- From: Marc Hadley <marc.hadley@sun.com>
- Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 14:44:42 +0000
- To: Vidur Apparao <vidur@netscape.com>
- CC: xmlp-comments <xmlp-comments@w3.org>
Vidur, You raised an issue [1] to the XML Protocol WG pertaining to the use of custom data encodings in SOAP. We resolved this during the WG conference call on 31st Oct 2001 by agreeing that: (i) An implementation of SOAP could be conformant without supporting the SOAP encoding. i.e. Support of the SOAP encoding is optional in implementations. (ii) The SOAP encoding is dependent on the SOAP data model and that the RPC convention is dependent on the SOAP data model and the SOAP encoding. (iii) Tests would be provided for implementations claiming conformance with the SOAP encoding. To resolve issue 48 we agreed to the following two actions: (a) Instructing the editors of the SOAP specification to clarify the optional nature of the SOAP encoding in the specification and to clearly describe the dependencies between SOAP, the SOAP data model, SOAP encoding and RPC convention. (b) Instructing the conformance subgroup to include tests for SOAP encoding conformance, but to note the optional nature of the SOAP encoding in the test suite. i.e. SOAP implementations may choose not to implement the SOAP encoding, but if they claim conformance with the SOAP encoding they must pass all of the SOAP encoding conformance tests. As such, the WG considers the issue closed. Please let us know if this is an acceptable resolution. Regards, Marc. [1] http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/Group/xmlp-issues.html#x48 -- Marc Hadley <marc.hadley@sun.com> XML Technology Centre, Sun Microsystems.
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