- From: Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 16:51:19 -0800
- To: www-forms@w3.org
I know you've recently been asked about PUT. During that discussion it arose that HTTP GET is deprecated in the specification. Does this mean that XForms would be incompatible with an application like Google that uses a form to generate a GET URL? Even with POST there are circumstances where the URL to be posted is calculated from the provided data. For instance based on a choice field I might want to POST to the English or French portions of my site. Based on my admittedly limited understanding, I would suggest that it be possible to "construct" the URL to submit to, just as it is possible to construct the XML that is posted. Probably every useful detail of the HTTP message should be under the form creator's control. (e.g. extra headers) Furthermore, rather than deprecating GET, its limitations should be spelled out so that developers and form creators could make an informed choice about when to use GET versus POST versus other methods. If GET has serious limitations (e.g. relating to i18n) then those need to be solved, not worked around. HTTP GET is one of the most important parts of the Web infrastructure. Paul Prescod
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