- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 15:48:50 -0500 (EST)
- To: LMM@acm.org
- Cc: xml-dist-app@w3.org
Larry, > In the case of SOAP-over-HTTP, you've gone beyond relying > on the 500 Server Error to signal anything having to do > with SOAP faults, and now you're arguing about whether > it's reasonable to ALSO use "500 server error" in the > cases where the SOAP layer is signalling a SOAP fault. By your examples, you appear to be assuming that SOAP is being layered on top of HTTP, by comparing it to HTTP's relationship to TCP and DECnet. This is what we have referred to as the "tunnel use" of SOAP. In the "chameleon use" of SOAP, the relationship between SOAP and HTTP is not one of layering, but one of extension (i.e. both work together at the application layer). In this use, SOAP very closely resembles PEP[1], though of course the envelope and processing model remain independant of any specific application protocol. [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-http-pep MB -- Mark Baker, Chief Science Officer, Planetfred, Inc. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. mbaker@planetfred.com http://www.markbaker.ca http://www.planetfred.com
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