Re: Response envelope optional vs. response optional

On 12/21/05, David Hull <[email protected]> wrote:
>  The distinction being made is between HTTP responses that contain SOAP
> envelopes and those that don't.  Both are clearly possible on the wire.
> Whether that distinction is semantically relevant other than on the wire is
> a separate issue.  I would prefer to talk about that issue

Me too.  It's what I was talking about.  I believe the distinction to
be irrelevant.

> rather than what
> a "SOAP response" is or isn't, though of course I realize that agreeing on a
> common definition of "SOAP response" ought to aid that discussion.

Well, we know that a SOAP response is a SOAP message, and that a SOAP
message is defined as;

 "The basic unit of communication between SOAP nodes"
 -- http://www.w3.org/TR/soap12-part1/#encapsulation

which includes (amoungst other things) the HTTP envelope, at least
when the HTTP binding is used.

Mark.
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