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Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0 Part 1: Core Language

W3C Working Draft 26 March 2004

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Editors:
Roberto Chinnici, Sun Microsystems
Martin Gudgin, Microsoft
Jean-Jacques Moreau, Canon
Jeffrey Schlimmer, Microsoft
Sanjiva Weerawarana, IBM Research

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Abstract

This document describes the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0, an XML language for describing Web services. This specification defines the core language which can be used to describe Web services based on an abstract model of what the service offers. It also defines criteria for a conformant processor of this language.

Status of this Document

This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of this technical report can be found in the W3C technical reports index at http://www.w3.org/TR/.

This is a W3C Working Draft of the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) 2.0 document.

A diff-marked version against the previous version of this document is available. For a detailed list of changes since the last publication of this document, please refer to appendix F. Part 1 Change Log. A list of open issues against this document is also available.

This document has been produced as part of the W3C Web Services Activity. The authors of this document are the Web Services Description Working Group members.

Publication as a Working Draft does not imply endorsement by the W3C Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite this document as other than work in progress.

Comments on this document are invited and are to be sent to the public www-ws-desc@w3.org mailing list (public archive).

This document has been produced under the 24 January 2002 Current Patent Practice as amended by the W3C Patent Policy Transition Procedure. Patent disclosures relevant to this specification may be found on the Working Group's patent disclosure page. An individual who has actual knowledge of a patent which the individual believes contains Essential Claim(s) with respect to this specification should disclose the information in accordance with section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy.


Short Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Component Model
3. Types
4. Modularizing WSDL descriptions
5. Documentation
6. Language Extensibility
7. Locating WSDL Documents
8. Conformance
9. XML Syntax Summary (Non-Normative)
10. References
A. The application/wsdl+xml Media Type
B. Acknowledgements (Non-Normative)
C. URI References for WSDL constructs (Non-Normative)
D. Migrating from WSDL 1.1 to WSDL 2.0 (Non-Normative)
E. Examples of Specifications of Extension Elements for Alternative Schema Language Support. (Non-Normative)
F. Part 1 Change Log (Non-Normative)


Table of Contents

1. Introduction
    1.1 Web Service
    1.2 Notational Conventions
2. Component Model
    2.1 Definitions
        2.1.1 The Definitions Component
        2.1.2 XML Representation of Definitions Component
            2.1.2.1 targetNamespaceattribute information item
        2.1.3 Mapping Definitions' XML Representation to Component Properties
    2.2 Interface
        2.2.1 The Interface Component
        2.2.2 XML Representation of Interface Component
            2.2.2.1 nameattribute information item with interface [owner]
            2.2.2.2 extendsattribute information item
            2.2.2.3 styleDefaultattribute information item
        2.2.3 Mapping Interface's XML Representation to Component Properties
    2.3 Interface Fault
        2.3.1 The Interface Fault Component
        2.3.2 XML Representation of Interface Fault Component
            2.3.2.1 nameattribute information item with fault [owner]
            2.3.2.2 elementattribute information item with fault [owner]
        2.3.3 Mapping Interface Fault's XML Representation to Component Properties
    2.4 Interface Operation
        2.4.1 The Interface Operation Component
            2.4.1.1 Operation Style
        2.4.2 XML Representation of Interface Operation Component
            2.4.2.1 nameattribute information item with operation [owner]
            2.4.2.2 patternattribute information item with operation [owner]
            2.4.2.3 styleattribute information item with operation [owner]
            2.4.2.4 safeattribute information item with operation [owner]
        2.4.3 Mapping Interface Operation's XML Representation to Component Properties
        2.4.4 RPC Style
            2.4.4.1 wrpc:signature Extension
            2.4.4.2 XML Representation of the wrpc:signature Extension
            2.4.4.3 wrpc:signature Extension Mapping To Properties of an Interface Operation Component
    2.5 Message Reference
        2.5.1 The Message Reference Component
        2.5.2 XML Representation of Message Reference Component
            2.5.2.1 messageLabelattribute information item with input, or output [owner]
            2.5.2.2 elementattribute information item with input, or output [owner]
        2.5.3 Mapping Message Reference's XML Representation to Component Properties
    2.6 Fault Reference
        2.6.1 The Fault Reference Component
        2.6.2 XML Representation of Fault Reference Component
            2.6.2.1 refattribute information item with infault, or outfault [owner]
            2.6.2.2 messageLabelattribute information item with infault, or outfault [owner]
        2.6.3 Mapping Fault Reference's XML Representation to Component Properties
    2.7 Feature
        2.7.1 The Feature Component
            2.7.1.1 Feature Composition Model
                2.7.1.1.1 Example of Feature Composition Model
        2.7.2 XML Representation of Feature Component
            2.7.2.1 uriattribute information item with feature [owner]
            2.7.2.2 requiredattribute information item with feature [owner]
        2.7.3 Mapping Feature's XML Representation to Component Properties
    2.8 Property
        2.8.1 The Property Component
            2.8.1.1 Property Composition Model
        2.8.2 XML Representation of Property Component
            2.8.2.1 uriattribute information item with property [owner]
            2.8.2.2 requiredattribute information item with feature [owner]
            2.8.2.3 valueelement information item with property [parent]
            2.8.2.4 constraintelement information item with property [parent]
        2.8.3 Mapping Property's XML Representation to Component Properties
    2.9 Binding
        2.9.1 The Binding Component
        2.9.2 XML Representation of Binding Component
            2.9.2.1 nameattribute information item with binding [owner]
            2.9.2.2 interfaceattribute information item with binding [owner]
            2.9.2.3 Binding extension elements
        2.9.3 Mapping Binding's XML Representation to Component Properties
    2.10 Binding Fault
        2.10.1 The Binding Fault Component
        2.10.2 XML Representation of Binding Fault Component
            2.10.2.1 refattribute information item with fault [owner]
            2.10.2.2 Binding Fault extension elements
        2.10.3 Mapping Binding Fault's XML Representation to Component Properties
    2.11 Binding Operation
        2.11.1 The Binding Operation Component
        2.11.2 XML Representation of Binding Operation Component
            2.11.2.1 refattribute information item with operation [owner]
            2.11.2.2 Binding Operation extension elements
        2.11.3 Mapping Binding Operation's XML Representation to Component Properties
    2.12 Binding Message Reference
        2.12.1 The Binding Message Reference Component
        2.12.2 XML Representation of Binding Message Reference Component
            2.12.2.1 messageLabelattribute information item with input or output [owner]
            2.12.2.2 Binding Message Reference extension elements
        2.12.3 Mapping Binding Message Reference's XML Representation to Component Properties
    2.13 Service
        2.13.1 The Service Component
        2.13.2 XML Representation of Service Component
            2.13.2.1 nameattribute information item with service [owner]
            2.13.2.2 interfaceattribute information item with service [owner]
        2.13.3 Mapping Service's XML Representation to Component Properties
    2.14 Endpoint
        2.14.1 The Endpoint Component
        2.14.2 XML Representation of Endpoint Component
            2.14.2.1 nameattribute information item with endpoint [owner]
            2.14.2.2 bindingattribute information item with endpoint [owner]
            2.14.2.3 Endpoint extension elements
        2.14.3 Mapping Endpoint's XML Representation to Component Properties
    2.15 Equivalence of Components
    2.16 Symbol Spaces
    2.17 QName resolution
    2.18 Comparing URIs
3. Types
    3.1 Using W3C XML Schema Description Language
        3.1.1 Importing XML Schema
            3.1.1.1 namespaceattribute information item
            3.1.1.2 schemaLocationattribute information item
        3.1.2 Embedding XML Schema
            3.1.2.1 targetNamespaceattribute information item
        3.1.3 References to Element Declarations
    3.2 Using Other Schema Languages
4. Modularizing WSDL descriptions
    4.1 Including Descriptions
        4.1.1 locationattribute information item with include [owner]
    4.2 Importing Descriptions
        4.2.1 namespaceattribute information item
        4.2.2 locationattribute information item with import [owner]
5. Documentation
6. Language Extensibility
    6.1 Element based Extensibility
        6.1.1 Mandatory extensions
        6.1.2 requiredattribute information item
    6.2 Attribute-based Extensibility
    6.3 Extensibility Semantics
7. Locating WSDL Documents
    7.1 wsdli:wsdlLocationattribute information item
8. Conformance
    8.1 Document Conformance
    8.2 XML Information Set Conformance
    8.3 Processor Conformance
9. XML Syntax Summary (Non-Normative)
10. References
    10.1 Normative References
    10.2 Informative References

Appendices

A. The application/wsdl+xml Media Type
    A.1 Registration
    A.2 Security considerations
B. Acknowledgements (Non-Normative)
C. URI References for WSDL constructs (Non-Normative)
    C.1 WSDL URIs
    C.2 Fragment Identifiers
    C.3 Extension Elements
    C.4 Example
D. Migrating from WSDL 1.1 to WSDL 2.0 (Non-Normative)
    D.1 Operation Overloading
    D.2 PortTypes
    D.3 Ports
E. Examples of Specifications of Extension Elements for Alternative Schema Language Support. (Non-Normative)
    E.1 DTD
        E.1.1 namespaceattribute information item
        E.1.2 locationattribute information item
        E.1.3 References to Element Definitions
    E.2 RELAX NG
        E.2.1 Importing RELAX NG
            E.2.1.1 nsattribute information item
            E.2.1.2 hrefattribute information item
        E.2.2 Embedding RELAX NG
            E.2.2.1 nsattribute information item
        E.2.3 References to Element Declarations
F. Part 1 Change Log (Non-Normative)
    F.1 WSDL Specification Changes


1. Introduction

Web Services Description Language (WSDL) provides a model and an XML format for describing Web services. WSDL enables one to separate the description of the abstract functionality offered by a service from concrete details of a service description such as "how" and "where" that functionality is offered.

This specification defines a language for describing the abstract functionality of a service as well as a framework for describing the concrete details of a service description. It also defines criteria for a conformant processor of this language. The WSDL Version 2.0 Part 2: Message Exchange Patterns specification [WSDL 2.0 Message Exchange Patterns] defines the sequence and cardinality of abstract messages sent or received by an operation. The WSDL Version 2.0 Part 3: Bindings specification [WSDL 2.0 Bindings] defines a language for describing such concrete details for SOAP 1.2 [SOAP 1.2 Part 1: Messaging Framework], HTTP [IETF RFC 2616] and MIME [IETF RFC 2045].

1.1 Web Service

WSDL describes a Web service in two fundamental stages: one abstract and one concrete. Within each stage, the description uses a number of constructs to promote reusability of the description and separate independent design concerns.

At an abstract level, WSDL describes a Web service in terms of the messages it sends and receives; messages are described independent of a specific wire format using a type system, typically XML Schema.

An operation associates a message exchange pattern with one or more messages. A message exchange pattern identifies the sequence and cardinality of messages sent and/or received as well as who they are logically sent to and/or received from. An interface groups together operations without any commitment to transport or wire format.

At a concrete level, a binding specifies transport and wire format details for one or more interfaces. An endpoint associates a network address with a binding. And finally, a service groups together endpoints that implement a common interface.

1.2 Notational Conventions

The keywords "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [IETF RFC 2119].

This specification uses properties from the XML Information Set [XML Information Set]. Such properties are denoted by square brackets, e.g. [namespace name].

This specification uses namespace prefixes throughout; they are listed in Table 1. Note that the choice of any namespace prefix is arbitrary and not semantically significant (see [XML Information Set]).

Table 1: Prefixes and Namespaces used in this specification
PrefixNamespaceNotes
wsdl"http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl"A normative XML Schema [XML Schema: Structures], [XML Schema: Datatypes] document for the "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl" namespace can be found at http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl. WSDL documents that do NOT conform to this schema are not valid WSDL documents. WSDL documents that DO conform to this schema and also conform to the other constraints defined in this specification are valid WSDL documents.
wsdli"http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl-instance"A normative XML Schema [XML Schema: Structures], [XML Schema: Datatypes] document for the "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl-instance" namespace can be found at http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl-instance.
wrpc"http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl/rpc"A normative XML Schema [XML Schema: Structures], [XML Schema: Datatypes] document for the "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl/rpc" namespace can be found at http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl/rpc. WSDL documents that do NOT conform to this schema are not valid WSDL documents. WSDL documents that DO conform to this schema and also conform to the other constraints defined in this specification are valid WSDL documents.
wsoap12"http://www.w3.org/2003/11/wsdl/soap12"Defined by WSDL 2.0: Bindings [WSDL 2.0 Bindings].
whttp"http://www.w3.org/2003/11/wsdl/http"
xs"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"Defined in the W3C XML Schema specification [XML Schema: Structures], [XML Schema: Datatypes].
xsi"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

Namespace names of the general form "http://example.org/..." and "http://example.com/..." represent application or context-dependent URIs [IETF RFC 2396].

All parts of this specification are normative, with the EXCEPTION of notes, pseudo-schemas, examples, and sections explicitly marked as "Non-Normative". Pseudo-schemas are provided for each component, before the description of the component.

2. Component Model

This section describes the conceptual model for WSDL as a set of components with properties, each aspect of a Web service that WSDL can describe having its own property. In addition an XML Infoset representation for these components is provided, along with a mapping from that representation to the various component properties. How the XML Infoset representation of a given set of WSDL components is constructed is outside the scope of this specification.

2.1 Definitions

2.1.1 The Definitions Component

At the abstract level, the Definitions component is just a container for two categories of components; WSDL components and type system components.

WSDL components are interfaces, bindings and services.

Type system components are element declarations drawn from some type system. They define the [local name], [namespace name], [children] and [attributes] properties of an element information item.

The properties of the Definitions component are as follows:

  • {interfaces} A set of named interface definitions

  • {bindings} A set of named binding definitions

  • {services} A set of named service definitions

  • {element declarations} A set of named element declarations, each one isomorphic to a global element declaration as defined by XML Schema

The set of interfaces/binding/services/etc. available in the Definitions component include those that are defined within the component itself and those that are imported and/or included. Note that at the component model level, there is no distinction between directly defined components vs. imported/included components.

The components directly defined within a single Definitions component are said to belong to the same target namespace. The target namespace therefore groups a set of related component definitions and represents an unambiguous name for the intended semantics of the components. The target namespace URI SHOULD point to a human or machine processable document that directly or indirectly defines the intended semantics of those components.

