What are peoples thoughts on using the OPTIONS method to describe what types
of input a resource can handle?  The HTTP spec says:

"The OPTIONS method represents a request for information about the
communication options available on the request/response chain identified by
the Request-URI"

Currently, Restlet sends the supported verbs back in the headers.  Would it
be appropriate for a developer to take this one step further and send
something like an XML schema back in the response body?  This way, clients
of the resource could know how to format an XML message (or *any* message
for that matter) before communicating with the resource.

Kevin

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