Murata Makoto writes:
I believe that SOAP implementations use the
charset parameter. If we remove the charset
parameter, we will make them non-conformant.
This is not my area of expertise, but I note that the HTTP binding [1]
provided by SOAP 1.2 Recommendation uses an application/soap+xml media
type, a definition of which is at [2] (I believe it is working its way
through the formal registration process.) My reading is that the
definition lists charset as optional, and makes clear that its proper use
is to be found in RFC 3023.
I am not aware of what typical implementations of SOAP 1.1 or SOAP 1.2 are
doing, but the 1.2 spec at least seems to list it as optional. Again, I'm
not expert in this stuff and am not offering an opinion, but I thought the
links might be helpful.
[1]http://www.w3.org/TR/soap12-part2/#soapinhttp
[2] http://www.w3.org/TR/soap12-part2/#ietf-draft
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MURATA Makoto <murata(_at_)hokkaido(_dot_)email(_dot_)ne(_dot_)jp>
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Subject: Re: Requesting a revision of RFC3023
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 03:50:11 +0200
Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi(_at_)gmx(_dot_)net> wrote:
You want to change something that has been STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for over
five years to (ideally) MUST NOT just because it could cause trouble
when used improperly or with broken implementations. Today I am good
with web standards if I use the charset parameter, tommorow I am bad
with web standards if I do. What's next on #W3C? Use tables for layout
because people could get CSS wrong and old browsers get some CSS wrong?
I don't think this leads anywhere.
I believe that SOAP implementations use the charset parameter. If we
remove the charset parameter, we will make them non-conformant.
Cheers,
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MURATA Makoto <murata(_at_)hokkaido(_dot_)email(_dot_)ne(_dot_)jp>