Note that it is RECOMMENDED that the value of the targetNamespace attribute information item SHOULD be a dereferencible URI and that it resolve to a WSDL document which provides service description information for that namespace.

If a service description is split into multiple documents (which may be combined as needed via 4.1 Including Descriptions), then the targetNamespace attribute information item SHOULD resolve to a master document which includes all the WSDL documents needed for that service description. This approach enables the WSDL component designators' fragment identifiers to be properly resolvable.

Imported components have different target namespace values from the Definitions component that is importing them. Thus importing is the mechanism to use components from one namespace in another set of definitions.

Each WSDL or type system component MUST be uniquely identified by its qualified name. That is, if two distinct components of the same kind (Interface, Binding etc.) are in the same target namespace, then their QNames MUST be unique. However, different kinds of components (e.g., an Interface component and a Binding component) MAY have the same QName. Thus, QNames of components must be unique within the space of those components in a given target namespace.

In addition to WSDL components and type system components, additional extension components MAY be added via extensibility 6. Language Extensibility. Further, additional properties to WSDL and type system components MAY also be added via extensibility.

2.1.2 XML Representation of Definitions Component

<definitions
      targetNamespace="xs:anyURI" >
  <documentation />?
  [ <import /> | <include /> ]*
  <types />?
  [ <interface /> | <binding /> | <service /> ]*
</definitions>
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WSDL definitions are represented in XML by one or more WSDL Information Sets (Infosets), that is one or more definitions element information items. A WSDL Infoset contains representations for a collection of WSDL components which share a common target namespace. A WSDL Infoset which contains one or more import element information items 4.2 Importing Descriptions corresponds to a collection with components drawn from multiple target namespaces.

The targetNamespace URI MUST be an absolute URI (see [IETF RFC 2396]).

The definitions element information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of definitions .

  • A [namespace name] of "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl".

  • One or more attribute information items amongst its [attributes] as follows:

    • A REQUIRED targetNamespace attribute information item as described below in 2.1.2.1 targetNamespaceattribute information item.

    • Zero or more namespace qualified attribute information items. The [namespace name] of such attribute information items MUST NOT be "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl".

  • Zero or more element information items amongst its [children], in order as follows:

    1. An OPTIONAL documentation element information item (see 5. Documentation).

    2. Zero or more element information items from among the following, in any order:

      • Zero or more include element information items (see 4.1 Including Descriptions)

      • Zero or more import element information items (see 4.2 Importing Descriptions)

      • Zero or more namespace-qualified element information items. The [namespace name] of such element information items MUST NOT be "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl".

    3. An OPTIONAL types element information item (see 3. Types).

    4. Zero or more element information items from among the following, in any order:

2.1.2.1 targetNamespace attribute information item

The targetNamespace attribute information item defines the namespace affiliation of top-level components defined in this definitions element information item. Interfaces, Bindings and Services are top-level components.

The targetNamespace attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of targetNamespace

  • A [namespace name] which has no value

The type of the targetNamespace attribute information item is xs:anyURI.

2.1.3 Mapping Definitions' XML Representation to Component Properties

The mapping between the properties of the Definitions component (see 2.1.1 The Definitions Component) and the XML Representation of the definitions element information item (see 2.1.2 XML Representation of Definitions Component) is described in Table 2.

Table 2: Mapping between Definitions Component Properties and XML Representation
PropertyMapping
{interfaces} The interface definitions corresponding to all the interface element information items in the [children] of the definitions element information item, if any, plus any included or imported interface definitions (see 4. Modularizing WSDL descriptions).
{bindings} The binding definitions corresponding to all the binding element information items in the [children] of the definitions element information item, if any, plus any included or imported binding definitions (see 4. Modularizing WSDL descriptions).
{services} The service definitions corresponding to all the service element information items in the [children] of the definitions element information item, if any, plus any included or imported service definitions (see 4. Modularizing WSDL descriptions).
{element declarations} The element declaration components corresponding to all the element declarations defined as descendants of the types element information item, if any, plus any imported element definitions. At a minimum this will include all the global element declarations defined by XML Schema element element information items. It MAY also include any definition from some other type system which describes the [local name], [namespace name], [attributes] and [children] properties of an element information item.

2.2 Interface

2.2.1 The Interface Component

An Interface component describes sequences of messages that a service sends and/or receives. It does this by grouping related messages into operations. An operation is a sequence of input and output messages, an interface is a set of operations.

An interface can optionally extend one or more other interfaces. In such cases the interface contains the operations of the interfaces it extends, along with any operations it defines. The interfaces a given interface extends MUST NOT themselves extend that interface either directly or indirectly.

Interfaces are named constructs and can be referred to by QName (see 2.17 QName resolution). For instance, Binding components refer to interfaces in this way.

The properties of the Interface component are as follows:

  • {name} An NCName as defined by [XML Namespaces].

  • {target namespace} A namespace name, as defined in [XML Namespaces].

  • {extended interfaces} A set of named interface definitions which this interface extends.

  • {faults} A set of named interface fault definitions.

  • {operations} A set of named interface operation definitions.

  • {features} A set of named feature definitions.

  • {properties} A set of named property definitions.

For each Interface component in the {interfaces} property of a definitions container, the combination of {name} and {target namespace} properties MUST be unique.

2.2.2 XML Representation of Interface Component

<definitions>
  <interface
        name="xs:NCName" 
        extends="list of xs:QName"?
        styleDefault="xs:anyURI"? >
    <documentation />?
    [ <fault /> | <operation /> | <feature /> | <property /> ]*
  </interface>
</definitions>
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The XML representation for an Interface component is an element information item with the following Infoset properties:

2.2.2.1 name attribute information item with interface [owner]

The name attribute information item together with the targetNamespace attribute information item of the [parent] definitions element information item forms the QName of the interface.

The name attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of name

  • A [namespace name] which has no value

The type of the name attribute information item is xs:NCName.

2.2.2.2 extends attribute information item

The extends attribute information item lists the interfaces that this interface derives from.

The extends attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of extends

  • A [namespace name] which has no value

The type of the extends attribute information item is a list of xs:QName.

2.2.2.3 styleDefault attribute information item

The styleDefault attribute information item indicates the default style used to construct the {element} properties of {message references} of all operations contained within the [owner] interface .

The styleDefault attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of styleDefault.

  • A [namespace name] which has no value.

The type of the styleDefault attribute information item is xs:anyURI. Moreover, the value of the styleDefault attribute information item, if present, MUST be an absolute URI (see [IETF RFC 2396]).

2.2.3 Mapping Interface's XML Representation to Component Properties

The mapping between the properties of the Interface component (see 2.2.1 The Interface Component) and the XML Representation of the interface element information item (see 2.2.2 XML Representation of Interface Component) is as described in Table 3.

Table 3: Mapping between Interface Component Properties and XML Representation
PropertyMapping
{name}The actual value of the name attribute information item
{target namespace} The actual value of the targetNamespace attribute information item of the [parent] definitions element information item
{extended interfaces} The set of interface definitions resolved to by the values in the extends attribute information item if any, plus the set of interface definitions in the {extended interfaces} property of those interface definitions, otherwise empty.
{faults} The set of interface fault definitions corresponding to the fault element information items in [children], if any, plus the set of interface fault definitions in the {faults} property of the interface definitions in {extended interfaces}, if any.
{operations} The set of interface operation definitions corresponding to the operation element information items in [children], if any, plus the set of interface operation definitions in the {operations} property of the interface definitions in {extended interfaces}, if any.
{features} The set of feature definitions corresponding to the feature element information items in [children], if any, plus the set of feature definitions in the {features} property of the feature definitions in {extended interfaces}, if any.
{properties} The set of property definitions corresponding to the property element information items in [children], if any, plus the set of property definitions in the {properties} property of the property definitions in {extended interfaces}, if any.

Note that, per 2.2.1 The Interface Component, the Interface components in the {extended interfaces} property of a given Interface component MUST NOT contain that Interface component in any of their {extended interfaces} properties, that is to say, recursive extension of interfaces is disallowed.

2.3 Interface Fault

2.3.1 The Interface Fault Component

An Interface Fault component describes a fault that MAY be occur during execution of an operation of the interface. The Interface Fault component declares a fault by naming it and indicating the content or payload of the fault message. When and how the fault message flows is indicated by the Interface Operation component 2.4 Interface Operation.

The reason the Interface Fault component is a property of the Interface component is because that provides a convenient mechanism to declare a set of fault message types and then indicate which operations use those types, thus allowing one to easily indicate that the same fault message type can occur in multiple operations.

The properties of the Interface Fault component are as follows:

  • {name} An NCName as defined by [XML Namespaces].

  • {element} A reference to an XML element declaration in the {element declarations} property of 2.1.1 The Definitions Component. This element represents the content or "payload" of the fault.

If a non-XML type system is in use (as considered in 3.2 Using Other Schema Languages) then additional properties would need to be added to the Fault Component (along with extensibility attributes to its XML representation) to allow associating such message types with the message reference.

For each Interface Fault component in the {faults} property of an Interface component, the combination of {name} and {target namespace} properties must be unique.

Interface Fault components are local to Interface components; they cannot be referred to by QName, despite having both {name} and {target namespace} properties. That is, two Interface components sharing the same {target namespace} property but with different {name} properties MAY contain Interface Fault components which share the same {name} property. Thus, the {name} and {target namespace} properties of the Interface Fault components are not sufficient to form the unique identity of an Interface Fault component. To uniquely identify an Interface Fault component one must first identify the Interface component (by QName) and then identify the Interface Fault within that Interface component (by a further QName).

In cases where, due to an interface extending one or more other interfaces, two or more Interface Faults components have the same value for their {name} and {target namespace} properties, then the component models of those Interface Fault components MUST be equivalent (see 2.15 Equivalence of Components). If the Interface Fault components are equivalent then they are considered to collapse into a single component. It is an error if two Interface Fault components have the same value for their {name} and {target namespace} properties but are not equivalent.

Note that, due to the above rules, if two interfaces that have the same value for their {target namespace} property also have one or more faults that have the same value for their {name} property then those two interfaces cannot both form part of the derivation chain of a derived interface unless those faults are the same fault.

Note:

For the above reason, it is considered good practice to ensure, where necessary, that the {name} property of Interface Fault components within a namespace are unique, thus allowing such derivation to occur without inadvertent error.

2.3.2 XML Representation of Interface Fault Component

<definitions>
  <interface>
    <fault
          name="xs:NCName" 
          element="xs:QName"? >
      <documentation />?
    </fault>
  </interface>
</definitions>
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The XML representation for an Interface Fault component is an element information item with the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of fault

  • A [namespace name] of "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl"

  • Two or more attribute information items amongst its [attributes] as follows:

  • Zero or more element information item amongst its [children], in order, as follows:

    1. An OPTIONAL documentation element information item (see 5. Documentation).

    2. Zero or more namespace-qualified element information items amongst its [children]. The [namespace name] of such element information items MUST NOT be "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl".

2.3.2.1 name attribute information item with fault [owner]

The name attribute information item identifies a given fault element information item inside a given interface element information item.

The name attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of name

  • A [namespace name] which has no value

The type of the name attribute information item is xs:NCName.

2.3.2.2 element attribute information item with fault [owner]

The element attribute information item refers, by QName, to an element declaration component.

The element attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of element .

  • A [namespace name] which has no value.

The type of the element attribute information item is xs:QName.

2.3.3 Mapping Interface Fault's XML Representation to Component Properties

The mapping between the properties of the Interface Fault component (see 2.3.1 The Interface Fault Component) and the XML Representation of the fault element information item (see 2.3.2 XML Representation of Interface Fault Component) is as described in Table 4.

Table 4: Mapping between Interface Fault Component Properties and XML Representation
PropertyMapping
{name}The actual value of the name attribute information item.
{target namespace} The actual value of the targetNamespace attribute information item of the [parent] definitions element information item of the [parent] interface element information item.
{element} The element declaration from the {element declarations} property of 2.1.1 The Definitions Component resolved to by the value of the element attribute information item if present, otherwise empty. It is an error for the element attribute information item to have a value and for it to not resolve to a global element declaration from the {element declarations} property of 2.1.1 The Definitions Component.

2.4 Interface Operation

2.4.1 The Interface Operation Component

An Interface Operation component describes an operation that a given interface supports. An operation is an interaction with the service consisting of a set (ordinary and fault) messages exchanged between the service and the other roles involved in the interaction, in particular the service requestor. The sequencing and cardinality of the messages involved in a particular interaction is governed by the message exchange pattern used by the operation (see {message exchange pattern} property).

A message exchange pattern defines placeholders for messages, the participants in the pattern (i.e., the sources and sinks of the messages), and the cardinality and sequencing of messages exchanged by the participants. The message placeholders are associated with specific message types by the operation that uses the pattern by means of message and fault references (see {message references} and {fault references} properties). The service whose operation is using the pattern becomes one of the participants of the pattern. This specification does not define a machine understandable language for defining message exchange patterns, nor does it define any specific patterns. The companion specification, [WSDL 2.0 Message Exchange Patterns] defines a set of such patterns and defines identifying URIs any of which MAY be used as the value of the {message exchange pattern} property.

The properties of the Interface Operation component are as follows:

  • {name} An NCName as defined by [XML Namespaces].

  • {target namespace} A namespace name, as defined in [XML Namespaces].

  • {message exchange pattern} A URI identifying the message exchange pattern used by the operation. This URI MUST be an absolute URI (see [IETF RFC 2396]).

  • {message references} A set of Message Reference components for the ordinary messages the operation accepts or sends. (See 2.5 Message Reference.)

  • {fault references} A set of Fault Reference components for the fault messages the operation accepts or sends. (See 2.6 Fault Reference.)

  • {style} A URI identifying the rules that were used to construct the {element} properties of {message references}. (See 2.4.1.1 Operation Style.) This URI MUST be an absolute URI (see [IETF RFC 2396]).

  • {safety} A boolean indicating whether the operation is asserted to be safe (as defined in Section 3.5 of [Web Architecture]) for users of the described service to invoke. If this property is false or is not set, then no assertion has been made about the safety of the operation, thus the operation MAY or MAY NOT be safe. However, an operation SHOULD be marked safe if it meets the criteria for a safe interaction defined in Section 3.5 of [Web Architecture]. The default value of this property is false.

