RE: xml transfer over TCP

BEEP is more powerful at the transport level -- EG multiple message streams can
be interleaved on the same channel.

You could do everything beep does as a dialect of HTTP, but it would be harder
than starting from scratch.  I would be surprized if there isn't an HTTP binding
for BEEP semantics, though.

- Lucas





> In what way is this significantly different from HTTP?
> The only difference I see is the use of position rather
> than keywords for parameters, a giant leap backwards.
>
> John.
>
> At 11:55 AM 5/9/2001 +0200, Jean-Jacques Moreau wrote:
> >Lucas,
> >
> >I guess you've come across BEEP before?
> >   command SP channel SP msgno SP more SP seqno SP size CRLF
> >   [content type CRLF]
> >   CRLF
> >   XML data CRLF
> >   END
> >
> >Jean-Jacques.
> >
> >
> >
> >Lucas Gonze wrote:
> >
> > > I am looking for examples of XML protocols that do message transfer
> > over "plain"
> > > TCP, i.e. without an HTTP wrapper.  If you know something about the
> > formatting
> > > it would be very helpful.
> > >
> > > For example, a Goa protocol message as sent over TCP, and without
> HTTP, is:
> > > Goa CRLF
> > > byte count of XML data CRLF
> > > XML data
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > - Lucas
>
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