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Status Not under consideration
Categories Integrations
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 18, 2024

GC application sends OSLC configuration creation requestion with title as simple literal instead of XML-literal

Environment(i.e. Build ID, Client and Server O/S, Browser, OptIn/OptOut, CM Context (Stream, ChangeSet, GC etc)):

7.0.2 iFix010
Client windows
Server Linux
Browser: Chrome and Edge
CM Context: Global Configuration

Description of Problem:

We have developed a CM provider. It can contribute configurations to a Global Configuration. From the GC, we can replace, remove and add our (provided by our CM provider) configurations. If we try to create a stream or baseline from GC, the title provided in the post body is missing the XMLLiteral attribute with dcterms:title that's why Jena is not decoding it and we get an encoded string of the title.


Steps to Reproduce:

A baseline is added from our CM provider to GC. From the context menu of our configuration, there is an option 'Create Stream', a dialog opens, I give a name as long as the name doesn't contain any character that needs to be encoded e.g. &, it works fine. A stream is created on our side and the newly created stream replaces the baseline in GC.
But if I give a name like a&b then & is encoded as & and Jena deserializer does not decode the name to a&b. The name is provided as a&b.


Expected Results:

title of the configuration should be provided as a&b


Actual Results:

But the title is provided as a&b


Additional Information:

This is the post body we receive from GC:

<rdf:RDF
xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#"
xmlns:gc="http://jazz.net/ns/gc#"
xmlns:process="http://jazz.net/ns/process#"
xmlns:oslc_acc="http://open-services.net/ns/core/acc#"
xmlns:oslc_config_ext="http://jazz.net/ns/config_ext#"
xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
xmlns:oslc="http://open-services.net/ns/core#"
xmlns:owl="http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#"
xmlns:prov="http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#"
xmlns:oslc_config="http://open-services.net/ns/config#"
xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"
xmlns:oslc_auto="http://open-services.net/ns/auto#"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#"
xmlns:rtc_cm="http://jazz.net/xmlns/prod/jazz/rtc/cm/1.0/" >
<rdf:Description rdf:about="https://my.system.com:7443/pv/cm/projects/iiQg4_tauHM5XVSdw/configurations/0x626173656C696E6531">
<oslc_config:mutable rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#boolean">true</oslc_config:mutable>
<oslc_config:acceptedBy rdf:resource="http://open-services.net/ns/config#Configuration"/>
<oslc_config_ext:useComponentTeamArea rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#boolean">false</oslc_config_ext:useComponentTeamArea>
<oslc_config:component rdf:resource="https://my.system.com:7443/pv/cm/projects/iiQg4_tauHM5XVSdw/configurations/component"/>
<oslc:archived rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#boolean">false</oslc:archived>
<dcterms:title rdf:parseType="Literal">CarLightProject a&b</dcterms:title>
<rdf:type rdf:resource="http://open-services.net/ns/config#Stream"/>
<rdf:type rdf:resource="http://open-services.net/ns/config#Configuration"/>
</rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>


Following is the expected body where the title is decoded by Jena looks like this:


<rdf:RDF
xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#"
xmlns:gc="http://jazz.net/ns/gc#"
xmlns:process="http://jazz.net/ns/process#"
xmlns:oslc_acc="http://open-services.net/ns/core/acc#"
xmlns:oslc_config_ext="http://jazz.net/ns/config_ext#"
xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
xmlns:oslc="http://open-services.net/ns/core#"
xmlns:owl="http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#"
xmlns:prov="http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#"
xmlns:oslc_config="http://open-services.net/ns/config#"
xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"
xmlns:oslc_auto="http://open-services.net/ns/auto#"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#"
xmlns:rtc_cm="http://jazz.net/xmlns/prod/jazz/rtc/cm/1.0/" >
<rdf:Description rdf:about="https://my.system.com:7443/pv/cm/projects/iiQg4_tauHM5XVSdw/configurations/0x626173656C696E6531">
<oslc_config:mutable rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#boolean">true</oslc_config:mutable>
<oslc_config:acceptedBy rdf:resource="http://open-services.net/ns/config#Configuration"/>
<oslc_config_ext:useComponentTeamArea rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#boolean">false</oslc_config_ext:useComponentTeamArea>
<oslc_config:component rdf:resource="https://my.system.com:7443/pv/cm/projects/iiQg4_tauHM5XVSdw/configurations/component"/>
<oslc:archived rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#boolean">false</oslc:archived>
<dcterms:title rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#XMLLiteral">CarLightProject a&b</dcterms:title>
<rdf:type rdf:resource="http://open-services.net/ns/config#Stream"/>
<rdf:type rdf:resource="http://open-services.net/ns/config#Configuration"/>
</rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>

This is provided:

<dcterms:title rdf:parseType="Literal">


This is expected

<dcterms:title rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#XMLLiteral">

Idea priority Urgent
Needed By Yesterday (Let's go already!)
  • Guest
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    May 21, 2024

    Once again, this is not a feature/idea request.

    This is a BUG, since the GC application does not properly apply to OSLC standards.

  • Guest
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    May 13, 2024
    As part of the review process, we strive to be transparent about our intentions with each enhancement suggestion. The IBM Engineering team has carefully reviewed this idea, and based on our understanding, it does not fit our near-term plans. Although we are closing this request, it will be kept in IBM's ideas repository.  We value your feedback and thank you for allowing us to partner with you in developing our products.