfo> element composition.

3.4 <email> Element

See Table 4.1 and the OCL definitions in sub-section 4.1.4 [GroupService, 04].

3.5 <url> Element

See Table 4.1 and the OCL definitions in sub-section 4.1.4 [GroupService, 04].

3.6 <timeFrame> Element

The XSD visualization of the <timeFrame> data model is shown in Figure 3.4. This is the XML equivalent of the UML description in Figure 4.1 and Table 4.1 [GroupService, 04].

Figure 3.4 <timeFrame> element composition.

3.7 <relationship> Element

The XSD visualization of the <relationship> data model is shown in Figure 3.5. This is the XML equivalent of the UML description in Figure 4.1, Table 4.9 and the OCL definitions in sub-section 4.1.4 [GroupService, 04].

Figure 3.5 <relationship> element composition.

3.8 <enrollControl> Element

The XSD visualization of the <enrollControl> data model is shown in Figure 3.6. This is the XML equivalent of the UML description in Figure 4.1, Table 4.8 and the OCL definitions in sub-section 4.1.4 [GroupService, 04].

Figure 3.6 <enrollControl> element composition.

3.9 <org> Element

The XSD visualization of the <org> data model is shown in Figure 3.7. This is the XML equivalent of the UML description in Figure 4.1, Table 4.7 and the OCL definitions in sub-section 4.1.4 [GroupService, 04a].

Figure 3.7 <org> element composition.

3.10 <description> Element

The XSD visualization of the <description> data model is shown in Figure 3.8. This is the XML equivalent of the UML description in Figure 4.1, Table 4.6 and the OCL definitions in sub-section 4.1.4 [GroupService, 04].

Figure 3.8 <description> element composition.

3.11 <extension> Element

The XSD visualization of the <extension> data model is shown in Figure 3.9. This is the XML equivalent of the UML description in Figure 4.1 and Table 4.1 [GroupService, 04].

Figure 3.9 <extension> element composition.

3.12 <groupSet> Element

The XSD visualization of the <groupSet> data model is shown in Figure 3.10. This is the XML equivalent of the UML description in Figure 4.2 and Table 4.10 [GroupService, 04].

Figure 3.10 <groupSet> element composition.

3.13 <groupIdPair> Element

The XSD visualization of the <groupIdPair> data model is shown in Figure 3.11. This is the XML equivalent of the UML description in Figure 4.3 and Table 4.12 [GroupService, 04].

Figure 3.11 <groupIdPair> element composition.

3.14 <groupIdPairSet> Element

The XSD visualization of the <groupIdPairSet> data model is shown in Figure 3.12. This is the XML equivalent of the UML description in Figure 4.3 and Table 4.11 [GroupService, 04].

Figure 3.12 <groupIdPairSet> element composition.

3.15 <sourcedIdSet> Element

The XSD visualization of the <sourcedIdSet> data model is shown in Figure 3.13.

Figure 3.13 <sourcedIdSet> element composition.

3.16 <pairSourcedIdSet> Element

The XSD visualization of the <pairSourcedIdSet> data model is shown in Figure 3.14. This is the XML equivalent of the UML description in Figure 4.2 [CommonData, 04].

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Figure 3.14 <pairSourcedIdSet> element composition.

4. Synchronous WSDL Binding

4.1 SOAP Specific Service Binding

The key properties of the Specific Service binding files are detailed in Table 4.1. The Service Specific filename is: 'imsGroupManServiceSyncv1p0.wsdl'.

Table 4.1 Properties of the specific service file.

Property	Value
Transport Mechanism	SOAPv1.1/HTTPv1.1
Service Name	"GroupManagementServiceSync"
Service Port Name	"GroupManagementServiceSyncSoap"
Service Binding Name	"GroupManagementServiceSyncSoap"
Binding Port Type	"GroupManagementServiceSync"

4.2 Abstract Definition Binding

The key properties of the Specific Service binding files are detailed in Table 4.2. The Abstract Definitions filename is: 'imsGroupManAbstractSyncv1p0.wsdl'.

Table 4.2 Properties of the abstract definitions file.

Property	Value
Port Type Name	"GroupManagamentServiceSync"

4.3 Message XML Schemas

4.3.1 'createGroupRequest' Message

This is the request message from the Reference Agent to the Sync Agent to invoke the 'createGroup()' operation. See 'createGroup()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.1 <createGroupRequest> element composition.

