Re: XML and stateless protocols

[Mark Baker <distobj@xxxxxxx>]

Looks good to me!

On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 09:01:57AM -0400, Hollenbeck, Scott wrote:
> OK, so folks think that addressing the topic of external references and
> stateless protocols is a good idea.  Here's my first attempt at text using
> Mark's original words:
> 
> "4.13 External References
> 
> When using XML in the context of a stateless protocol, be it the
> protocol itself (e.g.  SOAP), or simply as content transferred by an
> existing protocol (e.g.  XML/HTTP), care must be taken to not make
> the meaning of a message depend on information outside the message
> itself.  XML provides external entities (see Section 4.12), which are
> an easy way to make the meaning of a message depend on something
> external.  Using schema languages that can change the Infoset, like
> XML Schema, is another way."
> 
> Section 4.12 describes entity declarations and entity references.  If you
> have any issues with this I need to hear them ASAP as I want to get -05 done
> in time to meet the IETF-54 I-D cutoff date.
> 
> -Scott-

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