• Subject: Re: SOAPy bit from TAG
• From: Tim Bray <tbray@t...>
• Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 21:10:14 -0700
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
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Simon Fell wrote:

>>Tim Bray just posted an interesting notion of URL-encoding SOAP requests
>>on www-tag:
>>http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2002Apr/0211.html
> 
> Have yet to see an example of how this works when faced with more
> complex input types.

It doesn't.  But I suspect it's probably not cost-effective to try
to get the web-architectural benefits of GET once the inputs starts
looking hairy.  I'm not proposing a general mechanism, just one that
applies for a small subset of the possible kinds of SOAP interactions.

I have no opinion as to whether this is a small or large subset
of the actual instances of real-world SOAP interactions.  It doesn't
matter - what I'm proposing is simple and lightweight enough that
it's worth doing even if it only covers a small part of the space.
-Tim

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