Two parameters are supplied:

• sourcedId - the unique identifier to be assigned to the new Group record;
• group - the Group data to be stored in the new record.

4.3.2 'createGroupResponse' Message

This is the response message from the Sync Agent to the Reference Agent to complete the 'GroupPerson()' operation. See 'GroupPerson()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.2 <createGroupResponse> element composition.

The <createGroupResponse> element is empty.

Note: The status information is returned in the header of the SOAP transport message.

4.3.3 'createByProxyGroupRequest' Message

This is the request message from the Reference Agent to the Sync Agent to invoke the 'createByProxyGroup()' operation. See 'createByProxyGroup ()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.3 <createByProxyGroupRequest> element composition.

One parameter is supplied:

• group - the Group data to be stored in the new record.

4.3.4 'createByProxyGroupResponse' Message

This is the response message from the Sync Agent to the Reference Agent to complete the 'createByProxyGroup()' operation. See 'createByProxyGroup()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.4 <createByProxyGroupResponse> element composition.

The returned information is:

• sourcedId - the unique identifier assigned by the Sync Agent to the new record.

Note: The status information is returned in the header of the SOAP transport message.

4.3.5 'deleteGroupRequest' Message

This is the request message from the Reference Agent to the Sync Agent to invoke the 'deleteGroup()' operation. See 'deleteGroup()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.5 <deleteGroupRequest> element composition.

One parameter is supplied:

• sourcedId - the identifier of the Group record to be deleted;

4.3.6 'deleteGroupResponse' Message

This is the response message from the Sync Agent to the Reference Agent to complete the 'GroupPerson()' operation. See 'deleteGroup()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.6 <deleteGroupResponse> element composition.

The <deleteGroupResponse> element is empty.

Note: The status information is returned in the header of the SOAP transport message.

4.3.7 'deleteGroupRelationshipRequest' Message

This is the request message from the Reference Agent to the Sync Agent to invoke the 'deleteGroupRelationship()' operation. See 'deleteGroupRelationship()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.7 <deleteGroupRelationshipRequest> element composition.

Two parameters are supplied:

• sourcedId - the identifier of the Group whose relationship is to be deleted;
• relationId - the identifier of the relationship to be deleted.

4.3.8 'deleteGroupRelationshipResponse' Message

This is the response message from the Sync Agent to the Reference Agent to complete the 'GroupPersonRelationship()' operation. See 'deleteGroupRelationship()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.8 <deleteGroupRelationshipResponse> element composition.

The <deleteGroupRelationshipResponse> element is empty.

Note: The status information is returned in the header of the SOAP transport message.

4.3.9 'readGroupRequest' Message

This is the request message from the Reference Agent to the Sync Agent to invoke the 'readGroup()' operation. See 'readGroup()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.9 <readGroupRequest> element composition.

Two parameters are supplied:

• sourcedId - the identifier of the Group record to be read.

4.3.10 'readGroupResponse' Message

This is the response message from the Sync Agent to the Reference Agent to complete the 'readGroup()' operation. See 'readGroup()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.10 <readGroupResponse> element composition.

The returned information is:

• group - the returned Group record.

Note: The status information is returned in the header of the SOAP transport message.

4.3.11 'updateGroupRequest' Message

This is the request message from the Reference Agent to the Sync Agent to invoke the 'updateGroup()' operation. See 'updateGroup()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.11 <updateGroupRequest> element composition.

Two parameters are supplied:

• sourcedId - the identifier of the Group record to be changed;
• group - the Group data to be stored in the new record.

4.3.12 'updateGroupResponse' Message

This is the response message from the Sync Agent to the Reference Agent to complete the 'updateGroup()' operation. See 'updateGroup()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.12 <updateGroupResponse> element composition.

The <updateGroupResponse> element is empty.

Note: The status information is returned in the header of the SOAP transport message.

4.3.13 'replaceGroupRequest' Message

This is the request message from the Reference Agent to the Sync Agent to invoke the 'replaceGroup()' operation. See 'replaceGroup ()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.13 <replaceGroupRequest> element composition.

Two parameters are supplied:

• sourcedId - the identifier of the Group record to be changed;
• group - the Group data to be stored in the new record.

4.3.14 'replaceGroupResponse' Message

This is the response message from the Sync Agent to the Reference Agent to complete the 'replaceGroup()' operation. See 'replaceGroup()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.14 <replaceGroupResponse> element composition.

