[OAI-implementers] error questions

[Louis Feng]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simeon Warner [mailto:simeon@cs.cornell.edu] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:10 AM
> To: lfeng
> Cc: OAI-implementers@oaisrv.nsdl.cornell.edu
> Subject: RE: [OAI-implementers] error questions
> 
> 
> 
> I disagree. Arguments that are not 'required', 'optional' or 
> 'exclusive' are 'illegal' and should generate badArgument 
> errors. This is how I read the spec for badArgument:
> 

Thanks for clarify this. This does make OAI more restrictive, what is
the benefit of doing so? 

Louis