Re: Notes in part 2, section 7.1

On Wednesday, Sep 18, 2002, at 09:12 US/Eastern, Jean-Jacques Moreau  
wrote:
>
> You're probably using Netscape 7.0 or Mozilla 1.1. It's a display bug.  
> The message source is fine, and renders properly in Netscape 4.79 or  
> Outlook Express 6.0.
>
OmniWeb actually, but the following probably doesn't help:

<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-16">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">

Pick a charset, any charset, but just use one !

Marc.

>
> Marc Hadley wrote:
>> Your ideas for further movement of text sound fine to me.  
>> Unfortunately  the attachment you sent out seems to be garbled. I  
>> checked in the  archives[1] and it comes out garbled there too. Can  
>> you resend.
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> <h1>SOAP Version 1.2 Part 2: Adjuncts</h1>
> <h2>Editors Copy $Date: 2002/09/16 14:57:37 $ @@ @@  
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> <h2><a name="abstract">Abstract</a></h2></div><div>
> <h2><a name="status">Status of this Document</a></h2><p><strong>This  
> document is an editors' copy that has
>         no official standing.</strong></p><p></p></div><hr><div  
> class="toc">
> <h2><a name="shortcontents">Short Table of Contents</a></h2><p  
> class="toc">1. <a href="#soapinhttp">SOAP HTTP Binding</a><br>2. <a  
> href="#IDAELAW">Placeholder</a><br></p></div><hr><div class="toc">
> <h2><a name="contents">Table of Contents</a></h2><p class="toc">1. <a  
> href="#soapinhttp">SOAP HTTP Binding</a><br>    1.1 <a  
> href="#http-intro">Introduction</a><br>        1.1.1 <a  
> href="#httpoptionality">Optionality</a><br>        1.1.2 <a  
> href="#httpuse">Use of HTTP</a><br>        1.1.3 <a  
> href="#httpinterop">HTTP Interoperability</a><br>        1.1.4 <a  
> href="#httpmediatype">HTTP Media-Type</a><br>    1.2 <a  
> href="#http-bindname">Binding Name</a><br>2. <a  
> href="#IDAELAW">Placeholder</a><br>    2.1 <a href="#ietf-draft">IETF  
> Draft</a><br>    2.2 <a href="#soap-media-type">SOAP Media  
> Type</a><br>    2.3 <a href="#soapresmep">SOAP Response MEP</a><br>     
> 2.4 <a href="#singlereqrespmep">Requet-Response MEP</a><br>    2.5 <a  
> href="#soapfeatspec">SOAP Feature</a><br>    2.6 <a  
> href="#SOAP-PART1">SOAP Part1</a><br>    2.7 <a  
> href="#RFC2616">RFC2616</a><br></p></div><hr><div class="body"><div  
> class="div1">
> <h2><a name="soapinhttp"></a>1. SOAP HTTP Binding</h2><div  
> class="div2">
> <h3><a name="http-intro"></a>1.1 Introduction</h3><p>The SOAP HTTP  
> Binding provides a binding of SOAP to HTTP. The
>     binding conforms to the SOAP Protocol Binding Framework (see <a  
> href="#SOAP-PART1">[SOAP-PART1]</a><a  
> href="soap12-part1.html/#transpbindframew">SOAP Protocol Binding
>     Framework</a>). It uses abstract binding properties as a  
> descriptive
>     tool for defining the functionality of certain features.</p><p>The  
> SOAP Protocol Binding Framework (see <a  
> href="#SOAP-PART1">[SOAP-PART1]</a><a  
> href="soap12-part1.html/#transpbindframew">SOAP Protocol Binding
>     Framework</a>), the Message Exchange Pattern Specifications
>     (see <a href="#SOAP-PART1">[SOAP-PART1]</a><a  
> href="soap12-part1.html/#soapmep">SOAP Message Exchange
>     Patterns</a>) and Feature Specifications (see <a  
> href="#soapfeatspec"><b>2.5 SOAP Feature</b></a>) each describe the  
> properties they expect to be
>     present in a message exchange context when control of that context
>     passes between a local SOAP node and a binding  
> instance.</p><p>Properties are named with XML qualified names. > Property
>     values are determined by the Schema type of the property, as  
> defined
>     in the specification which introduces the property.</p><div  
> class="div3">
> <h4><a name="httpoptionality"></a>1.1.1 Optionality</h4><p>The SOAP  
> HTTP Binding is optional and SOAP nodes are NOT
> 	    required to implement it. A SOAP node that correctly and
> 	    completely implements the SOAP HTTP Binding may to be said
> 	    to "conform to the SOAP 1.2 HTTP Binding."</p><p>The SOAP version  
> 1.2 specification does not preclude
> 	    development of other bindings to HTTP or bindings to other
> 	    protocols, but communication with nodes using such other
> 	    bindings is not a goal. Note that other bindings of SOAP
> 	    to HTTP MAY be written to provide support for SOAP Message
> 	    exchange patterns other than <a href="#singlereqrespmep"><b>2.4  
> Requet-Response MEP</b></a> or the <a href="#soapresmep"><b>2.3 SOAP  
> Response MEP</b></a>. Such alternate bindings MAY therefore
> 	    make use of HTTP features and status codes not required
> 	    for this binding. For example, another binding might
> 	    provide for a 202 or 204 HTTP response status to be
> 	    returned in response to an HTTP POST or PUT (e.g. a
> 	    one-way "push" MEP with confirmation).</p></div><div class="div3">