  • {features} A set of named feature definitions used by the operation

  • {properties} A set of named property definitions used by the operation

For each Interface Operation component in the {operations} property of an Interface component, the combination of {name} and {target namespace} properties MUST be unique.

Interface Operation components are local to Interface components; they cannot be referred to by QName, despite having both {name} and {target namespace} properties. That is, two Interface components sharing the same {target namespace} property but with different {name} properties MAY contain Interface Operation components which share the same {name} property. Thus, the {name} and {target namespace} properties of the Interface Operation components are not sufficient to uniquely identify an Interface Operation component. In order to uniquely identify an Interface Operation component, one must first identify the Interface component (by QName) and then identify the Interface Operation within that Interface component (by a further QName).

In cases where, due to an interface extending one or more other interfaces, two or more Interface Operation components have the same value for their {name} and {target namespace} properties, then the component models of those Interface Operation components MUST be equivalent (see 2.15 Equivalence of Components). If the Interface Operation components are equivalent then they are considered to collapse into a single component. It is an error if two Interface Operation components have the same value for their {name} and {target namespace} properties but are not equivalent.

Note that, due to the above rules, if two interfaces that have the same value for their {target namespace} property also have one or more operations that have the same value for their {name} property then those two interfaces cannot both form part of the derivation chain of a derived interface unless those operations are the same operation.

Note:

For the above reason, it is considered good practice to ensure, where necessary, that the {name} property of Interface Operation components within a namespace are unique, thus allowing such derivation to occur without inadvertent error.

2.4.1.1 Operation Style

If the {style} property of an Interface Operation component has a value then that value (a URI) implies the rules that were used to define the {element} properties (or other property which defines the content of the message properties; see 3.2 Using Other Schema Languages) of all the Message Reference components which are members of the {message references} property of that component. Note that the property MAY not have any value. If this property has a given value, then the rules implied by that value (such as rules that govern the schemas) MUST be followed or it is an error.

This specification defines the following pre-defined operation style:

2.4.2 XML Representation of Interface Operation Component

<definitions>
  <interface>
    <operation
          name="xs:NCName" 
          pattern="xs:anyURI"
          style="xs:anyURI"? 
          safe="xs:boolean"? >
      <documentation />?
      [ <feature /> | <property /> | 
        [ <input /> | <output /> | <infault /> | <outfault /> ]+
      ]*
    </operation>
  </interface>
</definitions>
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The XML representation for an Interface Operation component is an element information item with the following Infoset properties:

2.4.2.1 name attribute information item with operation [owner]

The name attribute information item identifies a given operation element information item inside a given interface element information item.

The name attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of name

  • A [namespace name] which has no value

The type of the name attribute information item is xs:NCName.

2.4.2.2 pattern attribute information item with operation [owner]

The pattern attribute information item identifies the message exchange pattern a given operation uses.

The pattern attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of pattern

  • A [namespace name] which has no value

The type of the pattern attribute information item is xs:anyURI.

2.4.2.3 style attribute information item with operation [owner]

The style attribute information item indicates the rules that were used to construct the {element} properties of the Message Reference components which are members of the {message references} property of the [owner] operation.

The style attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of style

  • A [namespace name] which has no value

The type of the style attribute information item is xs:anyURI.

2.4.2.4 safe attribute information item with operation [owner]

The safe attribute information item indicates whether the operation is safe or not.

The safe attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of safe

  • A [namespace name] which has no value

The type of the safe attribute information item is xs:boolean and does not have a default value.

2.4.3 Mapping Interface Operation's XML Representation to Component Properties

The mapping between the properties of the Interface Operation component (see 2.4.1 The Interface Operation Component) and the XML Representation of the operation element information item (see 2.4.2 XML Representation of Interface Operation Component) is as described in Table 5.

Table 5: Mapping between Interface Operation Component Properties and XML Representation
PropertyMapping
{name}The actual value of the name attribute information item
{target namespace} The actual value of the targetNamespace attribute information item of the [parent] definitions element information item of the [parent] interface element information item.
{message exchange pattern}The actual value of the pattern attribute information item
{message references} The set of message references corresponding to the input and output element information items in [children], if any.
{fault references} The set of fault references corresponding to the infault and outfault element information items in [children], if any.
{style} The actual value of the style attribute information item if present, otherwise the actual value of the styleDefault attribute information item of the [parent] interface element information item if present, otherwise none.
{safety} The actual value of the safe attribute information item if present, otherwise the value false.
{features} The set of features corresponding to the feature element information items in [children], if any.
{properties} The set of properties corresponding to the property element information items in [children], if any.

2.4.4 RPC Style

The RPC style is selected by assigning to an Interface Operation component's {style} property the value http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl/style/rpc.

The RPC style MUST NOT be used for Interface Operation components whose {message exchange pattern} property has a value other than 'http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl/in-only' or 'http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl/in-out'.

Use of this value indicates that XML Schema [XML Schema: Structures] was used to define the schemas of the {element} properties of all {message reference} components of the Interface Operation component. Those schemas MUST adhere to the rules below.

Note that if the Interface Operation component uses the {message exchange pattern} 'http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl/in-only' then there is no output element and hence the rules which refer to the output element do not apply.

  • The content model of input and output {element} elements are defined using a complex type that contains a sequence from XML Schema.

  • The sequence MUST only contain elements. It MUST NOT contain other structures such as xs:choice.

  • The sequence MUST contain only local element children. Note that these child elements MAY contain the following attributes: nillable, minOccurs and maxOccurs.

  • The LocalPart of input element's QName MUST be the same as the Interface operation component's name.

  • The LocalPart of the output element's QName is obtained by concatenating the name of the operation and the string value "Response", i.e. concat(operation/@name,"Response").

  • Input and output elements MUST both be in the same namespace.

  • The complex type that defines the body of an input or an output element MUST NOT contain any attributes.

  • If elements with the same qualified name appear as children of both the input and output elements, then they MUST both be declared using the same type.

  • The input or output sequence MUST NOT contain multiple children elements declared with the same name.

2.4.4.1 wrpc:signature Extension

The wrpc:signature extension AII MAY be be used in conjunction with the RPC style to describe the exact signature of the function represented by an operation that uses the RPC style.

When present, the wrpc:signature extension contributes the following property to the interface operation component it is applied to:

  • {rpc-signature} A (possibly empty) list of pairs (q, t) whose first component is of type xs:QName (as defined by [XML Namespaces]) and whose second component is of type xs:Token (as defined by [XML Namespaces]). Values for the second component MUST be chosen among the following four: "#in", "#out", "#inout" "#return".

The value of the {rpc-signature} property MUST satisfy the following conditions:

  • The value of the first component of each pair (q, t) MUST be unique within the list.

  • For each child element of the input and output messages of the operation, a pair (q, t) whose first component q is equal to the qualified name of that element MUST be present in the list, with the caveat that elements that appear with cardinality greater than one MUST be treated as as a single element.

  • For each pair (q, #in), there MUST be a child element of the input element with a name of q and there MUST NOT be a child element of the output element with the same name.

  • For each pair (q, #out), there MUST be a child element of the output element with a name of q and there MUST NOT be a child element of the input element with the same name.

  • For each pair (q, #inout), there MUST be a child element of the input element with a name of q and there MUST be a child element of the output element with the same name. Furthermore, those two elements MUST have the same type.

  • For each pair (q, #return), there MUST be a child element of the output element with a name of q and there MUST NOT be a child element of the input element with the same name.

The function signature defined by a wrpc:signature extension is determined as follows:

  1. Start with the value of the {rpc-signature} property, a (possibly empty) list of pairs of this form:

        [(q0, t0), (q1, t1), ...]

  2. Filter the elements of this list into two lists, the first one (L1) comprising pairs whose t component is one of {#in, #out, #inout}, the second (L2) pairs whose t component is #return.

    For ease of visualization, let's denote the two lists as

        (L1)    [(a0, u0), (a1, u1),...]

    and

        (L2)    [(r0, #return), (r1, #return),...]

    respectively.

  3. Then the formal signature of the function is

        f([d0] a0, [d1] a1, ...) => (r0, r1, ...)

    i.e.

    • the list of formal arguments to the function is [a0, a1, ...];

    • the direction of each formal argument a is one of [in], [out], [inout], determined according to the value of its corresponding u token;

    • the list of formal return parameters of the function is [r0, r1, ...];

    • each formal argument and formal return parameter is typed according to the type of the child element identified by it (unique per the conditions given above).

2.4.4.2 XML Representation of the wrpc:signature Extension

The XML representation for the RPC signature extension is an attribute information item with the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of signature

  • A [namespace name] of "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl/rpc"

The type of the name attribute information item is a list type whose item type is the union of the xs:QName type and the subtype of the xs:Token type restricted to the following four values: "#in", "#out", "#inout", "#return". See Example Definition of the wrpc:signature extension for a definition of this type.

Additionally, each even-numbered item (0, 2, 4, ...) in the list MUST be of type xs:QName and each odd-numbered item (1, 3, 5, ...) in the list MUST be of type xs:Token.

Example 1: Definition of the wrpc:signature extension
<xs:attribute name="signature" type="wrpc:signatureType"/>

<xs:simpleType name="signatureType">
  <xs:list itemType="wrpc:signatureItemType"/>
</xs:simpleType>

<xs:simpleType name="signatureItemType">
  <xs:union memberTypes="wrpc:directionToken xsd:QName"/>
</xs:simpleType>

<xs:simpleType name="directionToken">
  <xs:restriction base="xs:token">
    <xs:enumeration value="#in"/>
    <xs:enumeration value="#out"/>
    <xs:enumeration value="#inout"/>
    <xs:enumeration value="#return"/>
  </xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
	  
	   

2.4.4.3 wrpc:signature Extension Mapping To Properties of an Interface Operation Component

A wrpc:signature extension attribute information item is mapped to the following property of the Interface Operation component (see 2.4.1 The Interface Operation Component) defined by its [owner].

Table 6: Mapping of a wrpc:signature Extension to Interface Operation Component Properties
PropertyMapping
{rpc-signature} A list of (xs:QName, xs:Token) pairs formed by grouping the items present in the actual value of the wrpc:signature attribute information item in the order in which they appear there.

2.5 Message Reference

2.5.1 The Message Reference Component

A Message Reference component associates to a message exchanged in an operation an XML element declaration that specifies its message content.

Message Reference components are identified by the role the message plays in the {message exchange pattern} that the operation is using. That is, a message exchange pattern defines a set /meof placeholder messages that participate in the pattern and assigns them unique names within the pattern. The purpose of a Message Reference component is to associate an actual message type (XML element declaration or some other declaration (see 3.2 Using Other Schema Languages) for message content) with the message that will perform a specific role in the message exchange pattern.

The properties of the Message Reference component are as follows:

  • {message label} An NCName as defined by [XML Namespaces]. This property identifies the role this message plays in the {message exchange pattern} of the Interface Operation component this is contained within. The value of this property MUST match the name of a placeholder message defined by the message exchange pattern.

  • {direction} One of in or out indicating whether the message is coming to the service or going from the service, respectively. The direction MUST be the same as the direction of the message identified by the {message label} property in the {message exchange pattern} of the Interface Operation component this is contained within.

  • {message content model} A token with one of the values #any, #none, or #element. A value of #any indicates that the message content is any single element. A value of #none indicates there is no message content. A value of #element indicates that the message consists of a single element described by the global element declaration reference by the {element} property.

  • {element} A reference to an XML element declaration in the {element declarations} property of 2.1.1 The Definitions Component. This element represents the content or "payload" of the message. When the {message content model} property has the value #any or #none the {element} property has no value.

If a non-XML type system is in use (as considered in 3.2 Using Other Schema Languages) then additional properties would need to be added to the Message Reference Component (along with extensibility attributes to its XML representation) to allow associating such message types with the message reference.

For each Message Reference component in the {message references} property of an Interface Operation component, its {message label} property MUST be unique.

2.5.2 XML Representation of Message Reference Component

<definitions>
  <interface>
    <operation>
      <input
            messageLabel="xs:NCName"?
            element="union of xs:QName, xs:Token"? >
        <documentation />?
      </input>
      <output
            messageLabel="xs:NCName"?
            element="union of xs:QName, xs:Token"? >
        <documentation />?
      </output>
    </operation>
  </interface>
</definitions>
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The XML representation for a Message Reference component is an element information item with the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of input or output

  • A [namespace name] of "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl"

  • Zero or more attribute information items amongst its [attributes] as follows:

  • Zero or more element information items amongst its [children], in order, as follows:

    1. An OPTIONAL documentation element information item (see 5. Documentation).

    2. Zero or more namespace-qualified element information items. The [namespace name] of such element information items MUST NOT be "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl".

2.5.2.1 messageLabel attribute information item with input , or output [owner]

The messageLabel attribute information item identifies the role of this message in the message exchange pattern of the given operation element information item.

The messageLabel attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of messageLabel

  • A [namespace name] which has no value

The type of the messageLabel attribute information item is xs:NCName.

2.5.2.2 element attribute information item with input , or output [owner]

The element attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of element .

  • A [namespace name] which has no value.

The type of the element attribute information item is a union of xs:QName and xs:Token where the allowed token values are #any or #none.

2.5.3 Mapping Message Reference's XML Representation to Component Properties

The mapping between the properties of the Message Reference component (see 2.5.1 The Message Reference Component) and the XML Representation of the message reference element information item (see 2.5.2 XML Representation of Message Reference Component) is as described in Table 7.

Table 7: Mapping between Message Reference Component Properties and XML Representation
PropertyMapping
{message label}The actual value of the messageLabel attribute information item if any; otherwise the {message label} property of the message with same {direction} from the {message exchange pattern} of the Interface Operation component, provided there is exactly one such message; otherwise empty.
{direction}If the [local name] of the element information item is input then "in", else if the [local name] of the element information item is output then "out".
{message content model}If the element attribute information item is present and its value is a QName, then #element. Otherwise the actual value of the element attribute information item, if any.
{element} If the element attribute information item is present and its value is a QName, then the element declaration from the {element declarations} property of 2.1.1 The Definitions Component resolved to by the value of the element attribute information item, otherwise empty. It is an error for the element attribute information item to have a value and for it to not resolve to a global element declaration from the {element declarations} property of 2.1.1 The Definitions Component.

