On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 11:45 AM, Steve Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A little bit pie in the sky here, nice in theory but a killer in practice > > So as an example. > > Imagine a message about a prisoner requesting a specific training class. > > The message would have to include
No, it wouldn't. The author is talking about stateless messaging - though it's a little difficult to tell - and all that requires is that the message contain all the information needed to understand its meaning. If the sender doesn't want the message to communicate why the prisoner is behind bars, then they shouldn't include it. If they do, then they should. It's just that simple. I wrote a blog post last year on some of the subtleties of stateless & self-descriptive messaging; http://www.markbaker.ca/blog/2007/11/users-and-self-description/ Mark.
