What are peoples thoughts on using the OPTIONS method to describe what types 
of input a resource can handle?  The HTTP spec says:

  "The OPTIONS method represents a request for information about the 
communication options available on the request/response chain identified by the 
Request-URI"

  Currently, Restlet sends the supported verbs back in the headers.  Would it 
be appropriate for a developer to take this one step further and send something 
like an XML schema back in the response body?  This way, clients of the 
resource could know how to format an XML message (or *any* message for that 
matter) before communicating with the resource.
Nice idea. +1 for me. 

Best Regards, 
Davide Angelocola

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