This BoF will discuss the IETF taking on generic work in XML resource manipulation. It is not the intent of this BoF to charter a working group, but to review a proposal currently being put forward in SIMPLE and to discuss whether work of this type is a reduplication of existing work, a useful adjunct to existing work, or an appropriate replacement for existing work. The BoF will discuss: draft-urpalainen- simple-xml-patch-ops, and attendees should review it carefully.