Re: FYI: BCP 56, RFC 3205 on HTTP Layering

It is not so clear.  SOAP seems to diverge from
use of MIME unnecessarily.

The use of XML for
data packaging means that you can't easily use
existing web browsers to interact with web
services.
In contrast, browsers know how to send
multipart/form-data, and most web servers already
know how to process it.

XML also creates a blizzard of new rules that
implementers must contend with.  MIME is already
well understood and built into most server
libraries.

-Alex-

On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Mark Nottingham wrote:

>
> Thanks for that, Larry; I hadn't seen it.
>
> It looks like SOAP/1.2 is on a path to conforming nicely.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 04:19:09PM -0800, Larry Masinter wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: RFC Editor [mailto:rfc-ed@ISI.EDU]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 4:27 PM
> > To: IETF-Announce:
> > Cc: rfc-ed@ISI.EDU
> > Subject: BCP 56, RFC 3205 on HTTP Layering
> >
> >
> >
> > A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.
> >
> >
> >         BCP 56
> >         RFC 3205
> >
> >         Title:	    On the use of HTTP as a Substrate
> >         Author(s):  K. Moore
> >         Status:     Best Current Practice
> > 	Date:       February 2002
> >         Mailbox:    moore@cs.utk.edu
> >         Pages:      14
> >         Characters: 34785
> >         Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:  None
> >
> >         I-D Tag:    draft-moore-using-http-01.txt
> >
> >         URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3205.txt
> >
> >
> > Recently there has been widespread interest in using Hypertext
> > Transfer Protocol (HTTP) as a substrate for other applications-level
> > protocols.  This document recommends technical particulars of such
> > use, including use of default ports, URL schemes, and HTTP security
> > mechanisms.
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