RE: [DR702] Evolution

Well, that means that an application might be able to tell when it's trying
to generate a message for a new or different version of the protocol, but
how would the receiver of a message (the SOAP processor) be able to tell
that the message it's receiving is compatible with the version (or versions)
of the protocol that it implements?


Eric Newcomer
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-----Original Message-----
From: xml-dist-app-request@w3.org [mailto:xml-dist-app-request@w3.org]On
Behalf Of Martin Gudgin
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 5:55 PM
To: XML Protocol Comments
Subject: [DR702] Evolution

I would prefer to see this phrased in terms of the XP application
determining whether a given message conforms to a version of XP that the
application recognises rather than in terms of comparison of twos messages.
I don't think evolution is defined in terms of messages being compatible
with each other but in terms of messages conforming to a given version of
XP.

I'm also having some difficulty understanding what the last sentence means.
How can an XP envelope *mandate* that an application be extended?

Gudge

Received on Thursday, 16 November 2000 08:38:24 UTC