- From: Asbjørn Ulsberg <asbjorn.ulsberg@nrk.no>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 14:21:43 +0200
- To: "'Nick Kew'" <nick@webthing.com>
- Cc: www-validator@w3.org
Nick Kew wrote: >> I'm interested in the same thing, and I've been in contact >> with Terje Bless about the problem, > > (Terje is normally around on this list, but I think he may be > on the road just now). Ok. I hope he gets back to me on this one, then. >> [...] to the validator without using the hideous MIME multipart >> format and such, and also get the response in XML and not HTML. > > The advantage of the MIME multipart format is that browsers support > it out-of-the-box. Of course they do. I know that. I don't want the existing functionality to be replaced or anything. I just want a functionality that's easier to work with, and I feel XML is such. > It's not clear to me that your suggestion [... ]is any less hideous. Ok. I just feel that a standard SOAP interface is easier to work with from different programming environments (Java, .NET) than the MIME multipart is. > Don't hold your breath. I won't. > It's not in the current beta update. Why not? Isn't it about time we get this kind of interface for the validator? > It's two years since I first offered a similar XML-based service Jeez. Why haven't it been icorporated into the validator yet? -- Asbjørn Ulsberg -=|=- X-No-Archive: No "He's a loathsome offensive brute, yet I can't look away"
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