Re: Handling unknown elements in an entry

[Tim Bray <Tim.Bray@xxxxxxx>]

On Mar 25, 2005, at 11:26 AM, Joe Gregorio wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 14:21:38 -0500, Robert Sayre 
> <mint@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > If the client was intentionally trying to delete the extension, that's
> > exactly what it would do, isn't it?
>
> Or should it return the entry with the element empty? I think
> that would more clearly show the intention.

Uh, Rob, isn't that a red herring?  If you explicitly want to delete 
anything, you're within your rights.  I think the point is that clients 
should silently discard extension data... or am I missing something? 
-Tim