The HTTP 1.1 spec sanctions the use of POST instead of GET for form
submission, presumably in cases where GET would otherwise be correct from
the standpoint of side-effect semantics, in order to keep the parameter
block from being logged with the URI. See 15.1.3.
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Baker" <>
To: "Francis Norton" <>
Cc: "Julian Reschke" <>; "Didier PH Martin"
<>; "Bill de hÓra" <>;
<>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] What does SOAP really add?
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 04:03:42PM +0100, Francis Norton wrote:
> > Let's say it simply and clearly. Web Services has exposed a substantial
> > requirement for queries with complex parameters that cannot (as far I
> > have seen so far) be expressed as orthodox GETs.
>
> I've described how to do this many times;
>
> http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/200204/msg00715.html
>
