- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 03:41:43 -0400
- To: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>
- Cc: www-tag@w3.org
On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 04:27:34PM -0400, Simon St.Laurent wrote: > Should Web architecture reply on explicit values provided directly in > messages, or rely on outside mechanisms which provide defaults? If I can take a stab at answering that one indirectly ... IMO, it is a bad thing for the meaning of a message (request or response) in a Web architecture friendly protocol, to depend on some information outside the message (like defaults). This is an issue for all protocols, but is especially important for XML protocols, due to XML-isms like external entities and the PSVI. MB -- Mark Baker, CTO, Idokorro Mobile (formerly Planetfred) Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. distobj@acm.org http://www.markbaker.ca http://www.idokorro.com
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