2.6 Fault Reference

2.6.1 The Fault Reference Component

A Fault Reference component associates a Fault component that defines the fault message type for a fault that occurs related to a message participating in an operation.

Fault Reference components are identified by the role the related message plays in the {message exchange pattern} that the operation is using. That is, a message exchange pattern defines a set of placeholder messages that participate in the pattern and assigns them unique labels within the pattern. The purpose of a Fault Reference component is to associate an actual Fault component for the fault that will occur with a specific message in the message exchange pattern.

The companion specification [WSDL 2.0 Message Exchange Patterns] defines two fault patterns that a given message exchange pattern may use. For the pattern fault-replaces-message, the message that the fault relates to identifies the message in place of which the declared fault message will occur. Thus, the fault message will travel in the same direction as the message it replaces in the pattern. For the pattern message-triggers-fault, the message that the fault relates to identifies the message after which the indicated fault may occur, in the opposite direction of the referred to message. That is, the fault message will travel in the opposite direction of the message it comes after in the pattern.

More than one Fault Reference component may refer to the same message label. This allows one to indicate that there is more than one type of fault that is related to that message.

The properties of the Fault Reference component are as follows:

  • {message label} An NCName as defined by [XML Namespaces]. This property identifies the message this fault relates to among those defined in the {message exchange pattern} property of the Interface Operation component it is contained within. The value of this property MUST match the name of a placeholder message defined by the message exchange pattern.

  • {direction} One of in or out indicating whether the fault is coming to the service or going from the service, respectively. The direction MUST be consistent with the direction implied by the fault rule used in the message exchange pattern of the operation. For example, if the fault rule fault-replaces-message is used, then a fault which refers to an outgoing message would have a {direction} property value of out. On the other hand, if the fault rule message-triggers-fault is used, then a fault which refers to an outgoing message would have a {direction} property value of in as the fault travels in the opposite direction of the message.

  • {fault reference} A reference to a Fault component in the {faults} property of the parent Interface Operation component's parent Interface component. Identifying the Fault component therefore indirectly defines the actual content or payload of the fault message.

2.6.2 XML Representation of Fault Reference Component

<definitions>
  <interface>
    <operation>
      <infault
            ref="xs:QName"
            messageLabel="xs:NCName"? >
        <documentation />?
      </infault>*
      <outfault
            ref="xs:QName"
            messageLabel="xs:NCName"? >
        <documentation />?
      </outfault>*
    </operation>
  </interface>
</definitions>
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The XML representation for a Fault Reference component is an element information item with the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of infault or outfault

  • A [namespace name] of "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl"

  • One or more attribute information items amongst its [attributes] as follows:

    • A REQUIRED ref attribute information item as described below in 2.6.2.1 refattribute information item with infault, or outfault [owner].

    • An OPTIONAL messageLabel attribute information item as described below in 2.6.2.2 messageLabelattribute information item with infault, or outfault [owner].

      If the {message exchange pattern} of the Interface Operation component has only one message with a given value for {direction}, the messageLabel attribute information item is optional for the XML representation of any Fault Reference component with the same value for {direction} (if the fault pattern of the {message exchange pattern} is fault-replaces-message) or of any Fault Reference component with the opposite value for {direction} (if the fault pattern is message-triggers-fault).

    • Zero or more namespace qualified attribute information items. The [namespace name] of such attribute information items MUST NOT be "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl".

  • Zero or more element information items amongst its [children], in order, as follows:

    1. An OPTIONAL documentation element information item (see 5. Documentation).

    2. Zero or more namespace-qualified element information items. The [namespace name] of such element information items MUST NOT be "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl".

2.6.2.1 ref attribute information item with infault , or outfault [owner]

The ref attribute information item refers to a fault component.

The ref attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of ref

  • A [namespace name] which has no value

The type of the fault attribute information item is xs:QName.

2.6.2.2 messageLabel attribute information item with infault , or outfault [owner]

The messageLabel attribute information item identifies the message in the message exchange pattern of the given operation element information item to which this fault is related to.

The messageLabel attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of messageLabel

  • A [namespace name] which has no value

The type of the messageLabel attribute information item is xs:NCName.

2.6.3 Mapping Fault Reference's XML Representation to Component Properties

The mapping between the properties of the Fault Reference component (see 2.6.1 The Fault Reference Component) and the XML Representation of the message reference element information item (see 2.6.2 XML Representation of Fault Reference Component) is as described in Table 8.

Table 8: Mapping between Fault Reference Component Properties and XML Representation
PropertyMapping
{fault reference}The actual value of the ref attribute information item
{message label}The actual value of the messageLabel attribute information item if any; otherwise the {message label} property of the message with the same {direction} from the {message exchange pattern} of the Interface Operation component, provided there is exactly one such message and the fault pattern of the {message exchange pattern} is fault-replaces-message; otherwise the {message reference} property of the message with the opposite {direction}, provided there is exactly one such message and the fault pattern is message-triggers-fault; otherwise empty.
{direction}If the [local name] of the element information item is infault then "in", else if the [local name] of the element information item is outfault then "out".

2.7 Feature

2.7.1 The Feature Component

A feature component describes an abstract piece of functionality typically associated with the exchange of messages between communicating parties. Although WSDL poses no constraints on the potential scope of such features, examples might include "reliability", "security", "correlation", and "routing". The presence of a feature component in a WSDL description indicates that the service supports the feature and may require a requester agent that interacts with the service to use that feature. Each Feature is identified by its URI.

The properties of the Feature component are as follows:

  • {name} An absolute URI as defined by [IETF RFC 2396]. This URI SHOULD be dereferenceable to a document that directly or indirectly defines the meaning and use of the Feature that it identifies.

  • {required} A boolean value. If the {require} property is true, then the requester agent MUST use the Feature that is identified by the {name} URI. Otherwise, the requester agent MAY use the Feature that is identified by the {name} URI. In either case, if the requester agent does use the Feature that is identified by the {name} URI, then the requester agent MUST obey all semantics implied by the definition of that Feature.

2.7.1.1 Feature Composition Model

The set of features which are required or available for a given service and a particular interaction consists of the combined set of ALL feature declarations in the following scope. The list is in order of increasing specificity.

  • The interface component.

  • The specific interface operation component.

  • The specific message reference component.

  • The binding component.

  • The specific binding operation component.

  • The specific binding message or fault reference component.

Note that multiple declarations of the same feature have no effect on the combined set of active features, since features are either in use or not, with no multiplicity. If multiple declarations of the same feature are in scope for a given interaction, the feature is required if ANY of the in scope declarations have the required attribute set to "true".

2.7.1.1.1 Example of Feature Composition Model

In the following example, the depositFunds operation on the BankService has to be used with the ISO9001 , the notarization and the secure-channel features; they are all in scope. The fact that the notarization feature is declared both in the operation and in the service has no effect.

<definitions targetNamespace="http://example.com/bank"
     xmlns:ns1="http://example.com/bank">
  <interface name="ns1:Bank">
    <!-- All uses of this interface must be secure -->
    <feature uri="http://example.com/secure-channel"
             required="true"/>
    <operation name="withdrawFunds">
      <!-- This operation must have ACID properties -->
      <feature uri="http://example.com/transaction"
               required="true"/>
      ...
    </operation>
    <operation name="depositFunds">
      <!-- This operation requires notarization -->
      <feature uri="http://example.com/notarization"
               required="true"/>
      ...
    </operation>
  </interface>
  <binding name="ns1:BankSOAPBinding">
  </binding>
  <service name="ns1:BankService"
           interface="tns:Bank">
   <!-- This particular service requires ISO9001
        compliance to be verifiable -->
   <feature uri="http://example.com/ISO9001"
            required="true"/>
   <!-- This service also requires notarization -->
   <feature uri="http://example.com/notarization"
            required="true"/>
   <endpoint>
     ...
   </endpoint>
  </service>
</definitions>

2.7.2 XML Representation of Feature Component

<feature
      uri="xs:anyURI" 
      required="xs:boolean"? >
  <documentation />?
</feature>
+ Click here to view Infoset boilerplate
- Click here to hide Infoset boilerplate

The XML representation for a Feature component is an element information item with the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of feature

  • A [namespace name] of "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl"

  • One or more attribute information items amongst its [attributes] as follows:

  • Zero or more element information items amongst its [children], in order as follows:

    1. An OPTIONAL documentation element information item (see 5. Documentation).

    2. Zero or more namespace-qualified element information items. The [namespace name] of such element information items MUST NOT be "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl".

2.7.2.1 uri attribute information item with feature [owner]

The uri attribute information item specifies the URI of the feature.

The uri attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of uri

  • A [namespace name] which has no value

The type of the uri attribute information item is xs:anyURI .

2.7.2.2 required attribute information item with feature [owner]

The required attribute information item specifies whether the use of the feature is mandatory or optional.

The required attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of required

  • A [namespace name] which has no value

The type of the required attribute information item is xs:boolean .

2.7.3 Mapping Feature's XML Representation to Component Properties

The mapping between the properties of the Feature component (see 2.7.1 The Feature Component) and the XML Representation of the feature element information item (see 2.7.2 XML Representation of Feature Component) is as described in Table 9.

Table 9: Mapping between Feature Component Properties and XML Representation
PropertyMapping
{name}The actual value of the uri attribute information item
{required} If the value of the required attribute information item is "true" or "1", then "true", otherwise "false".

2.8 Property

2.8.1 The Property Component

A Property component describes the set of possible values for a particular property. The permissible values are specified by references to a Schema description. A property is typically used to control a feature's behavior. Properties, and hence property values, can be shared amongst features.

The properties of the Property component are as follows:

  • {name} An absolute URI as defined by [IETF RFC 2396]. This URI SHOULD be dereferenceable to a document that directly or indirectly defines the meaning and use of the Property that it identifies.

  • {required} A boolean value. If the {required} property is true, then the requester agent MUST use the Property that is identified by the {name} URI. Otherwise, the requester agent MAY use the Property that is identified by the {name} URI. In either case, if the requester agent does use the Property that is identified by the {name} URI, then the requester agent MUST obey all semantics implied by the definition of that Property.

  • {value constraint} A type definition constraining the value of the property.

  • {value} The value of the property.

2.8.1.1 Property Composition Model

At runtime, the behaviour of features, (SOAP) modules and bindings may be affected by the values of in-scope properties. Properties combine into a virtual "execution context" which maps property names (URIs) to constraints. Each property URI MAY therefore be associated with AT MOST one property constraint for a given interaction.

The particular set of constraints for a given service and a particular interaction consists of the combined set of ALL constraints in the following scope. The list is in order of increasing specificity, and if a given property URI is constrained in a later scope, it overrides the earlier constraint.

  • The interface component.

  • The specific interface operation component.

  • The specific message reference component.

  • The binding component.

  • The specific binding operation component.

  • The specific binding message or fault reference component.

Note that, in the text above, "property constraint" (or, simply, "constraint") is used to mean EITHER a constraint inside a property component OR a value , since value may be considered a special case of constraint .

2.8.2 XML Representation of Property Component

<property
      uri="xs:anyURI" 
      required="xs:boolean"? >
  <documentation />?
  [ <value /> | <constraint /> ]
</property>

The XML representation for a Property component is an element information item with the following Infoset properties:

2.8.2.1 uri attribute information item with property [owner]

The uri attribute information item specifies the URI of the property. It has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of uri

  • A [namespace name] which has no value

The type of the uri attribute information item is xs:anyURI .

2.8.2.2 required attribute information item with feature [owner]

The required attribute information item specifies whether use of the property is mandatory or optional.

The required attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of required

  • A [namespace name] which has no value

The type of the required attribute information item is xs:boolean .

2.8.2.3 value element information item with property [parent]
<property>
  <value>
    xs:anyType
  </value>
</property>

The value element information item specifies the value of the property. It has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of value

  • A [namespace name] of "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl"

The type of the value element information item is xs:anyType .

2.8.2.4 constraint element information item with property [parent]
<property>
  <constraint>
    xs:QName
  </constraint>
</property>

The constraint element information item specifies a constraint on the value of the property. It has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of constraint

  • A [namespace name] of "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl"

The type of the constraint attribute information item is xs:QName .

2.8.3 Mapping Property's XML Representation to Component Properties

The mapping between the properties of the Property component (see 2.8.1 The Property Component) and the XML Representation of the property element information item (see 2.8.2 XML Representation of Property Component) is as described in Table 10.

Table 10: Mapping between Property Component Properties and XML Representation
PropertyMapping
{name}The actual value of the uri attribute information item
{value constraint}If the constraint element information item is present, the type referred to by the value of this element information item. Otherwise, an anonymous type, whose base type is "xs:anyType", with a single "enumeration" facet whose value is the type of the value of the value element information item. Otherwise, "xs:anyType".
{value}The actual value of the value element information item, if any.

2.9 Binding

2.9.1 The Binding Component

A Binding component describes a concrete message format and transmission protocol which may be used to define an endpoint (see 2.14 Endpoint). Binding components can be used to describe such information in a re-usable manner for any interface or specifically for a given interface. Furthermore, binding information MAY be specified on a per-operation basis (see 2.11.1 The Binding Operation Component) within an interface in addition to across all operations of an interface.

If a Binding component specifies any operation-specific binding details (by including Binding Operation components) or any fault binding details (by including Binding Fault components) then it MUST specify an interface the Binding component applies to, so as to indicate which interface the operations come from.

Conversely, a Binding component which omits any operation-specific binding details and any fault binding details MAY omit specifying an interface. Binding components that do not specify an interface MAY be used to specify operation-independent binding details for Service components with different interfaces. That is, such Binding components are reusable across one or more interfaces.

No concrete binding details are given in this specification. The companion specification, WSDL (Version 2.0): Bindings[WSDL 2.0 Bindings] defines such bindings for SOAP 1.2 [SOAP 1.2 Part 1: Messaging Framework] and HTTP [IETF RFC 2616]. Other specifications MAY define additional binding details. Such specifications are expected to annotate the Binding component (and its sub-components) with additional properties and specify the mapping between those properties and the XML representation.

A Binding component which defines bindings for an Interface component MUST define bindings for all the operations of that Interface component. The bindings may occur via defaulting rules which allow one to specify default bindings for all operations (see, for example [WSDL 2.0 Bindings]) or by directly listing each Operation component of the Interface component and defining bindings for them. Thus, it is an error for a Binding component to not define bindings for all the Operation components of the Interface component for which the Binding component purportedly defines bindings for.

