- From: <noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 15:30:02 -0400
- To: Jacek Kopecky <jacek@systinet.com>
- Cc: XMLP Dist App <xml-dist-app@w3.org>
Jacek Kopecky writes: >> Should SOAP Encoding serialization >> produce self-describing XML? >> (self-describing in terms of >> the data structure) I think there's a variation of this goal that you don't cover, but it's the one I would like in principal if we could get there: Should it be possible for an application to use SOAP Encoding serialization to produce self-describing XML? (self-describing in terms of the data structure) We got quite close in SOAP 1.1, and that was conscious. So, and application CAN use xsi:type on all elements that are of simple type, but it need not if it prefers to rely on schemas or other external contracts to establish the interpretation of the contents. It may be too late, and I've never pushed it, but I would like >>to be able to<< distinguish structs from arrays in a self-describing message, but that's not at all the same as saying that every serialization should be self-describing. I'm not advocating any particular design decision at this point, just suggesting that the goal as I've stated it seems like a quite appealing middle ground between always self-desc. and "it's not always possible." Obviously, it's a matter of degree in any case. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Noah Mendelsohn Voice: 1-617-693-4036 IBM Corporation Fax: 1-617-693-8676 One Rogers Street Cambridge, MA 02142 ------------------------------------------------------------------
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