RE: how much to give...

> From: Stephen Farrell [mailto:stephen.farrell@baltimore.ie]
> 
> Joseph asked:
> > "The Service SHOULD return a requested data element if it 
> is available. 
> > The Service MAY return additional data elements that were 
> not requested. 
> > In particular, the service MAY return data elements 
> specified in the 
> > request with the response." On what basis wouldn't the 
> service return 
> > the data asked of it? Would this mean the client would 
> imply the value 
> > doesn't exist, or some "binding" is invalid, or only indeterminent?
> 
> If that's a quote, I think it needs rephrasing, but I kind of 
> like the idea that the server can give back more than was asked
> of it. What do others think? (esp if there's someone who's only
> writing client code)

As a service implementor this makes my life easier, but from a resource
constrained client's perspective I think giving the client control over the
size of the message may be pretty important.

mark