Re: MIME Envelope Optional?

[christopher ferris <chris.ferris@east.sun.com>]

"Miller, Robert (GXS)" wrote:
> 
> I did not here any discussion in Vancouver whether the MIME envelope might
> be optional in cases where the message payload contained only XML syntax.
> It seems logical to me that the MIME envelope would be optional in such
> cases.
> 
> Cheers,
>         Bob
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If we disallow any "payload" in the SOAP-ENV:Body element, as has been
suggested and eloquently argued, then this would never be the case.

However, an acknowledgment, error (SOAP:Fault) or StatusData message
which have no business "payload" *could* be sent absent the MIME
packaging. Now the question becomes, is this what we want?

Cheers,

Chris
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