The <replaceGroupResponse> element is empty.

Note: The status information is returned in the header of the SOAP transport message.

4.3.15 'changeGroupIdentifierRequest' Message

This is the request message from the Reference Agent to the Sync Agent to invoke the 'changeGroupIdentifier()' operation. See 'changeGroupIdentifier()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.15 <changeGroupIdentifierRequest> element composition.

Two parameters are supplied:

• sourcedId - the identifier of the Group whose identifier is to be changed;
• newSourcedId - the new identifier for the Group record.

4.3.16 'changeGroupIdentifierResponse' Message

This is the response message from the Sync Agent to the Reference Agent to complete the 'changeGroupIdentifier()' operation. See 'changeGroupIdentifier()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.16 <changeGroupIdentifierResponse> element composition.

The <changeGroupIdentifierResponse> element is empty.

Note: The status information is returned in the header of the SOAP transport message.

4.3.17 'createGroupsRequest' Message

This is the request message from the Reference Agent to the Sync Agent to invoke the 'createGroups()' operation. See 'createGroups()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.17 <createGroupsRequest> element composition.

One parameter is supplied:

• groupIdPairSet - the list of identifier and group tuples for the new Group records.

4.3.18 'createGroupsResponse' Message

This is the response message from the Sync Agent to the Reference Agent to complete the 'createPersons()' operation. See 'createPersons()' sub-section of [PersonService, 04].

Figure 4.18 <createGroupsResponse> element composition.

The <createPersonsResponse> element is empty.

Note: The status information is returned in the header of the SOAP transport message.

4.3.19 'createByProxyGroupsRequest' Message

This is the request message from the Reference Agent to the Sync Agent to invoke the 'createByProxyGroups()' operation. See 'createByProxyGroups()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.19 <createByProxyGroupsRequest> element composition.

One parameter is supplied:

• groupSet - the set of Group records to be created.

4.3.20 'createByProxyGroupsResponse' Message

This is the response message from the Sync Agent to the Reference Agent to complete the 'createByProxyGroups()' operation. See 'createByProxyGroups()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.20 <createGroupsResponse> element composition.

The returned information is:

• sourcedIdSet - the set of unique identifiers that have been allocated by the Sync Agent to the newly created records.

Note: The status information is returned in the header of the SOAP transport message.

4.3.21 'deleteGroupsRequest' Message

This is the request message from the Reference Agent to the Sync Agent to invoke the 'deleteGroups()' operation. See 'deleteGroups()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.21 <deleteGroupsRequest> element composition.

One parameter is supplied:

• sourcedIdSet - the set of unique identifiers for the Group records that are to be deleted.

4.3.22 'deleteGroupsResponse' Message

This is the response message from the Sync Agent to the Reference Agent to complete the 'deleteGroups()' operation. See 'deleteGroups()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.22 <deleteGroupsResponse> element composition.

The <deleteGroupsResponse> element is empty.

Note: The status information is returned in the header of the SOAP transport message.

4.3.23 'deleteGroupsRelationshipRequest' Message

This is the request message from the Reference Agent to the Sync Agent to invoke the 'deleteGroupsRelationship ()' operation. See 'deleteGroupsRelationship()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.23 <deleteGroupsRelationshipRequest> element composition.

One parameter is supplied:

• pairSourcedIdSet - the set of pairs of Group unique identifiers and relationship identifier for the relationships that are to be deleted.

4.3.24 'deleteGroupsRelationshipResponse' Message

This is the response message from the Sync Agent to the Reference Agent to complete the 'deleteGroupsRelationship ()' operation. See 'deleteGroupsRelationship ()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.24 <deleteGroupsRelationshipResponse> element composition.

The <deleteGroupsRelationshipResponse> element is empty.

Note: The status information is returned in the header of the SOAP transport message.

4.3.25 'readGroupsRequest' Message

This is the request message from the Reference Agent to the Sync Agent to invoke the 'readGroups()' operation. See 'readGroups()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.25 <readGroupsRequest> element composition.

One parameter is supplied:

• sourcedIdSet - the set of unique identifiers for the Group records that are to be read.

4.3.26 'readGroupsResponse' Message

This is the response message from the Sync Agent to the Reference Agent to complete the 'readGroups()' operation. See 'readGroups()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.26 <readGroupsResponse> element composition.

