Anne Thomas Manes wrote:
Keep in mind that SOAP is not XML.
Yes.
It is an XML application. When you define
No, it is an XML Infoset application. Big difference. XML 1.0 syntax is one possible serialization for SOAP messages.an XML application, it's perfectly legitimate to restrict certain contructs.
You're the second knowledgeable person I've seen recently make this conflation.
And back to the point. Why are these processors named as though the process XML? They clearly process a subset (SOAP) and are thus not compliant XML processors. I don't care so much that they only work with SOAP; that's fine. I do care that they muddy the waters between SOAP and XML 1.0 processors, that's not fine.
Bill de hÓra
