[Openefm-development] Re: OpenEFM question

[Jeremiah J. <jer...@go...>]

On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 14:44 -0800, Jason Van Cleve wrote:


>=20
> > > things as simple as possible.  Even SOAP, we find, is superfluous.
> > Would you just shove the XML through a socket directly, or what?
>=20
> No, we like XML over HTTP for this stuff.  (Personally, I think the
> existing SOAP with attachments interface is best, because that allows
> for better handling of binaries.  But .NET has problems with it.)

The last time we visited this subject, we determined that in-lining the
data was the only platform independent way to do it. Java/SUN had one
standard for soap with attachments and MS(VB6) had another involving
MIME/Types or some such thing. Can't really remember the details.=20

>=20
> --Jason
> counterclaim
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