xml-dev - Re: need for defining standard APIs for xml storage

["KenNorth" <KenNorth@email.msn.com>]

> Just so the obvious doesn't get overlooked, don't miss one of the most
> common APIs for storage and retrieval of XML: HTTP.

Ken,

Perhaps we are working from a different lexicon. In my world, delivery is
different from storage and retrieval and protocols are different from APIs.

By those guidelines, HTTP is a layered, delivery protocol. At a lower level,
you have protocols such as TCP/IP. At a higher level, you can define
XML-based messaging such as SOAP. HTTP defines standard messages such as
POST, but developers use a variety of APIs to emit and consume HTTP.



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