Re: Clarifying optionality of HTTP binding

s/or indeed to define/or indeed of/

noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com wrote:

> <original>
> "The purpose of the SOAP HTTP binding is to provide a binding of SOAP to
> HTTP. It is important to note that use of the SOAP HTTP binding is
> optional and that nothing precludes the specification of different
> bindings to other protocols, or indeed to define other bindings to HTTP.
> Because of the optionality of using the SOAP HTTP binding, it is NOT a
> requirement to implement it as part of a SOAP node."
> </original>
>
> <proposed>
> "The purpose of the SOAP HTTP binding is to provide a binding of SOAP to
> HTTP. It is important to note that use of the SOAP HTTP binding is
> optional and that nothing precludes the specification of different
> bindings to other protocols, or indeed to define other bindings to HTTP.
> Because of the optionality of using the SOAP HTTP binding, it is NOT a
> requirement to implement it as part of a SOAP node.  A node that does correctly
> and completely implement the HTTP binding me to be said to "conform to the
> SOAP 1.2 HTTP binding.""
> </proposed>
>
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> "Henrik Frystyk Nielsen" <henrikn@microsoft.com>
> Sent by: xml-dist-app-request@w3.org
> 03/21/02 05:18 PM
>
>
>         To:     <xml-dist-app@w3.org>
>         cc:     (bcc: Noah Mendelsohn/Cambridge/IBM)
>         Subject:        Clarifying optionality of HTTP binding
>
> I don't think there is anything controversial in this mail but just
> wanted to be sure that there are no surprises. I believe the HTTP
> binding provided in SOAP 1.2 part 2 Adjuncts is just one of many
> possible bindings (even to HTTP) and is optional to implement. As such,
> I think we need to clarify that in section 7 in part 2 with something
> like the following text:
>
> "The purpose of the SOAP HTTP binding is to provide a binding of SOAP to
> HTTP. It is important to note that use of the SOAP HTTP binding is
> optional and that nothing precludes the specification of different
> bindings to other protocols, or indeed to define other bindings to HTTP.
> Because of the optionality of using the SOAP HTTP binding, it is NOT a
> requirement to implement it as part of a SOAP node."
>
> Comments?
>
> Henrik Frystyk Nielsen
> mailto:henrikn@microsoft.com
>
> [1] http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/Group/1/10/11/soap12-part2.html#soapinhttp

Received on Friday, 22 March 2002 07:16:40 UTC