How does XDI differ from HTTP?
XDI service will most likely resemble HTTP closely-it will define the same basic GET/PUT/DELETE/POST operations on XRI-addressable resources instead of URI-addressable resources, with XDI documents specified as the default content type. However the OASIS XDI TC will also study the need for addition verbs to support transactional integrity. • How does XDI differ from SOAP? XDI might be called “SOAP for data sharing”. In other words, the same way SOAP provides a standard XML envelope for cross-domain messaging, XDI provides a standard XML envelope for cross-domain data interchange. Of course an XDI envelope can go inside a SOAP envelope, which is exactly what happens in the XDI/SOAP binding. With XDI/SOAP, XDI functions as a standard Web service, and is interoperable with all other Web services standards and infrastructure. • Is XDI only for enveloping other data? No. Like XML digital signatures, XDI documents can also be contained within conventional XML documents (enveloped), or they c