Bindings are named constructs and can be referred to by QName (see 2.17 QName resolution). For instance, Endpoint components refer to bindings in this way.

The properties of the Binding component are as follows:

  • {name} An NCName as defined by [XML Namespaces].

  • {target namespace} A namespace name, as defined in [XML Namespaces].

  • {interface} An named interface definition indicating the interface for which binding information is being specified.

  • {faults} A set of named binding fault definitions.

  • {operations} A set of named binding operation definitions.

  • {features} A set of named feature definitions.

  • {properties} A set of named property definitions.

For each Binding component in the {bindings} property of a definitions container, the combination of {name} and {target namespace} properties must be unique.

2.9.2 XML Representation of Binding Component

<definitions>
  <binding
        name="xs:NCName" 
        interface="xs:QName"? >
    <documentation />?
    [ <fault /> | <operation /> | <feature /> | <property /> ]*
  </binding>
</definitions>

The XML representation for a Binding component is an element information item with the following Infoset properties:

2.9.2.1 name attribute information item with binding [owner]

The name attribute information item together with the targetNamespace attribute information item of the definitions element information item forms the QName of the binding.

The name attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of name

  • A [namespace name] which has no value

The type of the name attribute information item is xs:NCName.

2.9.2.2 interface attribute information item with binding [owner]

The interface attribute information item refers, by QName, to an Interface component.

The interface attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of interface

  • A [namespace name] which has no value

The type of the interface attribute information item is xs:QName.

2.9.2.3 Binding extension elements

Binding extension elements are used to provide information specific to a particular binding. The semantics of such element information items are defined by the specification for those element information items. Such specifications are expected to annotate the Binding component with additional properties and specify the mapping between those properties and the XML representation.

2.9.3 Mapping Binding's XML Representation to Component Properties

The mapping between the properties of the Binding component (see 2.9.1 The Binding Component) and the XML Representation of the binding element information item (see 2.9.2 XML Representation of Binding Component) is as described in Table 11.

Table 11: Mapping between Binding Component Properties and XML Representation
PropertyMapping
{name}The actual value of the name attribute information item
{target namespace} The actual value of the targetNamespace attribute information item of the [parent] definitions element information item.
{interface} The Interface component resolved to by the actual value of the interface attribute information item, if any.
{faults}The set of Binding Fault components corresponding to the fault element information items in [children], if any.
{operations}The set of Binding Operation components corresponding to the operation element information items in [children], if any.
{features}The set of Feature components corresponding to the feature element information items in [children], if any.
{properties}The set of Property components corresponding to the property element information items in [children], if any.

2.10 Binding Fault

2.10.1 The Binding Fault Component

A Binding Fault component describes a concrete binding of a particular fault within an interface to a particular concrete message format. A particular fault of an interface is uniquely identified by the target namespace of the interface and the name of the fault within that interface.

Note that the fault does not occur by itself - it occurs as part of a message exchange as defined by an Interface Operation component (and its binding counterpart the Binding Operation component). Thus, the fault binding information specified in a Binding Fault component describes how faults that occur within a message exchange of an operation will be formatted.

The properties of the Binding Fault component are as follows:

  • {fault reference} A QName as defined by [XML Namespaces] which refers to an Interface Fault component in the {faults} property of the Interface component identified by the {interface} property of the parent Binding component. This is the Interface Fault component for which binding information is being specified.

For each Binding Fault component in the {faults} property of a Binding component, the {fault reference} property MUST be unique. That is, one cannot define multiple bindings for the same fault within a given Binding component.

2.10.2 XML Representation of Binding Fault Component

<definitions>
  <binding>
    <fault
          ref="xs:QName" >
      <documentation />?
    </fault>
  </binding>
</definitions>

The XML representation for a Binding Fault component is an element information item with the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of fault

  • A [namespace name] of "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl"

  • One or more attribute information items amongst its [attributes] as follows:

    • A REQUIRED ref attribute information item as described below in 2.10.2.1 refattribute information item with fault [owner].

    • Zero or more namespace qualified attribute information items. The [namespace name] of such attribute information items MUST NOT be "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl".

  • Zero or more element information items amongst its [children], in order, as follows:

    1. An OPTIONAL documentation element information item (see 5. Documentation).

    2. Zero or more namespace-qualified element information items amongst its [children]. The [namespace name] of such element information items MUST NOT be "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl". Such element information items are considered to be binding fault extension elements as described below (see 2.10.2.2 Binding Fault extension elements).

2.10.2.1 ref attribute information item with fault [owner]

The ref attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of ref

  • A [namespace name] which has no value

The type of the ref attribute information item is xs:QName.

2.10.2.2 Binding Fault extension elements

Binding Fault extension elements are used to provide information specific to a particular fault in a binding. The semantics of such element information items are defined by the specification for those element information items. Such specifications are expected to annotate the Binding Fault component with additional properties and specify the mapping between those properties and the XML representation.

2.10.3 Mapping Binding Fault's XML Representation to Component Properties

The mapping between the properties of the Binding Fault component (see 2.10.1 The Binding Fault Component) and the XML Representation of the fault element information item (see 2.10.2 XML Representation of Binding Fault Component) is as described in Table 12.

Table 12: Mapping between Binding Fault Component Properties and XML Representation
PropertyMapping
{fault reference}The actual value of the ref attribute information item.

2.11 Binding Operation

2.11.1 The Binding Operation Component

A Binding Operation component describes a concrete binding of a particular operation of an interface to a particular concrete message format. A particular operation of an interface is uniquely identified by the target namespace of the interface and the name of the operation within that interface.

The properties of the Binding Operation component are as follows:

  • {operation reference} A QName as defined by [XML Namespaces] which refers to an Interface Operation component in the {operations} property of the Interface component identified by the {interface} property of the parent Binding component. This is the Interface Operation component for which binding information is being specified.

  • {message references} A set of Binding Message Reference components

For each Binding Operation component in the {operations} property of a Binding component, the {operation reference} property MUST be unique. That is, one cannot define multiple bindings for the same operation within a given Binding component.

Interface Operation components are local to Interface components; they cannot be referred to by QName, despite having both {name} and {target namespace} properties. That is, two Interface components sharing the same {target namespace} property but with different {name} properties MAY contain Interface Operation components which share the same {name} property. Thus, the {name} and {target namespace} properties of the Interface Operation components are not sufficient to form the unique identity of an Interface Operation component. To uniquely identify an Interface Operation component one must first identify the Interface component (by QName) and then identify the Interface Operation within that Interface component (by a further QName).

2.11.2 XML Representation of Binding Operation Component

<definitions>
  <binding>
    <operation
          ref="xs:QName" >
      <documentation />?
      [ <input /> | <output /> | <feature /> | <property /> ]*
    </operation>
  </binding>
</definitions>

The XML representation for a Binding Operation component is an element information item with the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of operation

  • A [namespace name] of "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl"

  • One or more attribute information items amongst its [attributes] as follows:

  • Zero or more element information items amongst its [children], in order, as follows:

    1. An OPTIONAL documentation element information item (see 5. Documentation).

    2. Zero or more element information items from among the following, in any order:

      • Zero or more input element information items (see 2.12 Binding Message Reference )

      • Zero or more output element information items (see 2.12 Binding Message Reference )

      • Zero or more feature element information items

      • Zero or more property element information items

      • Zero or more namespace-qualified element information items amongst its [children]. The [namespace name] of such element information items MUST NOT be "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl". Such element information items are considered to be binding operation extension elements as described below (see 2.11.2.2 Binding Operation extension elements).

2.11.2.1 ref attribute information item with operation [owner]

The ref attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of ref

  • A [namespace name] which has no value

The type of the ref attribute information item is xs:QName.

2.11.2.2 Binding Operation extension elements

Binding Operation extension elements are used to provide information specific to a particular operation in a binding. The semantics of such element information items are defined by the specification for those element information items. Such specifications are expected to annotate the Binding Operation component with additional properties and specify the mapping between those properties and the XML representation.

2.11.3 Mapping Binding Operation's XML Representation to Component Properties

The mapping between the properties of the Binding Operation component (see 2.11.1 The Binding Operation Component) and the XML Representation of the operation element information item (see 2.11.2 XML Representation of Binding Operation Component) is as described in Table 13.

Table 13: Mapping between Binding Operation Component Properties and XML Representation
PropertyMapping
{operation reference}The actual value of the ref attribute information item.
{messages references}The set of Binding Message Reference components corresponding to the input and output element information items in [children], if any.
{features}The set of Feature components corresponding to the feature element information item in [children], if any.
{properties}The set of Property components corresponding to the property element information item in [children], if any.

2.12 Binding Message Reference

2.12.1 The Binding Message Reference Component

A Binding Message Reference component describes a concrete binding of a particular message participating in an operation to a particular concrete message format.

The properties of the Binding Message Reference component are as follows:

  • {message label} An NCName as defined by [XML Namespaces]. The value of this property identifies the role that the message for which binding details are being specified plays in the {message exchange pattern} of the Interface Operation component being bound by the containing Binding Operation component.

  • {direction} One of in or out indicating whether the message is coming to the service or going from the service, respectively. The direction MUST be the same as the direction of the message identified by the {message label} property in the {message exchange pattern} of the Interface Operation component being bound by the containing Binding Operation component.

For each Binding Message Reference component in the {message references} property of a Binding Operation component, the {message label} property MUST be unique. That is, the same message cannot be bound twice within the same operation.

2.12.2 XML Representation of Binding Message Reference Component

<definitions>
  <binding>
    <operation>
      <input
            messageLabel="xs:NCName"? >
        <documentation />?
      </input>
      <output
            messageLabel="xs:NCName"? >
        <documentation />?
      </output>
    </operation>
  </binding>
</definitions>

The XML representation for a Binding Message Reference component is an element information item with the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of input or output .

  • A [namespace name] of "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl".

  • One or more attribute information items amongst its [attributes] as follows:

    • An OPTIONAL messageLabel attribute information item as described below in 2.12.2.1 messageLabelattribute information item with input or output [owner].

      If the {message exchange pattern} of the Interface Operation component being bound has only one message with a given value for {direction}, then the messageLabel attribute information item is optional for the XML representation of the Binding Message Reference component with that {direction}.

    • Zero or more namespace qualified attribute information items. The [namespace name] of such attribute information items MUST NOT be "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl".

  • Zero or more element information items amongst its [children], in order, as follows:

    1. An OPTIONAL documentation element information item (see 5. Documentation).

    2. Zero or more namespace-qualified element information items amongst its [children]. The [namespace name] of such element information items MUST NOT be "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl". Such element information items are considered to be binding message reference extension elements, as described below (see 2.12.2.2 Binding Message Reference extension elements).

2.12.2.1 messageLabel attribute information item with input or output [owner]

The messageLabel attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of messageLabel .

  • A [namespace name] which has no value.

The type of the messageLabel attribute information item is xs:NCName.

2.12.2.2 Binding Message Reference extension elements

Binding Message Reference extension elements are used to provide information specific to a particular message in an operation. The semantics of such element information items are defined by the specification for those element information items. Such specifications are expected to annotate the Binding Message Reference component with additional properties and specify the mapping between those properties and the XML representation.

2.12.3 Mapping Binding Message Reference's XML Representation to Component Properties

The mapping between the properties of the Binding Message Reference component (see 2.12.1 The Binding Message Reference Component) and the XML Representation of the binding element information item (see 2.12.2 XML Representation of Binding Message Reference Component) is as described in Table 14.

Table 14: Mapping between Binding Message Reference Component Properties and XML Representation
PropertyMapping
{message label}The actual value of the messageLabel attribute information item if any; otherwise the {message label} property of the message with same {direction} from the {message exchange pattern} of the Interface Operation component being bound, provided there is exactly one such message; otherwise empty.
{direction}If the [local name] of the element information item is input then "in", else if the [local name] of the element information item is output then "out".

2.13 Service

2.13.1 The Service Component

A Service component describes a set of endpoints (see 2.14 Endpoint) at which the single interface of the service is provided. The endpoints thus are in effect alternate places at which the service is provided.

Services are named constructs and can be referred to by QName (see 2.17 QName resolution).

The properties of the Service component are as follows:

  • {name} An NCName as defined by [XML Namespaces].

  • {target namespace} A namespace name, as defined in [XML Namespaces].

  • {interface} An Interface component.

  • {endpoints} A set of Endpoint components.

For each Service component in the {services} property of a definitions container, the combination of {name} and {target namespace} properties MUST be unique.

2.13.2 XML Representation of Service Component

<definitions>
  <service
        name="xs:NCName" 
        interface="xs:QName" >
    <documentation />?
    <endpoint />+
  </service>
</definitions>

The XML representation for a Service component is an element information item with the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of service

  • A [namespace name] of "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl"

  • Two or more attribute information items amongst its [attributes] as follows:

  • One or more element information item amongst its [children], in order, as follows:

    1. An OPTIONAL documentation element information item (see 5. Documentation).

    2. One or more element information items from among the following, in any order:

      • One or more endpoint element information items (see 2.14.2 XML Representation of Endpoint Component

      • Zero or more namespace-qualified element information items amongst its [children]. The [namespace name] of such element information items MUST NOT be "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl".

Note that the XML Schema [XML Schema: Structures] type of the element information itemservice as defined in the WSDL schema MAY be used as the basis for defining new elements which can be used as service references in message exchanges. To enable such reuse, the WSDL schema defines the attribute information itemname as optional in the type of the element information itemservice , while it is REQUIRED for the element information itemservice as indicated above.

Note:

See the primer [WSDL 2.0 Primer] for more information and examples.

2.13.2.1 name attribute information item with service [owner]

The name attribute information item together with the targetNamespace attribute information item of the definitions element information item forms the QName of the service.

The name attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of name

  • A [namespace name] which has no value

The type of the name attribute information item is xs:NCName.

2.13.2.2 interface attribute information item with service [owner]

The interface attribute information item identifies the interface that the service is an instance of.

The interface attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of interface

  • A [namespace name] which has no value

The type of the interface attribute information item is xs:QName..

2.13.3 Mapping Service's XML Representation to Component Properties

The mapping between the properties of the Service component (see 2.13.1 The Service Component) and the XML Representation of the service element information item (see 2.13.2 XML Representation of Service Component) is as described in Table 15.