The returned information is:

• groupSet - the set of Group records that have been read.

Note: The status information is returned in the header of the SOAP transport message.

4.3.27 'readGroupsForPersonRequest' Message

This is the request message from the Reference Agent to the Sync Agent to invoke the 'readGroupsForPerson()' operation. See 'readGroupsForPerson()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.27 <readGroupsForPersonRequest> element composition.

One parameter is supplied:

• personSourcedIdSet - the identifier of the Person whose Group membership records are to be returned.

4.3.28 'readGroupsForPersonResponse' Message

This is the response message from the Sync Agent to the Reference Agent to complete the 'readGroupsForPerson()' operation. See 'readGroupsForPerson()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.28 <readGroupsForPersonResponse> element composition.

The returned information is:

• groupSet - the set of Group records that have been read.

Note: The status information is returned in the header of the SOAP transport message.

4.3.29 'updateGroupsRequest' Message

This is the request message from the Reference Agent to the Sync Agent to invoke the 'updateGroups()' operation. See 'updateGroups()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.29 <updateGroupsRequest> element composition.

One parameter is supplied:

• groupIdPairSet - the list of identifier and group tuples for the Group records to be changed.

4.3.30 'updateGroupsResponse' Message

This is the response message from the Sync Agent to the Reference Agent to complete the 'updateGroups()' operation. See 'updateGroups()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.30 <updateGroupsResponse> element composition.

The <updateGroupsResponse> element is empty.

Note: The status information is returned in the header of the SOAP transport message.

4.3.31 'replaceGroupsRequest' Message

This is the request message from the Reference Agent to the Sync Agent to invoke the 'updateGroups()' operation. See 'updateGroups()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.31 <replaceGroupsRequest> element composition.

One parameter is supplied:

• groupIdPairSet - the list of identifier and group tuples for the Group records to be changed.

4.3.32 'replaceGroupsResponse' Message

This is the response message from the Sync Agent to the Reference Agent to complete the 'replaceGroups()' operation. See 'replaceGroups()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.32 <replaceGroupsResponse> element composition.

The <replaceGroupsResponse> element is empty.

Note: The status information is returned in the header of the SOAP transport message.

4.3.33 'changeGroupsIdentifierRequest' Message

This is the request message from the Reference Agent to the Sync Agent to invoke the 'changeGroupsIdentifier()' operation. See 'changeGroupsIdentifier()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.33 <changeGroupsIdentifierRequest> element composition.

One parameter is supplied:

• pairSourcedIdSet - the list of paired old and new identifier.

4.3.34 'changeGroupsIdentifierResponse' Message

This is the response message from the Sync Agent to the Reference Agent to complete the 'changeGroupsIdentifier()' operation. See 'changeGroupsIdentifier()' sub-section of [GroupService, 04].

Figure 4.34 <changeGroupsIdentifierResponse> element composition.

The <changeGroupsIdentifierResponse> element is empty.

Note: The status information is returned in the header of the SOAP transport message.

4.4 Example SOAP Messages

The set of example SOAP/HTTP messages are described in Table 4.3. The 'Example File' entries are hot-text links to the files themselves.

Table 4.3 SOAP/HTTP example messages for the synchronous binding.

