[Css-csts] Inconsistent specification of states for services with stateless prime procedure

[John Pietras]

Members of the CSTSWG ---

There is an inconsistency between what the v0.12 draft of the Procedures
Definition and the Draft 6 update of Section 2 (Description of the CSTS
Specification Framework, written by Martin) have to say about the states
of services that have stateless prime procedures.

Section 3.1.5 of the v0.12 Draft Procedures Definition states that
CSTSes always have the 'ready' and 'active' substates of the 'bound'
state. In Annex A the last sentence of bullet (b) states "For a
stateless type of prime procedure, the transition to service state 2.2
('active') will occur after invocation of its operation", and the last
sentence of bullet (c) states "For a stateless type of prime procedure,
the service continues in this [active] state until the last on-going
operation is returned."

However, in the Draft 6 update of Section 2, the third paragraph states
"If the prime procedure is stateful the state bound has two sub-states
ready and active. ...  If the prime procedure is stateless then the
service state bound has no sub-states."

Was this discrepancy discussed at Crystal City, and if so what was the
outcome? That is, does a service with a stateless prime procedure have
ready and active substates (as stated in the v0.12 Procedures
Definition) or does the service simply stay in the 'bound' state until
it is unbound?

Thanks.

Best regards,
John

John Pietras
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