Re: Models: preservation of user information

[Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no>]

Christopher Oliva writes:
> I would prefer mandating servers to return the exact value that was
> originally added (when there are no explicit constraints in the schema
> definition for that item).

Well, that has been shot down, but maybe this sentence in [Models] 6.1:

  Where such requirements have not be explicitly stated, servers SHOULD 
  preserve the value of user information but MAY return the value in a 
  different form. 

can be strengthened a little:  Append

  ..."provided that the implementation documents possible divergences."

-- 
Hallvard