- From: Mark Jones <jones@research.att.com>
- Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 16:08:45 -0400 (EDT)
- To: xml-dist-app@w3.org
I had an action item from the May 7 telcon to note one of the three mentioned positions on whether SOAP should be viewed as subsetting XML. This position is that SOAP certainly constrains a class of XML documents (SOAP envelopes). It not only constrains its own use of XML features, but also those of the applications which it supports. This is not a simple case of an application choosing to restrict itself, since SOAP is instrumental in the construction of customized application protocols. In this middleware role, it is also imposing constraints on the class of XML fragments which those application protocols may wish to utilize. It is hard for a layman not to conclude that SOAP has established a subset of XML. (It is easier for a SOAP philosopher, however. ;-) ) Mark A. Jones AT&T Labs -- Strategic Standards Division Shannon Laboratory Room 2A02 180 Park Ave. Florham Park, NJ 07932-0971 email: jones@research.att.com phone: (973) 360-8326 fax: (973) 236-6453
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