RE: Issue 189 proposals:

FWIW i cast myself as being "a user" and i find it OK, 
no less subtle or obscure than XPath or W3C schema patterns .. 

 -----Original Message----- 
 From: www-ws-desc-request@w3.org on behalf of Sanjiva Weerawarana 
 Sent: Mon 26/07/2004 21:02 
 To: www-ws-desc@w3.org 
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 Subject: Re: Issue 189 proposals:
 
 


 "Hugo Haas" <hugo@w3.org> writes:
 >
 > If I have:
 >
 >   <data>
 >     <a>1</a>
 >     <b>2</b>
 >     <c>3</c>
 >     <d>4</d>
 >   </data>
 >
 > then the draft as it stands says that:
 > - location="{a}/{b}" serializes as "1/2?c=3&d=4"
 > - location="{a}/{b}/" serializes as "1/2/?c=3&d=4"
 >
 > Now, your proposal is that location="{a}/{b/}" serializes as "1/2",
 > and that the rest be serialized as application/xml, i.e.:
 >
 >   <data>
 >     <c>3</c>
 >     <d>4</d>
 >   </data>
 >
 > Am I right?
 
 I have to say .. this is just too much black art for me. How do you
 expect users to distinguish between "{a}/{b/}" and "{a}/{b}/" with
 such serious implications?
 
 I know we accepted this, but its not a winner feature IMO.
 
 Sanjiva.

Received on Monday, 26 July 2004 16:24:03 UTC