- From: Hugo Haas <hugo@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 17:16:24 -0400
- To: xml-dist-app@w3.org
[ Sorry for the *late* response about that... ] * Jean-Jacques Moreau <moreau@crf.canon.fr> [2001-03-21 17:00+0100] > Mark Jones wrote: [ Distinction between header and body ] > > The main distinction as I see it is where the responsibility lies > > for generating responses. Some handler in some module at the > > destination must take on that responsibility, and having a body > > makes a convenient place to designate that responsibility. > > That's fine. We could do it differently, for example using an > attribute or special URI; this would, in my opinion, simplify the > dispatching machinery (no need to look for a body tag; just use > actors and namespaces everywhere, it will work automatically). But > you are right in pointing out we need to carry out the "body" > semantics, somehow. The whole point about this body/header difference was that carrying out the "body" semantics did not require a different element and that it could be done with a single element and attributes. I still believe that, as Jean-Jacques suggested, it makes more sense to use only one element. -- Hugo Haas - W3C mailto:hugo@w3.org - http://www.w3.org/People/Hugo/ - tel:+1-617-452-2092
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