Table 15: Mapping between Service Component Properties and XML Representation
PropertyMapping
{name}The actual value of the name attribute information item
{target namespace} The actual value of the targetNamespace attribute information item of the [parent] definitions element information item
{interface} The Interface component resolved to by the actual value of the interface attribute information item.
{endpoints} The Endpoint components corresponding to the endpoint element information items in [children] if any.

2.14 Endpoint

2.14.1 The Endpoint Component

An Endpoint component defines the particulars of a specific endpoint at which a given service is available.

Endpoint components are local to a given Service component; they cannot be referred to by QName.

The properties of the Endpoint component are as follows:

  • {name} An NCName as defined by [XML Namespaces].

  • {binding} A named Binding component.

For each Endpoint component in the {endpoints} property of a Service component, the {binding} property (see 2.14.1 The Endpoint Component) MUST either be a Binding component with an unspecified {interface} property (see 2.9.1 The Binding Component or a Binding component with an {interface} property equal to the {interface} property of the Service component.

For each Endpoint component in the {endpoints} property of a Service component, the {name} property MUST be unique.

2.14.2 XML Representation of Endpoint Component

<definitions>
  <service>
    <endpoint
          name="xs:NCName" 
          binding="xs:QName" >
      <documentation />?
    </endpoint>
  </service>+
</definitions>

The XML representation for a Endpoint component is an element information item with the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of endpoint .

  • A [namespace name] of "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl".

  • Two or more attribute information items amongst its [attributes] as follows:

  • Zero or more element information item amongst its [children], in order, as follows:

    1. An OPTIONAL documentation element information item (see 5. Documentation).

    2. Zero or more namespace-qualified element information items amongst its [children]. The [namespace name] of such element information items MUST NOT be "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl". Such element information items are considered to be endpoint extension elements (see 2.14.2.3 Endpoint extension elements).

2.14.2.1 name attribute information item with endpoint [owner]

The name attribute information item together with the targetNamespace attribute information item of the definitions element information item forms the QName of the endpoint.

The name attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of name .

  • A [namespace name] which has no value.

The type of the name attribute information item is xs:NCName.

2.14.2.2 binding attribute information item with endpoint [owner]

The binding attribute information item refers, by QName, to a Binding component

The binding attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of binding

  • A [namespace name] which has no value

The type of the binding attribute information item is xs:QName.

2.14.2.3 Endpoint extension elements

Endpoint extension elements are used to provide information specific to a particular endpoint in a server. The semantics of such element information items are defined by the specification for those element information items. Such specifications are expected to annotate the Endpoint component with additional properties and specify the mapping between those properties and the XML representation.

2.14.3 Mapping Endpoint's XML Representation to Component Properties

The mapping between the properties of the Endpoint component (see 2.14.1 The Endpoint Component) and the XML Representation of the endpoint element information item (see 2.14.2 XML Representation of Endpoint Component) is as described in Table 16.

Table 16: Mapping between Endpoint Component Properties and XML Representation
PropertyMapping
{name}The actual value of the name attribute information item
{binding} The Binding component resolved to by the actual value of the binding attribute information item.

2.15 Equivalence of Components

Two components of the same type are considered equivalent if, for each property, the value in the first component is the same as the value in the second component.

With respect to top-level components (Interfaces, Bindings and Services) this effectively translates to name-based equivalence given the constraints on names. That is, given two top-level components of the same type, if their {name} properties have the same value and their {target namespace} properties have the same values then the two components are in fact, the same component.

2.16 Symbol Spaces

This specification defines three symbol spaces, one for each top-level component type (Interface, Binding and Service).

Within a symbol space, all qualified names (that is, the combination of {name} and {target namespace} properties) are unique. Between symbol spaces, the combination of these two properties need not be unique. Thus it is perfectly coherent to have, for example, a binding and an interface that have the same name.

When XML Schema is being used as one of the type systems for a WSDL description, then six other symbol spaces also exist, one for each of: global element declarations, global attribute declarations, named model groups, named attribute groups, type definitions and key constraints, as defined by [XML Schema: Structures]. Other type systems may define additional symbol spaces.

2.17 QName resolution

In its serialized form WSDL makes significant use of references between components. Such references are made using the Qualified Name, or QName, of the component being referred to. QNames are a tuple, consisting of two parts; a namespace name and a local name. For example, in the case of an Interface component, the namespace name is represented by the {namespace name} property and the local name is represented by the {name} property.

QName references are resolved by looking in the appropriate property of the Definitions component. For example, to resolve a QName of an interface (as referred to by the interface attribute information item on a binding), the {interfaces} property of the Definitions component would be inspected.

If the appropriate property of the Definitions component does not contain a component with the required QName then the reference is a broken reference. It is an error for a Definitions component to have such broken references.

2.18 Comparing URIs

This specification uses absolute URIs to identify several components (for example, features and properties) and components characteristics (for example, operation message exchange patterns and styles). When such absolute URIs are being compared to determine equivalency (see 2.15 Equivalence of Components) the URIs MUST be compared character-by-character as indicated in [TAG URI FINDING].

3. Types

<definitions>
  <types>
    <documentation />?
    [extension elements]*
  </types>
</definitions>

At the abstract level, the {element declarations} property of 2.1.1 The Definitions Component is a collection of imported and embedded schema components. By design, WSDL supports any schema language for which the syntax and semantics of import (i.e., the ability to import some schema by reference) or embed (i.e., the ability to embed a schema directly into another document) have been defined. However, only the XML Schema implementation is defined in this specification. Instances of WSDL (i.e., WSDL documents) MAY require support for an alternative schema language by using the standard wsdl:required attribute information item (any imported or embedded XML Schema element information items may be regarded as having this attribute information item set).

Note:

Support for the W3C XML Schema Description Language [XML Schema: Structures],[XML Schema: Datatypes] is required of all processors.

The schema components contained in the {element declarations} properties of 2.1.1 The Definitions Component provide the type system used for Message Reference and Interface Fault components. Message Reference components indicate their structure and content by using the standard attribute information items element , or for alternate schema languages in which these concepts do not map well, by using alternative attribute information item extensions. Interface Fault components behave similarly. Such extensions should define how they reference type system components. Such type system components MAY appear in additional collection properties on 2.1.1 The Definitions Component.

The types element information item encloses data type definitions used to define messages and has the following Infoset properties:

3.1 Using W3C XML Schema Description Language

XML Schema MAY be used as the schema language via import or embedding. Each method defines a different element information item for use within a types element information item. All processors MUST support XML Schema type definitions.

A WSDL description MUST NOT refer to XML Schema components in a given namespace unless an xs:import and/or xs:schema statement for that namespace is present. That is, using the xs:import and/or xs:schema constructs is a necessary condition for making XML Schema components available to a WSDL description.

3.1.1 Importing XML Schema

Importing an XML Schema uses the syntax and semantics of the xs:import mechanism defined by XML Schema [XML Schema: Structures],[XML Schema: Datatypes], with some additional restrictions. The schema components defined in the imported schema are available for reference by QName (see 2.17 QName resolution). Note that only components defined in the schema itself and components included by it via xs:include are available to WSDL. Specifically, components that the schema imports via xs:import are NOT available to WSDL.

A child element information item of the types element information item is defined with the Infoset properties as follows:

  • A [local name] of "import".

  • A [namespace name] of ""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"".

  • One or two attribute information items as follows:

    • A REQUIRED namespace attribute information item as described below.

    • An OPTIONAL schemaLocation attribute information item as described below.

3.1.1.1 namespace attribute information item

The namespace attribute information item defines the namespace of the element declarations imported from the referenced schema. The referenced schema MUST contain a targetNamespace attribute information item on its xs:schema element information item and the values of these two attribute information items MUST be identical. It is an error to import a schema that does not have a targetNamespace attribute information item on its xs:schema element information item. Such schemas must first be included (using xs:include ) in a schema that contains a targetNamespace attribute information item on its xs:schema element information item, which can then be either imported or inlined in the WSDL document.

The namespace attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of namespace

  • A [namespace name] which has no value.

The type of the namespace attribute information item is xs:anyURI.

3.1.1.2 schemaLocation attribute information item

The schemaLocation attribute information item, if present, provides a hint to the processor as to where the schema may be located. Caching and cataloging technologies may provide better information than this hint. The schemaLocation attribute information item has the following infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of schemaLocation.

  • A [namespace name] which has no value.

The type of the schemaLocation attribute information item is xs:anyURI.

3.1.2 Embedding XML Schema

Embedding an XML schema uses the existing top-level xs:schema element information item defined by XML Schema [XML Schema: Structures]. It may be viewed as simply cutting and pasting an existing, stand-alone schema, to a location inside the types element information item.

The schema components defined in the embedded schema are available to WSDL for reference by QName (see 2.17 QName resolution). Note that only components defined in the schema itself and components included by it via xs:include are available to WSDL. Specifically components that the schema imports via xs:import are NOT available to WSDL.

Similarly, components defined in an embedded XML schema are NOT automatically made available to a WSDL description that imported (using wsdl:import ) the description that embeds the schema (see 4.2 Importing Descriptions for more details). For this reason, it is recommended that XML schema documents intended to be shared across several WSDL descriptions be placed in separate documents and imported using xs:import , rather than embedded inside a WSDL document.

Inside an embedded XML schema, the xs:import and xs:include element information items MAY be used to refer to other XML schemas embedded in the same WSDL description, provided that an appropriate value is specified for their schemaLocation attribute information items. The semantics of such element information items are governed solely by the XML Schema specification [XML Schema: Structures].

The xs:schema element information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of schema.

  • A [namespace name] of "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema".

  • A REQUIRED targetNamespace attribute information item, amongst its [attributes] as described below.

  • Additional OPTIONAL attribute information items as specified for the xs:schema element information item by the XML Schema specification.

  • Zero or more child element information items as specified for the xs:schema element information item by the XML Schema specification.

3.1.2.1 targetNamespace attribute information item

The targetNamespace attribute information item defines the namespace of the element declarations embedded in its [owner] xs:schema element information item. WSDL modifies the XML Schema definition of the xs:schema element information item to make this attribute information item required. The targetNamespace attribute information item has the following infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of targetNamespace.

  • A [namespace name] which has no value.

The type of the targetNamespace attribute information item is xs:anyURI.

3.1.3 References to Element Declarations

Whether embedded or imported, the element declarations present in a schema may be referenced from a Message Reference or Interface Fault component.

A named, global xs:element declaration may be referenced from the element attribute information item of an input , output or fault element information item. The QName is constructed from the targetNamespace of the schema and the value of the name attribute information item of the xs:element element information item. An element attribute information item MUST NOT refer to a global xs:simpleType or xs:complexType definition.

3.2 Using Other Schema Languages

Since it is unreasonable to expect that a single schema language can be used to describe all possible Message Reference and Fault component contents and their constraints, WSDL allows alternate schema languages to be specified via extensibility elements. An extensibility element information item MAY appear under the types element information item to identify the schema language employed, and to locate the schema instance defining the grammar for Message Reference and Interface Fault components. Depending upon the schema language used, an element information item MAY be defined to allow embedding, if and only if the schema language can be expressed in XML.

A specification of extension syntax for an alternative schema language MUST include the declaration of an element information item, intended to appear as a child of the wsdl:types element information item, which references, names, and locates the schema instance (an "import" element information item). The extension specification SHOULD, if necessary, define additional properties of 2.1.1 The Definitions Component (and extensibility attributes) to hold the components of the referenced type system. It is expected that additional extensibility attributes for Message Reference and Interface Fault components will also be defined, along with a mechanism for resolving the values of those attributes to a particular imported type system component.

See E. Examples of Specifications of Extension Elements for Alternative Schema Language Support. for examples of using other schema languages. These examples reuse the {element declarations} property of 2.1.1 The Definitions Component and the element attribute information items of the wsdl:input , wsdl:output and wsdl:fault element information items.

4. Modularizing WSDL descriptions

This specification provides two mechanisms, described in this section, for modularizing WSDL descriptions. These mechanisms help to make WSDL descriptions clearer by allowing separation of the various components of a description. Such separation could be performed according to the level of abstraction of a given set of components, or according to the namespace affiliation required of a given set of components or according to some other grouping such as application applicability.

Both mechanisms work at the level of WSDL components and NOT at the level of XML Information Sets or XML 1.0 serializations.

4.1 Including Descriptions

<definitions>
  <include
        location="xs:anyURI" >
    <documentation />?
  </include>
</definitions>

The WSDL include element information item allows for the separation of different components of a service definition, belonging the same target namespace, into independent WSDL documents which can be merged as needed.

The WSDL include element information item is modeled after the XML Schema include element information item (see [XML Schema: Structures], section 4.2.3 "References to schema components in the same namespace"). Specifically, it can be used to include components from WSDL descriptions that share a target namespace with the including description. Components in directly included descriptions become part of the component model of the including description. Directly included means that component inclusion is not transitive; components included by one of the included documents are not available to the original including document unless the are included directly by that document. The included components can be referenced by QName. Note that because all WSDL descriptions have a target namespace, no-namespace includes (sometimes known as "chameleon includes") never occur in WSDL.

A mutual include is direct inclusion by one WSDL document of another WSDL document which includes the first. A circular include achieves the same effect with greater indirection (WSDL A includes WSDL B includes WSDL A, for instance). Multiple inclusion of a single WSDL document resolves to a single set of components. Mutual, multiple, and circular includes are explicitly permitted, and do not represent multiple redefinitions of the same components. Multiple inclusion of a single WSDL document has the same meaning as including it only once. Processors are encouraged to keep track of the source of component definitions, so that multiple, mutual, and circular includes do not require establishing identity on a component-by-component basis.

The include element information item has:

  • A [local name] of include .

  • A [namespace name] of "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl".

  • One or more attribute information items amongst its [attributes] as follows:

  • Zero or more element information item amongst its [children], as follows:

    • An optional documentation element information item (see 5. Documentation).

    • Zero or more namespace-qualified element information items amongst its [children]. The [namespace name] of such element information items MUST NOT be "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl".

4.1.1 location attribute information item with include [owner]

The location attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of location .

  • A [namespace name] which has no value.

A location attribute information item is of type xs:anyURI . Its actual value is the location of some information about the namespace identified by the targetNamespace attribute information item of the containing definitions element information item.