Message	Example File
'createGroupRequest' Message	/examples/createGroupRequestSync.txt
'createGroupResponse' Message	/examples/createGroupResponseSync.txt
'createByProxyGroupRequest' Message	/examples/createByProxyGroupRequestSync.txt
'createByProxyGroupResponse' Message	/examples/createByProxyGroupResponseSync.txt
'deleteGroupRequest' Message	/examples/deleteGroupRequestSync.txt
'deleteGroupResponse' Message	/examples/deleteGroupResponseSync.txt
'deleteGroupRelationshipRequest' Message	/examples/deleteGroupRelationshipRequestSync.txt
'deleteGroupRelationshipResponse' Message	/examples/deleteGroupRelationshipResponseSync.txt
'readGroupRequest' Message	/examples/readGroupRequestSync.txt
'readGroupResponse' Message	/examples/readGroupResponseSync.txt
'updateGroupRequest' Message	/examples/updateGroupRequestSync.txt
'updateGroupResponse' Message	/examples/updateGroupResponseSync.txt
'replaceGroupRequest' Message	/examples/replaceGroupRequestSync.txt
'replaceGroupResponse' Message	/examples/replaceGroupResponseSync.txt
'changeGroupIdentifierRequest' Message	/examples/changeGroupIdentifierRequestSync.txt
'changeGroupIdentifierResponse' Message	/examples/changeGroupIdentifierResponseSync.txt
'createGroupsRequest' Message	/examples/createGroupsRequestSync.txt
'createGroupsResponse' Message	/examples/createGroupsResponseSync.txt
'createByProxyGroupsRequest' Message	/examples/createByProxyGroupsRequestSync.txt
'createByProxyGroupsResponse' Message	/examples/createByProxyGroupsResponseSync.txt
'deleteGroupsRequest' Message	/examples/deleteGroupsRequestSync.txt
'deleteGroupsResponse' Message	/examples/deleteGroupsResponseSync.txt
'deleteGroupsRelationshipRequest' Message	/examples/deleteGroupsRelationshipRequestSync.txt
'deleteGroupsRelationshipResponse' Message	/examples/deleteGroupsRelationshipResponseSync.txt
'readGroupsRequest' Message	/examples/readGroupsRequestSync.txt
'readGroupsResponse' Message	/examples/readGroupsResponseSync.txt
'readGroupsForPersonRequest' Message	/examples/readGroupsForPersonRequestSync.txt
'readGroupsForPersonResponse' Message	/examples/readGroupsForPersonResponseSync.txt
'updateGroupsRequest' Message	/examples/updateGroupsRequestSync.txt
'updateGroupsResponse' Message	/examples/updateGroupsResponseSync.txt
'replaceGroupsRequest' Message	/examples/replaceGroupsRequestSync.txt
'replaceGroupsResponse' Message	/examples/replaceGroupsResponseSync.txt
'changeGroupsIdentifierRequest' Message	/examples/changeGroupsIdentifierRequestSync.txt
'changeGroupsIdentifierResponse' Message	/examples/changeGroupsIdentifierResponseSync.txt

5. Asynchronous WSDL Binding

Note: At the time of publication the Asynchronous Binding had not been tested. The details for creating the Asynchronous Binding are available in the 1EdTech Group Management Service WSDL Binding V2.0 Public Draft document. The Asynchronous Binding details will be issued in V2.0 of this document once testing has been completed.

Appendix A - WSDL Binding Listings

A1 - Synchronous Binding

The bindings listed below are for the synchronous SOAPv1.1/HTTPv1.1 based implementation. The set of binding files are given in Table A.1. These files can be accessed by 'clicking' on the appropriate file name.

Table A.1 List of synchronous binding files.

Property	Value
Service Specific File	/gms/wsdl/imsGroupManServiceSync_v1p0.wsdl
Abstract Definitions File	/gms/wsdl/imsGroupManAbstractSync_v1p0.wsdl
Messages XSD	/gms/xsd/imsGroupManMessSchema_v1p0.xsd
Data Model XSD	/gms/xsd/imsGroupManDataSchema_v1p0.xsd
Enterprise Common XSD	/services/common/imsCommonSchema_v1p0.xsd
Message Binding XSD	/services/common/imsMessBindSchema_v1p0.xsd

A2 - Asynchronous Binding

Note: At the time of publication the Asynchronous Binding had not been tested. The details for creating the Asynchronous Binding are available in the 1EdTech Group Management Service WSDL Binding V2.0 Public Draft document. The Asynchronous Binding details will be issued in V2.0 of this document once testing has been completed.

About This Document

Title	1EdTech Group Management Services WSDL Binding
Editor	Colin Smythe (1EdTech)
Team Co-Lead	Chris Vento (WebCT Inc.)
Version	1.0
Version Date	11 June 2004
Status	Final Specification
Summary	This document presents the 1EdTech Group Management Services WSDL Binding. The original Enterprise specification was based upon the description of the data model for the information to be exchanged between communicating enterprise systems. The Enterprise Services specification extends this work by adding a series of behavioral models that define how the data models are to be manipulated. The material in this document describes the Web Services Description Language binding of the Group Management Services Information Model using SOAPv1.1/HTTPv1.1 as the underlying messaging and transport mechanism. This version supersedes the 1EdTech Enterprise v1.1 specifications.
Revision Information	11 June 2004
Purpose	This document has been approved by the 1EdTech Technical Board and is made available for adoption.
Document Location	http://www.imsglobal.org/es/esv1p0/imsgroup_bindv1p0.html

