- From: David Orchard <dorchard@bea.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 10:02:24 -0800
- To: <noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com>, "'Mark Baker'" <distobj@acm.org>
- Cc: <fielding@apache.org>, <xml-dist-app@w3.org>
While we're providing context, I now don't agree with the [2] quote any more. I have changed my position since then, which is better represented at [6] Cheers, Dave [6] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/xml-dist-app/2003Feb/0069.html > -----Original Message----- > From: xml-dist-app-request@w3.org > [mailto:xml-dist-app-request@w3.org]On > Behalf Of noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 9:22 AM > To: Mark Baker > Cc: dorchard@bea.com; fielding@apache.org; xml-dist-app@w3.org > Subject: Re: What is a SOAP Message > > > > Roy: there is indeed a moderately voluminous thread on this > at [1], which > was originally about the general nature of SOAP messages (may > or may not > be of interest to you....roughly it's whatever one node sends > to another > per the SOAP architecture. My view is that it includes at > minimum an XML > "Envelope" but frequently other information such as destination URIs, > etc.) Where we started to get into REST issues is where > David Orchard > said at [2]: > > "Maybe a good word for the bag of bits that some are calling > a message > would be better served being called a representation?" > > Which led to the ongoing discussion of whether >all< such > messages are > best described with the word "representation". I think that's the > fundamental question on which Mark has asked for your reactions. > > If you're commenting, as Mark requested, I'd specifically be > curious for > your thoughs on my contribution at [3]. (BTW: I also wrote > some followup > at [4, 5] but those latter posts are somewhat less succinct. > That said, > if you do read the post at [4] please note the clarification at [5].) > > Thank you! > > [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/xml-dist-app/2003Feb/0005.html > [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/xml-dist-app/2003Feb/0023.html > [3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/xml-dist-app/2003Feb/0023.html > [4] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/xml-dist-app/2003Feb/0084.html > [5] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/xml-dist-app/2003Feb/0092.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Noah Mendelsohn Voice: 1-617-693-4036 > IBM Corporation Fax: 1-617-693-8676 > One Rogers Street > Cambridge, MA 02142 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >
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