If the URI indicated by location is not dereferenceable or does not resolve to a WSDL document then the processor MUST fail immediately. That is, include elements MUST be processed immediately by WSDL processors.

The actual value of the targetNamespace attribute information item of the included WSDL document MUST match the actual value of the targetNamespace attribute information item of the definitions element information item which is the [parent] of the include element information item.

4.2 Importing Descriptions

<definitions>
  <import
        namespace="xs:anyURI" 
        location="xs:anyURI"? >
    <documentation />?
  </import>
</definitions>

The WSDL import element information item, like the include element information item (see 4.1 Including Descriptions) also allows for the separation of the different components of a WSDL description into independent descriptions, but in this case with different target namespaces, which can be imported as needed. This technique helps writing clearer WSDL descriptions by separating the definitions according to their level of abstraction, and maximizes reusability.

The WSDL import element information item is modeled after the XML Schema import element information item (see [XML Schema: Structures], section 4.2.3 "References to schema components across namespaces"). Specifically, it can be used to import components from WSDL descriptions that do not share a target namespace with the importing document. Components in directly imported descriptions are part of the component model of the importing description. Directly imported means that component importation is not transitive; components imported by one of the imported documents are not available to the original importing document unless the are imported directly by that document. The imported components can be referenced by QName.

Using the import construct is a necessary condition for making components from another namespace available to a WSDL description. That is, a WSDL description MUST NOT refer to components in a namespace other than the target namespace unless an import statement for that namespace is present. The same considerations apply to schemas embedded in an imported WSDL description (see 3.1.2 Embedding XML Schema). More explicitely, components defined by an XML schema document embedded inside an imported WSDL description are NOT made available to the importer unless the latter contains an explicit xs:import statement to that purpose.

This specification DOES NOT preclude repeating the import element information item for the same value of the namespace attribute information item as long as they provide different values for the location attribute information item. Repeating the import element information item for the same namespace value MAY be used as a way to provide alternate locations to find information about a given namespace.

Furthermore, this specification DOES NOT require the location attribute information item to be dereferenceable. If it is not dereferenceable then no information about the imported namespace is provided by that import element information item. It is possible that such lack of information results in QNames in other parts of a WSDL Definitions component to become broken references (see 2.17 QName resolution). Such broken references are not errors of the imports element information item but rather QName resolution errors which must be detected as described in 2.17 QName resolution.

The import element information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of import .

  • A [namespace name] of "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl".

  • Two or more attribute information items amongst its [attributes] as follows:

  • Zero or more element information item amongst its [children], as follows:

    • An optional documentation element information item (see 5. Documentation).

    • Zero or more namespace-qualified element information items amongst its [children]. The [namespace name] of such element information items MUST NOT be "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl".

4.2.1 namespace attribute information item

The namespace attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of namespace .

  • A [namespace name] which has no value.

The namespace attribute information item is of type xs:anyURI . Its actual value indicates that the containing WSDL document MAY contain qualified references to WSDL definitions in that namespace (via one or more prefixes declared with namespace declarations in the normal way). This value MUST NOT match the actual value of the enclosing WSDL document targetNamespace attribute information item. If the import statement results in the import of a WSDL document then the actual value of the namespace attribute information item MUST be identical to the actual value of the imported WSDL document's targetNamespace attribute information item.

4.2.2 location attribute information item with import [owner]

The location attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of location .

  • A [namespace name] which has no value.

The location attribute information item is of type xs:anyURI . Its actual value is the location of some information about the namespace identified by the namespace attribute information item.

The location attribute information item is optional. This allows WSDL components to be constructed from information other than serialized XML 1.0. It also allows the development of WSDL processors that have a priori (i.e., built-in) knowledge of certain namespaces.

5. Documentation

<documentation>
  [extension elements]*
</documentation>

WSDL uses the optional documentation element information item as a container for human readable and/or machine processable documentation. The content of the element information item is arbitrary character information items and element information items ("mixed" content in XML Schema[XML Schema: Structures]). The documentation element information item is allowed inside any WSDL element information item.

The documentation element information item has:

6. Language Extensibility

The schema for WSDL has a two-part extensibility model based on namespace-qualified elements and attributes. The extension is identified by the qname consisting of its namespace URI and its element name. The meaning of the extension SHOULD be defined (directly or indirectly) in a document that is available at its namespace URI.

6.1 Element based Extensibility

WSDL allows extensions to be defined in terms of element information items. Where indicated herein, WSDL allows namespace-qualified element information items whose [namespace name] is NOT "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl" to appear among the [children] of specific element information items whose [namespace name] is "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl". Such element information items MAY be used to annotate WSDL constructs such as interface, operation, etc.

It is expected that extensions will want to add to the existing properties of components in the component model. The specification for an extension element information item should include definitions of any such properties and the mapping between the XML representation of the extension and the properties in the component model.

The WSDL schema also defines a base type for use by extensibility elements. Example Base type for extensibility elements shows the type definition. The use of this type as a base type is optional. The element declarations which serve as the heads of the defined substitution groups are all of type "xs:anyType".

Extensibility elements are commonly used to specify some technology-specific binding. They allow innovation in the area of network and message protocols without having to revise the base WSDL specification. WSDL recommends that specifications defining such protocols also define any necessary WSDL extensions used to describe those protocols or formats.

Example 2: Base type for extensibility elements
<xs:complexType name='ExtensibilityElement' abstract='true' >
  <xs:attribute ref='wsdl:required' use='optional' />
</xs:complexType>
	  
	  

6.1.1 Mandatory extensions

Extension elements can be marked as mandatory by annotating them with a wsdl:required attribute information item (see 6.1.2 requiredattribute information item) with a value of "true". A mandatory extension is an extension that MAY change the meaning of the element to which it is attached, such that the meaning of that element is no longer governed by this specification. Instead, the meaning of an element containing a mandatory extension is governed by the meaning of that extension. Thus, the definition of the element's meaning is delegated to the specification that defines the extension.

An extension that is NOT marked as mandatory MUST NOT invalidate the meaning of any part of the WSDL document. Thus, a NON-mandatory extension merely provides additional description of capabilities of the service. Furthermore, any extension that is NOT marked as mandatory and which is NOT understood, MUST be ignored. Any NOT understood extension attributes MUST be ignored as this specification does not provide a mechanism to mark extension attributes as being required.

Note:

A mandatory extension is considered mandatory because it has the ability to change the meaning of the element to which it is attached. Thus, the meaning of the element may not be fully understood without understanding the attached extension. A NON-mandatory extension, on the other hand, can be safely ignored without danger of misunderstanding the rest of the WSDL document.

6.1.2 required attribute information item

WSDL provides a global attribute information item with the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of required .

  • A [namespace name] of "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl".

  • A [specified] property with a value of "true".

The type of the required attribute information item is xs:boolean.

6.2 Attribute-based Extensibility

WSDL allows qualified attribute information items whose [namespace name] is NOT "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl" to appear on any element information item whose namespace name IS "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl". Such attribute information items can be used to annotate WSDL constructs such as interfaces, bindings, etc.

WSDL does not provide a mechanism for marking extension attribute information items as mandatory.

6.3 Extensibility Semantics

As indicated above, it is expected that the presence of extensibility elements and attributes will result in additional properties appearing in the component model.

The presence of an optional extensibility element or attribute MAY therefore augment the semantics of a WSDL document in ways that do not invalidate the existing semantics. However, the presence of a mandatory extensibility element MAY alter the semantics of a WSDL document in ways that invalidate the existing semantics.

Note:

Authors of extensibility elements should avoid altering the existing semantics in ways that are likely to confuse users.

7. Locating WSDL Documents

As an XML vocabulary, WSDL documents or fragments or references to WSDL components (via QNames) MAY appear within other XML documents. In such scenarios it could be necessary to provide some hints on where additional WSDL information for a given namespace can be found in order to help with QName resolution 2.17 QName resolution.

This specification defines a global attribute, wsdlLocation in the namespace "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl-instance" for this purpose (hereafter referred to as "wsdli:wsdlLocation"). This global attribute MAY appear on any XML element which allows attributes from other namespaces to occur. It MUST NOT appear on a wsdl:definitions element or any of its children/descendants.

7.1 wsdli:wsdlLocation attribute information item

WSDL provides a global attribute information item with the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of wsdlLocation .

  • A [namespace name] of "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl-instance".

The type of the wsdlLocation attribute information item is a list xs:anyURI. Its actual value MUST be a list of pairs of URIs; where the first URI of a pair, which MUST be an absolute URI as defined in [IETF RFC 2396], indicates a WSDL namespace name, and, the second a hint as to the location of a WSDL document defining WSDL components for that namespace name. The second URI of a pair MAY be abolute or relative.

8. Conformance

8.1 Document Conformance

An element information item whose namespace name is "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl" and whose local part is definitions conforms to this specification if conforms to the XML Schema for that element as defined by this specification family and additionally adheres to all the constraints contained in this specification.

8.2 XML Information Set Conformance

This specification conforms to the [XML Information Set]. The following information items MUST be present in the input infosets to enable correct processing of WSDL documents:

  • Document Information Items with children and base URI properties.

  • Element Information Items with namespace name, local name, children, attributes, base URI and parent properties.

  • Attribute Information Items with namespace name, local name and normalized value properties.

  • Character Information Items with character code, element content whitespace and parent properties.

8.3 Processor Conformance

This section defines a class of conformant WSDL processors that are intended to act on behalf of a party that wishes to make use of a Web service (i.e., the requester entity or requester agent), rather than the party that implements the Web service (i.e., the provider entity or provider agent).

An extension element is said to be processed if the WSDL processor decides (through whatever means) that its parent (an element information item in the "http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl" namespace) will be processed. Note that it is possible for WSDL processors to process only a subset of a given WSDL document. For instance, a tool may wish to focus on interfaces and operations only, and ignore bindings.

A conformant WSDL processor MUST adhere to the following rules:

  • Except as noted below for mandatory extensions, a conformant WSDL processor MUST accept any legal WSDL document as defined by this specification.

  • A conformant WSDL processor MUST fault if a portion of a WSDL document is illegal according to this specification and the WSDL processor attempts to process that portion.

  • A conformant WSDL processor MUST support at least XML Schema as a type system language.

  • A conformant WSDL processor MUST fail if it processes an element containing a wsdl:include statement having a URI that is not dereferenceable to a legal WSDL document.

  • If a mandatory extension (i.e., a mandatory element, feature or property) is processed, a conformant WSDL processor MUST either agree to fully abide by all the rules and semantics signaled by that extension, or immediately cease processing (fault). In particular, if the WSDL processor does not recognize the extension, it MUST fault. If the WSDL processor recognizes the extension, and determines that the extension in question is incompatible with any other aspect of the document (including other required extensions), it MUST fault.

  • A conformant WSDL processor MAY safely ignore a NON-mandatory extension that it does not recognize or that it does not choose to implement.

9. XML Syntax Summary (Non-Normative)

<definitions targetNamespace="xs:anyURI" >
  <documentation />?

  <import namespace="xs:anyURI" location="xs:anyURI"? >
    <documentation />?
  </import>*

  <include location="xs:anyURI" >
    <documentation />?
  </include>*

  <types>
    <documentation />?
  </types>

  <interface name="xs:NCName" extends="list of xs:QName"? styleDefault="xs:anyURI"? >
    <documentation />?

    <fault name="xs:NCName" element="xs:QName"? >
      <documentation />?
    </fault>*

    <operation name="xs:NCName" pattern="xs:anyURI" style="xs:anyURI"? safe="xs:boolean"? >
      <documentation />?

      <input messageLabel="xs:NCName"? element="union of xs:QName, xs:Token"? >
        <documentation />?
      </input>*

      <output messageLabel="xs:NCName"? element="union of xs:QName, xs:Token"? >
        <documentation />?
      </output>*

      <infault ref="xs:QName" messageLabel="xs:NCName"? >
        <documentation />?
      </infault>*

      <outfault ref="xs:QName" messageLabel="xs:NCName"? >
        <documentation />?
      </outfault>*

      <feature ... />*

      <property ... />*
    </operation>*

    <feature uri="xs:anyURI" required="xs:boolean"? >
      <documentation />?
    </feature>*

    <property uri="xs:anyURI" required="xs:boolean"? >
      <documentation />?

      <value> xs:anyType </value>?
      
      <constraint> xs:QName </constraint>?
    </property>*
  </interface>*

  <binding name="xs:NCName" interface="xs:QName"? >
    <documentation />?

    <fault ref="xs:QName" >
      <documentation />?
    </fault>*

    <operation ref="xs:QName" >
      <documentation />?

      <input messageLabel="xs:NCName"? >
        <documentation />?
      </input>*

      <output messageLabel="xs:NCName"? >
        <documentation />?
      </output>*

      <feature ... />*

      <property ... />*
    </operation>*

    <feature ... />*

    <property ... />*
  </binding>*

  <service name="xs:NCName" interface="xs:QName" 
    <documentation />?

