Date:         Thu, 26 Feb 2004 09:36:21 -0000
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From:         "Matthew J. Dovey" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: SOAPAction
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> > > (3) If you want to be WS-I compliant, then you /can/ send an empty
> > >     string and SRW servers will happily ignore it.  But 
> /requiring/ 
> > > a
> 
> So the WS-I is just saying:  You have to follow the protocol.
> Uhhh...?

Precisely - it shouldn't need to should it. But then when people might
start thinking " But /requiring/ a client to send an empty string or
you'll fail the request, even though you could obviously happily process
it anyway, is just moronic.", and not bother!

Actually, it goes a little further - the value must be in quotes even if
the value is nothing.

Matthew