• From: David Megginson <david@m...>
• To: Michael Fitzgerald <mike@w...>
• Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 12:43:45 -0500 (EST)

Michael Fitzgerald writes:

 > What do you exactly mean by "the SOAP spec mixes protocol and format"?

It defines two things mixed together -- a data-serialization format,
and a protocol for exchaning that information.  By comparison, note
how important it is that HTML and HTTP are specified separately
(people ended up using HTTP for a lot more than just HTML, and ended
up using HTML in many non-HTTP environments).


All the best,


David

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