RE: [Action - Prateek]: Should the Bindings Group select either the HTTP or SOAP protocol bindings?

[Scott Cantor <cantor.2@osu.edu>]

> Here is what I intended to say:
> 
> One part of the discussions at f2f#4 concerned the following:
>  
> (1) Do we require BOTH a HTTP binding and a SOAP binding in SAML 1.0?
> RESPOND: Yes/No
>  
> (2a) If yes, which binding is going to be Mandatory-to-Implement?
> RESPOND: HTTP/SOAP 1.1
>  
> (2b) If no, which binding is of interest to you?
> RESPOND: HTTP/SOAP 1.1/another proposal

My view would be:

(1) No.
(2b) I have a preference for raw HTTP at this time, basically because I
don't think SOAP is as "cooked" as you made it sound. I don't know to
what degree XMLP will look different, but in particular, I think the
SOAP HTTP binding is in a little bit of flux. It seems wiser in this
time frame to pick the more fixed starting point.

-- Scott