> <h4><a name="httpuse"></a>1.1.2 Use of HTTP</h4><p>This binding of  
> SOAP to HTTP is intended to make
> 	    appropriate use of HTTP as an application protocol. For
> 	    example, successful responses are sent with status code
> 	    200, and failures are indicated as 4XX or 5XX. This
> 	    binding is not intended to fully exploit the features of
> 	    HTTP, but rather to use HTTP specifically for the purpose
> 	    of communicating with other SOAP nodes implementing the
> 	    same binding. Therefore, this HTTP binding for SOAP does
> 	    not specify the use and/or meaning of all possible HTTP
> 	    methods, header fields and status responses. It specifies
> 	    only those which are pertinent to the <a  
> href="#singlereqrespmep"><b>2.4 Requet-Response MEP</b></a> or the <a  
> href="#soapresmep"><b>2.3 SOAP Response MEP</b></a>, or which are  
> likely to be introduced
> 	    by HTTP mechanisms (such as proxies) acting between the
> 	    SOAP nodes.</p><p>Certain
> 	    optional features provided by this binding depend on capabilities  
> provided by
> 	    HTTP/1.1, for example content
> 	    negotiation. Implementations SHOULD thus use HTTP/1.1
> 	    <a href="#RFC2616">[RFC2616]</a> (or later compatible versions  
> that share the
> 	    same major version number). Implementations MAY also be
> 	    deployed using HTTP/1.0, although in this case certain optional  
> binding features
> 	    may not be provided.</p><div class="note"><p  
> class="prefix"><b>Note:</b></p><p>SOAP HTTP Binding implementations  
> need to account for the
> 	    fact that HTTP/1.0 intermediaries</p><p class="diff-add">(which  
> may or may
> 	    not also be SOAP intermediaries)</p><p> may alter the  
> representation of
> 	    SOAP messages, even in situations where both the initial SOAP  
> sender and
> 	    ultimate SOAP receiver use HTTP/1.1.</p></div></div><div  
> class="div3">
> <h4><a name="httpinterop"></a>1.1.3 HTTP Interoperability</h4><p>
> 		Particularly when used with the <a href="#soapresmep"><b>2.3 SOAP  
> Response MEP</b></a>, the HTTP messages
> 		produced by this binding are likely to be
> 		indistinguishable from those produced by non-SOAP implementations
> 		performing similar operations.
> 		Accordingly, some degree of interoperation can be made possible  
> between SOAP nodes and other HTTP
> 		implementations when using this binding.
> 		For example, a conventional Web server (i.e. one not
> 		written specifically to conform to this specification) might be used  
> to respond
> 		to SOAP-initiated HTTP GET's with representations of
> 		<code>Content-Type</code> "application/soap+xml".
> 		Such interoperation is not a normative feature of this specification.
> 		</p></div><div class="div3">
> <h4><a name="httpmediatype"></a>1.1.4 HTTP  
> Media-Type</h4><p>Conforming implementations of this  
> binding:</p><ol><li><p>MUST be capable of sending and receiving  
> messages
>         serialized using media type "application/soap+xml" whose proper
>         use and parameters are described in </p><p class="diff-del"><a  
> href="#soap-media-type">[soap-media-type]</a></p><p  
> class="diff-add"><a href="#ietf-draft"><b>2.1 IETF  
> Draft</b></a></p><p>.</p></li><li><p>MAY send requests and responses  
> using other media types
>         providing that such media types provide for at least the
>         transfer of SOAP XML Infoset.</p></li><li><p>MAY, when sending  
> requests, provide an HTTP Accept
>         header field. This header </p><p class="diff-add">field</p><p>:
>
>             <ul><li><p>SHOULD indicate an ability to accept at minimum
>                 "application/soap+xml".</p></li><li><p>MAY  
> additionally indicate willingness to accept
>                 other media types that satisfy 2  
> above.</p></li></ul></p></li></ol></div></div><div class="div2">
> <h3><a name="http-bindname"></a>1.2 Binding Name</h3><p>The binding is  
> identified with the  
> URI:</p><ul><li><p>"http://www.w3.org/2002/06/soap/bindings/HTTP/"</ 
> p></li></ul></div></div><div class="div1">
> <h2><a name="IDAELAW"></a>2. Placeholder</h2><div class="div2">
> <h3><a name="ietf-draft"></a>2.1 IETF Draft</h3></div><div  
> class="div2">
> <h3><a name="soap-media-type"></a>2.2 SOAP Media Type</h3></div><div  
> class="div2">
> <h3><a name="soapresmep"></a>2.3 SOAP Response MEP</h3></div><div  
> class="div2">
> <h3><a name="singlereqrespmep"></a>2.4 Requet-Response  
> MEP</h3></div><div class="div2">
> <h3><a name="soapfeatspec"></a>2.5 SOAP Feature</h3></div><div  
> class="div2">
> <h3><a name="SOAP-PART1"></a>2.6 SOAP Part1</h3></div><div  
> class="div2">
> <h3><a name="RFC2616"></a>2.7  
> RFC2616</h3></div></div></div></body></html>
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Marc Hadley <marc.hadley@sun.com>
XML Technology Center, Sun Microsystems.

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