Re: W3C plan for XML protocol work

"Eric Prud'hommeaux" <eric@w3.org> writes:

> On Sat, Apr 22, 2000 at 02:37:24PM -0500, Ken MacLeod wrote:
> > Much of what we've been calling "protocol" has been _usage_ or
> > _application_ of envelope format, rather than any specific
> > definition of an envelope format.  For example, SOAP defines a
> > format for specifying envelopes, and then _only_ one usage (RPC)
> > of that format.
> 
> Perhaps separating them, like the "non-XML protocols", would be the
> most clear way to help apples and apples comparisons.

Hmm, maybe the XML Protocol Comparisons web applet could re-sort or
filter according to selected facets?  ;-)

There's overlap between the protocols that define payload format,
envelope format, and/or protocol, so I don't think there's a useful
seperation between them.

  -- Ken