On Wed, 22 May 2002 10:21:43 -0700, in soap you wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Russell Butek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 5:57 AM >Subject: doc/lit and WS-I > > >> WS-I is forming it's base profile as I write this note. They are >> suggesting that all web services engines MUST support, at a minimum, >> doc/lit over the wire. This means that we must be able to export doc/lit >> WSDL, ie., provide a doc/lit flag on Java2WSDL. What sort of WSDL do we >> export? The same we do now except replacing rpc/encoding with >> document/literal? Or a .NET style (which the WS-I folks are viewing as a >> SOAP section 7 style - though I don't completely agree - I think Microsoft >> did things that shouldn't have been done - like essentially ignoring the >> message clause)? > >Here is my fundamental issue with the WS-I: is it focused on interop, like >SOAP builders, or public rubberstamping of existing implementations to meet >the implementors strategic goals. > >I mean, its not like the MS implementations pay full attention to section 5, >and the .net stack(s) dont do SwA _or_ their proposed DIME alternative.
Yup, sounds to me like its rubber stamping. If they're mandating doc/literal, is that full XSD support, or a subset of XSD, and if a subset, is it documented ? Cheers Simon
