RE: [xml-dev] What does SOAP really add?

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Michael Kay <>
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'Didier PH Martin' <>, 'Joshua Allen' <>, 'Julian Reschke' <>,
Date
2002-04-23T14:23:07Z
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RE: [xml-dev] What does SOAP really add?
> Good point. How many times I was stuck with the problem of
> not being able to
> include a document returned from a form request (i.e. an HTTP
> POST). The
> XSLT document function is limited to the HTTP GET and do not
> support the
> different ways to access information through the standard
> HTTP 1.1. This a
> serious limitation is preventing the full benefit of dynamic documents
> inclusion. Moreover, it seems that XSLT 2.0 don't even
> resolve the issue.
>
Correct. The XSLT 2.0 requirements have been published for at least a year
and if I recall correctly no-one has asked for this feature.

Michael Kay
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