[Standards-JIG] XData Forms

[Alexander Gnauck]

Hello,

while doing some more xData coding i ran in problems with different 
client and server implementations which expect different behaviors and 
are not compatible to each other.

eg: I have a text field which is not required
<field type='text-single' var='search_request'>
</field>

if a user enters no value in the form i have seen this different results

- client doesn't submit the field at all.
- client submits the field without value tag:
	<field type='text-single' var='search_request' />
- client submits the field without type attribute but empty value tag
	<field var='search_request'>
		<value></value>
	</field>

i think we need more clarification or best practices in the JEP. Which 
behavior is correct here? Or are the all correct?

according to the schema the value tag and type attribute are both 
optional. So all 3 examples are correct if we don't have to submit non 
required text fields with the response.

Alex