RE: INT: Re: Intermediary Discussion

> From: Noah_Mendelsohn@lotus.com [mailto:Noah_Mendelsohn@lotus.com]
> Sent: 07 February 2001 20:14
> To: Mark Nottingham
> Cc: Martin Gudgin; XML Protocol Comments
> Subject: Re: INT: Re: Intermediary Discussion
> 
> 
> Mark Nottingham writes:
> 
> >> However, the design shouldn't address this in the 'core'
> >> intermediary definition - it's too dependent on the 
> >> transport binding and influenced by the application.
> 
> Many applications will want to approach XP in a binding-independent 
> manner.  I think it is therefore important to have a clean set of rules 
> for the proper use and implications of headers/intermediaries, independent

> of the binding.  Indeed, the role of the binding should be to provide 
> implementation of those semantics.

Strongly agree!

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Regards,

Stuart

Received on Wednesday, 7 February 2001 17:10:09 UTC