Hi Alaric,

Alaric said:
>  I know what you're saying - there are idempotent operations out there that
>  can only be performed by POST and it would be nice to be able to access
them
>  from XSLT - BUT I think this practice should be discouraged, not
encouraged!
>  One of the best pieces of information you can pass to a lower layer in a
>  network is whether the communication action you are performing is
idempotent.
>  If it's idempotent, then removing the requirement to avoid duplicating
>  communications in the network can simplify it a lot, and only idempotent
>  operations may be cached without breaking semantics!
> 

Didier replies:
I understand your point.

Cheers
Didier PH Martin


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