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Re: fixing "application message" mess

2003-04-07 13:27:32

Alex Rousskov wrote:

In other words, let OPES processor worry about its application input
and output. OPES processor negotiates with the callout server what OCP
application they should use and then handles necessary conversions, if
any. Naturally, the processor should not negotiate OCP applications
that it cannot convert input application to or output application from.

OCP application could be HTTP. Or it could be something like
"transfer-encoded HTTP message body with content-type and
transfer-encoding passed via meta-data". Etc...

Provides quite some flexibility, but complicates the negotiation process... Who would specify/standardize possible OCP applications to be used? E.g., who would specify something like "transfer-encoded HTTP message body with content-type and transfer-encoding passed via meta-data". How do we ensure interoperability? By requesting some mandatory OCP applications (e.g. HTTP)?

-Markus


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