- From: Michael Rys <mrys@microsoft.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 11:43:08 -0700
- To: "Mark Baker" <distobj@acm.org>, <public-qt-comments@w3.org>
Thanks for your comment. Note that the XQuery WG only specifies the general language semantics and syntax and does not specify its binding to different access methods. Therefore, we consider the interaction with the HTTP protocol (or SOAP or JDBC or ADO.net) outside of our scope. Best regards Michael > -----Original Message----- > From: public-qt-comments-request@w3.org [mailto:public-qt-comments- > request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Mark Baker > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 6:42 PM > To: public-qt-comments@w3.org > Subject: XQuery and GET > > > Greetings, > > I believe XQuery is missing an important feature; the ability to > serialize a document in URI form, so that the resulting URI may be used > as an argument to the GET method. > > Consider the recent TAG finding regarding the use of HTTP GET; > > "Use GET if [...] The interaction is more like a question (i.e., it is > a safe operation such as a query, read operation, or lookup)." > -- http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/whenToUseGet.html > > Being able to perform a query via GET requires that a URI serialization > of the query (i.e. the XQuery document) be provided. Without this, the > only way that querying can be performed interoperably would be via POST. > > Thanks! > > Mark. > -- > Mark Baker. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.markbaker.ca >
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