To register any comments or questions about this specification please visit: http://www.imsglobal.org/developers/ims/imsforum/categories.cfm?catid=20

List of Contributors

The following individuals contributed to the development of this document:

Name	Organization	Name	Organization
Scott Baker	Oracle Inc.	Les Smith	SCT Inc.
Fred Beshears	UC Berkeley, USA	Colin Smythe	Dunelm Services Ltd.
Kerry Blinco	1EdTech Australia	Chris Vento	WebCT Inc.
Chris Etesse	Blackboard Inc.	Kimberley Voltero	WebCT Inc.
John Hallet	WebCT Inc.	Scott Wilson	JISC (CETIS), UK
Cathy Schroeder	Microsoft Inc.	Nathaniel Zinn	Blackboard Inc.

Revision History

Version No.	Release Date	Comments
Public Draft 1.0	12 January 2004	The final approved Public Draft Document for the 1EdTech Group Management Services Specification.
Public Draft 2.0	19 April 2004	This is the second formal release of the Public Draft Document for the 1EdTech Group Management Services Specification. The differences to the first release are: a) The asynchronous binding information has been added; b) In the synchronous binding Section the example SOAP messages have been replaced by hot text links to external files that contain the example. There is one file per example; c) The data model descriptions have been placed in their own section; d) Appendix A and B have been combined. The actual listing has been removed and hot text links are used to reference the listing.
Final 1.0	11 June 2004	This is the formal Final Release of the 1EdTech Group Management Services WSDL Binding specification.

Index

A
Abstract Framework 1, 2
API 1
Attributes
Common
 

extension 1

recordInfo 1, 2

sourcedId 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

timeFrame 1 LangString
 

text 1 Membership
 

membership 1 Person
 

email 1

url 1 Relationship
 

relation 1 Result
 

result 1 Role
 

status 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 StatusInfo
 

description 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 UserId
 

authentication 1 Values
 

list 1, 2, 3

B
Binding technologies
SOAP 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
WSDL 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
 

C
Classes
Group 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
 

Description 1, 2, 3 Membership 1
Person 1, 2
 

Name 1 Common Services 1
Conformance 1, 2

E
Enterprise Service 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

G
Group Management Service 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

M
Membership Management Service 1
Messages
Group
 

changeGroupIdentifierRequest 1, 2

changeGroupIdentifierResponse 1, 2

changeGroupsIdentifierRequest 1, 2

changeGroupsIdentifierResponse 1, 2

createByProxyGroupRequest 1, 2

createByProxyGroupResponse 1, 2

createByProxyGroupsRequest 1, 2

createByProxyGroupsResponse 1, 2

createGroupRequest 1, 2

createGroupResponse 1, 2, 3

createGroupsRequest 1, 2

createGroupsResponse 1, 2

deleteGroupRelationshipRequest 1, 2

deleteGroupRelationshipResponse 1, 2

deleteGroupRequest 1, 2

deleteGroupResponse 1, 2

deleteGroupsRelationshipRequest 1, 2

deleteGroupsRelationshipResponse 1, 2, 3

deleteGroupsRequest 1, 2

deleteGroupsResponse 1, 2

readGroupRequest 1, 2

readGroupResponse 1, 2

readGroupsForPersonRequest 1, 2

readGroupsForPersonResponse 1, 2

readGroupsRequest 1, 2

readGroupsResponse 1, 2

replaceGroupRequest 1, 2, 3

replaceGroupResponse 1, 2

replaceGroupsRequest 1, 2

replaceGroupsResponse 1, 2, 3

updateGroupRequest 1, 2

updateGroupResponse 1, 2

updateGroupsRequest 1, 2

updateGroupsResponse 1, 2 Person
 

createPersonsResponse 1

O
OCL 1, 2
Operations
Group
 

changeGroupIdentifier 1

changeGroupsIdentifier 1

createByProxyGroup 1

createByProxyGroups 1

createGroup 1

createGroups 1

deleteGroup 1, 2

deleteGroupRelationship 1

deleteGroups 1

deleteGroupsRelationship 1

readGroup 1, 2

readGroups 1

readGroupsForPerson 1

replaceGroup 1, 2

replaceGroups 1

updateGroup 1

updateGroups 1 Person
 

createPersons 1

P
Person Management Service 1, 2

S
Services
Group Management 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Membership Management 1
Person Management 1, 2
SOAP 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
 

W
WDSL 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

 

 

 

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