RE: text/xml for SOAP (and XP) considered harmful

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Masinter [mailto:LMM@acm.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 9:59 AM
> 
> Actually, SOAP should use
>    application/soap+xml
> 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mmurata@trl.ibm.co.jp [mailto:mmurata@trl.ibm.co.jp]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 9:54 PM
> 
>       NOTE: Section 14.1 of HTTP[RFC2616] does not support Accept
>       headers of the form "Accept: */*+xml" and so this header MUST NOT
>       be used in this way. Instead, content negotiation[RFC2703] could
>       potentially be used if an XML-based MIME type were needed.



Question: When people say 'SOAP should use application/soap+xml' (or
whatever mime type) - are we talking about the Accept header when SOAP is
carried over HTTP? Or are we talking about a header in the Envelope which
identifies the media type of the Body of the SOAP message?


Mike