Re: Last Call: Using SOAP in BEEP to Proposed Standard

[Scott Brim <swb at employees.org>]

On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 01:42:37PM +0100, Lloyd Wood allegedly wrote:
> As reference (1) indicates, SOAP is documented in the W3C. Why is this
> work being done as an IETF draft and not in the W3C? BEEP is RFC3080,
> but SOAP in BEEP is a SOAP-specific problem, which afaik means it's a
> W3C problem.

Good point.  Let's take a parallel with how the IETF divides work with
groups working on lower layers.  When we formed the sub-IP area the
philosophy was that the IETF would take on sub-IP issues iff ...

 - The work depends on IP expertise, which is here,
 - That it is critical to the development of the IP infrastructure, and
 - That it directly or indirectly affects operations or routing at the
   IP layer.

Reflect that upwards.