- From: Marc Hadley <marc.hadley@sun.com>
- Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 15:44:07 +0000
- To: Dan Gunter <dkgunter@lbl.gov>
- CC: xml-dist-app@w3.org
Dan Gunter wrote: > I have a simple question: do these hierarchical fault codes have any > well-defined semantics? > Only that child codes specialise their parents. e.g. <soap:Fault xmlns:soap='http://www.w3.org/2001/09/soap-envelope' > <faultcode value='soap:Reciever' > <faultcode xmlns:app='http://example.org/apps' value='app:SomeError' /> </faultcode> </soap:Fault> would mean that "app:someError" is a subcategory of "soap:Receiver". > Could I express a stack trace with them? Could I > also just present the same error in 5 languages? Could I express failure > with possibility for retry vs. failure with no retry? > The "detail" fault element would be a more appropriate place for this kind of information I think. I agree that the the "top" element in the faultcode tree should be something standardised in the specification. Regards, Marc -- Marc Hadley <marc.hadley@sun.com> XML Technology Centre, Sun Microsystems.
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