Re: [xml-dev] What Does SOAP/WS Do that A REST System Can't?

[Leigh Dodds <leigh@ldodds.com>]

Rich Salz wrote:
>>POST to a URL.
>>Receive 302 See Other with a Location header.
>>Perform a GET on the URL in the Location header to see the results.
> 
> Cute.

Its a fairly standard pattern. I've got it deployed in a fairly
active human-oriented web application at the moment and its
working just fine.

> You've doubled the reliability, security, and server-state load,
> but it is RESTian.  For many applications that won't be enough.

Where do you get the factor of two from?

L.