- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 13:52:18 -0500
- To: David Orchard <dorchard@bea.com>
- Cc: www-ws-arch@w3.org
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 09:41:23AM -0800, David Orchard wrote: > I think that a simple acknowledgement protocol in soap headers would be very > useful and hit an 80/20 point. We've consistently heard from customers and > partners that reliable messaging is very important to them. I support the > discussion and architectural description of reliable messaging in this > forum. I agree that would be useful, but I think it's a long way from an 80/20 solution. > And saying that reliable messaging protocols don't make sense is akin to > saying that we don't need tcp as ip already exists. Maybe I wasn't clear. I'm for "reliable messaging protocols" if they're application layer extensions. I'm (generally) against them if they're transport protocols (like HTTPR). MB -- Mark Baker. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.markbaker.ca Web architecture consulting, technical reports, evaluation & analysis
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