[boost] Re: References to SOAP and DOM

From: Dave Abrahams (abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-03-04 18:11:22

on 2/29/00 12:13 PM, Thomas Plum at tplum_at_[hidden] wrote:

> I mentioned to a friend the boost discussion about GUI frameworks
> and why boost didn't see it as a cost-effective target.  He
> suggested that there is recent work that may circumvent the old
> "platform wars".  I'm curious if any boosters have opinions about
> the relevance of SOAP or DOM ...
> 
> 
> Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
> 
> http://www.xmlrpc.com/soap/
> 
> 
> Document Object Model (DOM)
> 
> http://www.w3.org/DOM/

I just looked at this. Call me narrow-minded or short-sighted (go ahead!)
but somehow I just don't get the connection. These proposals seem to be
aimed at web-based scripting; we were talking about GUI frameworks and
look-and-feel.

-Dave