    <endpoint name="xs:NCName" binding="xs:QName" >
      <documentation />?
    </endpoint>*
  </service>*
</definitions>

10. References

10.1 Normative References

[IETF RFC 2119]
Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels, S. Bradner, Author. Internet Engineering Task Force, June 1999. Available at http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt.
[IETF RFC 2396]
Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax, T. Berners-Lee, R. Fielding, L. Masinter, Authors. Internet Engineering Task Force, August 1998. Available at http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt.
[XML 1.0]
Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Second Edition), T. Bray, J. Paoli, C. M. Sperberg-McQueen, and E. Maler, Editors. World Wide Web Consortium, 10 February 1998, revised 6 October 2000. This version of the XML 1.0 Recommendation is http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-xml-20001006. The latest version of XML 1.0 is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml.
[XML Information Set]
XML Information Set, J. Cowan and R. Tobin, Editors. World Wide Web Consortium, 24 October 2001. This version of the XML Information Set Recommendation is http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-infoset-20011024. The latest version of XML Information Set is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-infoset.
[XML Namespaces]
Namespaces in XML, T. Bray, D. Hollander, and A. Layman, Editors. World Wide Web Consortium, 14 January 1999. This version of the XML Information Set Recommendation is http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114. The latest version of Namespaces in XML is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names.
[XML Schema: Structures]
XML Schema Part 1: Structures, H. Thompson, D. Beech, M. Maloney, and N. Mendelsohn, Editors. World Wide Web Consortium, 2 May 2001. This version of the XML Schema Part 1 Recommendation is http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-1-20010502. The latest version of XML Schema Part 1 is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1.
[XML Schema: Datatypes]
XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes, P. Byron and A. Malhotra, Editors. World Wide Web Consortium, 2 May 2001. This version of the XML Schema Part 2 Recommendation is http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-2-20010502. The latest version of XML Schema Part 2 is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2.
[RFC 3023]
IETF "RFC 3023: XML Media Types", M. Murata, S. St. Laurent, D. Kohn, July 1998. (See http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3023.txt.)
[WSDL MediaType]
IETF Internet Draft "The 'application/wsdl+xml' media type", @@@. (Work to be done once we have consensus on the media type).
[WSDL 2.0 Bindings]
Web Services Description (WSDL) Version 1.2: Bindings, J-J. Moreau, J. Schlimmer, Editors. World Wide Web Consortium, 11 June 2003. This version of the "Web Services Description Version 2.0: Bindings" Specification is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-wsdl12-bindings-20030611. The latest version of "Web Services Description Version 1.2: Bindings" is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl12-bindings.
[WSDL 2.0 Message Exchange Patterns]
Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0 Part 2: Message Exchange Patterns, M. Gudgin, A. Lewis, and J. Schlimmer, Editors. World Wide Web Consortium, 26 March 2004. This version of the "Web Services Description Version 2.0: Message Exchange Patterns" Specification is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-wsdl20-patterns-20040326. The latest version of "Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0 Part 2: Message Exchange Patterns" is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl20-patterns.
[WSDL 2.0 RDF Mapping]
To be written.
[TAG URI FINDING]
TAG Finding on URI Comparisn, X. Foo, Y. Bar, Authors. W3C Technical Architecture Group, Month, Year. Available at http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/findings/ZZZZ.
[Web Architecture]
Architecture of the World Wide Web, First Edition, Ian Jacobs, Editor. W3C Technical Architecture Group, December, 2003. Available at http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-webarch-20031209/.

10.2 Informative References

[IETF RFC 2045]
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies, N. Freed, N. Borenstein, Authors. Internet Engineering Task Force, November 1996. Available at http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2045.txt.
[IETF RFC 2616]
Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1, R. Fielding, J. Gettys, J. Mogul, H. Frystyk, L. Masinter, P. Leach, T. Berners-Lee, Authors. Internet Engineering Task Force, June 1999. Available at http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt.
[SOAP 1.1]
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) 1.1, D. Box, D. Ehnebuske, G. Kakivaya, A. Layman, N. Mendelsohn, H. Frystyk Nielsen, S. Thatte, D. Winer, Editors. World Wide Web Consortium, 8 May 2000. This version of the Simple Object Access Protocol 1.1 Note is http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/NOTE-SOAP-20000508.
[SOAP 1.2 Part 1: Messaging Framework]
SOAP Version 1.2 Part 1: Messaging Framework, M. Gudgin, M. Hadley, N. Mendelsohn, J-J. Moreau, H. Frystyk Nielsen, Editors. World Wide Web Consortium, 24 June 2003. This version of the "SOAP Version 1.2 Part 1: Messaging Framework" Recommendation is http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-soap12-part1-20030624/. The latest version of "SOAP Version 1.2 Part 1: Messaging Framework" is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/soap12-part1/.
[XML Linking]
XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.0, S. DeRose, E. Maler, D. Orchard, Editors. World Wide Web Consortium, 27 June 2001. This version of the XML Linking Language 1.0 Recommendation is http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xlink-20010627. The latest version of XML Linking Language 1.0 is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/xlink.
[WSDL 1.1]
Web Services Description Language (WSDL) 1.1, E. Christensen, F. Curbera, G. Meredith, and S. Weerawarana, Authors. World Wide Web Consortium, 15 March 2002. This version of the Web Services Description Language 1.1 Note is http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/NOTE-wsdl-20010315. The latest version of Web Services Description Language 1.1 is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl.
[WSDL 2.0 Primer]
Web Services Description (WSDL) Version 2.0: Primer, K. Sankar, K. Liu, D. Booth, Editors. World Wide Web Consortium, 26 March 2004. The editors' version of the Web Services Description Version 2.0: Primer document is available from http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/desc/.
[WSD Requirements]
Web Services Description Requirements, J. Schlimmer, Editor. World Wide Web Consortium, 28 October 2002. This version of the Web Services Description Requirements document is http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-ws-desc-reqs-20021028. The latest version of Web Services Description Requirements is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/ws-desc-reqs.
[XPointer Framework]
XPointer Framework,Paul Grosso, Eve Maler, Jonathan Marsh, Norman Walsh, Editors. World Wide Web Consortium, 22 November 2002. This version of the XPointer Framework Proposed Recommendation is http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-xptr-framework-20030325/ The latest version of XPointer Framework is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/xptr-framework/.

A. The "application/wsdl+xml" Media Type

Editorial note: JJM20021107
This was lifted from the SOAP 1.2 specification, and needs to be edited to reflect WSDL's own requirements. For example, the WG has not reached consensus on whether to use "text/xml", "text/wsdl+xml" or "application/wsdl+xml".

This appendix defines the "application/wsdl+xml" media type which can be used to describe WSDL 2.0 documents serialized as XML. It is referenced by the corresponding IANA registration document [WSDL MediaType].

A.1 Registration

MIME media type name:

application

MIME subtype name:

wsdl+xml

Required parameters:

none

Optional parameters:
charset

This parameter has identical semantics to the charset parameter of the "application/xml" media type as specified in [RFC 3023].

Encoding considerations:

Identical to those of "application/xml" as described in [RFC 3023], section 3.2, as applied to the WSDL document infoset.

Security considerations:

See section A.2 Security considerations.

Interoperability considerations:

There are no known interoperability issues.

Published specification:

This document and [WSDL 2.0 Bindings].

Applications which use this media type:

No known applications currently use this media type.

Additional information:
File extension:

WSDL documents are not required or expected to be stored as files.

Fragment identifiers:

Either a syntax identical to that of "application/xml" as described in [RFC 3023], section 5 or the syntax defined in [WSDL 2.0 RDF Mapping].

Base URI:

As specified in [RFC 3023], section 6.

Macintosh File Type code:

TEXT

Person and email address to contact for further information:

@@@ <@@@@>

Intended usage:

COMMON

Author/Change controller:

The WSDL 2.0 specification set is a work product of the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Service Description Working Group. The W3C has change control over these specifications.

A.2 Security considerations

Editorial note: JJM20021107
Are there any security considerations other than the standard ones.

This media type uses the "+xml" convention, it shares the same security considerations as described in [RFC 3023], section 10.

B. Acknowledgements (Non-Normative)

This document is the work of the W3C Web Service Description Working Group.

Members of the Working Group are (at the time of writing, and by alphabetical order): Mike Ballantyne (Electronic Data Systems), David Booth (W3C), Allen Brookes (Rogue Wave Softwave), Roberto Chinnici (Sun Microsystems), Glen Daniels (Sonic Software), Alan Davies (SeeBeyond), Mike Davoren (W. W. Grainger), Paul Downey (British Telecommunications), Youenn Fablet (Canon), Yaron Goland (BEA), Martin Gudgin (Microsoft Corporation), Hugo Haas (W3C), Hao He (The Thomson Corporation), Tom Jordahl (Macromedia), Jacek Kopecky (Systinet), Dan Kulp (IONA Technologies), Sandeep Kumar (Cisco Systems), Amelia Lewis (TIBCO Software, Inc.), Kevin Canyang Liu (SAP), Michael Mahan (Nokia), Jonathan Marsh (Microsoft Corporation), Mike McHugh (W. W. Grainger), Michael Mealling (Verisign), Ingor Melzer (DaimlerChrysler Research and Technology), Jeff Mischkinsky (Oracle Corporation), Dale Moberg (Cyclone Commerce), Jean-Jacques Moreau (Canon), David Orchard (BEA), Bijan Parsia (University of Maryland), Arthur Ryman (IBM), Waqar Sadiq (Electronic Data Systems), Adi Sakala (IONA Technologies), Jeffrey Schlimmer (Microsoft Corporation), Igor Sedukhin (Computer Associates), Sandra Swearingen (U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Air Force), Bryan Thompson (Hicks & Associates), Jerry Thrasher (Lexmark), William Vambenepe (Hewlett-Packard Company), Asir Vedamuthu (webMethods, Inc.), Sanjiva Weerawarana (IBM), ÃSmit Yalçınalp (Oracle Corporation), Prasad Yendluri (webMethods, Inc.).

Previous members were: Lily Liu (webMethods, Inc.), Don Wright (Lexmark), Joyce Yang (Oracle Corporation), Daniel Schutzer (Citigroup), Dave Solo (Citigroup), Stefano Pogliani (Sun Microsystems), William Stumbo (Xerox), Stephen White (SeeBeyond), Barbara Zengler (DaimlerChrysler Research and Technology), Tim Finin (University of Maryland), Laurent De Teneuille (L'Echangeur), Johan Pauhlsson (L'Echangeur), Mark Jones (AT&T), Steve Lind (AT&T), Philippe Le Hégaret (W3C), Jim Hendler (University of Maryland), Dietmar Gaertner (Software AG), Michael Champion (Software AG), Don Mullen (TIBCO Software, Inc.), Steve Graham (Global Grid Forum), Steve Tuecke (Global Grid Forum).

The people who have contributed to discussions on www-ws-desc@w3.org are also gratefully acknowledged.

C. URI References for WSDL constructs (Non-Normative)

This appendix provides a syntax for URI references for named components found in a WSDL document. This includes the top level components: interface, binding and service and the subordinate components: operation, fault, and endpoint. The URI references are easy to understand and compare, while imposing no burden on the WSDL author.

C.1 WSDL URIs

There are two main cases for WSDL URIs:

  • the URI of a WSDL document

  • the URI of a WSDL namespace

The URI of a WSDL document can be dereferenced to give a resource representation that contributes component definitions to a single WSDL namespace. If the media type is set to the WSDL media type, then the fragment identifiers can be used to identify the main components that are defined in the document.

However, in keeping with the recommendation in 2.1.1 The Definitions Component that the namespace URI be dereferencible to a WSDL document, this appendix specifies the use of the namespace URI with the WSDL fragment identifiers to form a URI-reference.

C.2 Fragment Identifiers

The following fragment identifier syntax is compliant with the [XPointer Framework].

The URI in a URI-reference for a WSDL component is the {target namespace} property of either the component itself, in the case of interfaces, bindings, and services, or the {target namespace} property of an ancestor component. The URI provided by the {target namespace} property is combined with a fragment identifier, where the fragment identifier is constructed from the {name} property of the component and the {name} properties of its ancestors as a path according to Table 17. In that table the first column gives the name of the WSDL component as the [local name] of the element information item that represents that construct in a WSDL document. Columns two and three populate the variables x and y respectively. These variables are then used to construct the fragment in column four.

Table 17: Rules for determining fragments for WSDL constructs
ConstructxyFragment
interface{name} property of interface n/ainterface(x)
operation{name} property of operation{name} property of parent interfaceoperation(y/x)
fault{name} property of fault{name} property of parent interfacefault(y/x)
binding{name} property of bindingn/abinding(x)
service{name} property of servicen/aservice(x)
endpoint{name} property of endpoint{name} property of parent serviceendpoint(y/x)

Note that the above rules are defined in terms of component properties rather the XML Infoset representation of the component model.

C.3 Extension Elements

WSDL has an open content model. It is therefore possible for an extension to define new components. The XPointer Framework scheme for components added by extensions is:

extension(extension-namespace, extension-specific-syntax)

where extension-namespace is the namespace that identifies the extension, e.g. for SOAP the namespace is http://www.w3.org/2003/06/wsdl/soap12, and extension-specific-syntax is defined by the extension. The owner of the extension must define any components contributed by the extension and a syntax for identifying them.

C.4 Example

Consider the following WSDL located at http://example.org/TicketAgent.wsdl:

Example 3: URI References - Example WSDL

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<wsdl:definitions 
    targetNamespace="http://example.org/TicketAgent.wsdl20" 
    xmlns:xsTicketAgent="http://example.org/TicketAgent.xsd" 
    xmlns:wsdl="http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl" 
    xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.w3.org/2004/03/wsdl wsdl20.xsd">
	
    <wsdl:types>
        <xs:import schemaLocation="TicketAgent.xsd" 
                   namespace="http://example.org/TicketAgent.xsd" />
    </wsdl:types>
	
    <wsdl:interface name="TicketAgent">
        <wsdl:operation name="listFlights" pattern="http://www.w3.org/@@@@/@@/wsdl/in-out">
            <wsdl:input element="xsTicketAgent:listFlightsRequest"/>
            <wsdl:output element="xsTicketAgent:listFlightsResponse"/>
        </wsdl:operation>
		
        <wsdl:operation name="reserveFlight" pattern="http://www.w3.org/@@@@/@@/wsdl/in-out">
            <wsdl:input element="xsTicketAgent:reserveFlightRequest"/>
            <wsdl:output element="xsTicketAgent:reserveFlightResponse"/>
        </wsdl:operation>
    </wsdl:interface>
</wsdl:definitions>

Its conceptual elements have the following URI-references:

Example 4: URI References - Example URIs
http://example.org/TicketAgent.wsdl20#interface(TicketAgent) 
http://example.org/TicketAgent.wsdl20#operation(TicketAgent/listFlights) 
http://example.org/TicketAgent.wsdl20#operation(TicketAgent/reserveFlight)

D. Migrating from WSDL 1.1 to WSDL 2.0 (Non-Normative)

This section will attempt to document some of the migration concerns of going from WSDL 1.1 to WSDL 2.0. We do not claim that all migration problems will be addressed here.

D.1 Operation Overloading

WSDL 1.1 supported operation overloading and WSDL 2.0 removes it. This section will provide some rationale for it and provide hints on how to work around some scenarios.

D.2 PortTypes

Port types have been renamed to interfaces. We now have interface inheritance.

D.3 Ports

Ports have been renamed to endpoints.

E. Examples of Specifications of Extension Elements for Alternative Schema Language Support. (Non-Normative)

E.1 DTD

A DTD may be used as the schema language for WSDL. It may not be embedded; it must be imported. A namespace must be assigned. DTD types appear in the {element declarations} property of 2.1.1 The Definitions Component and may be referenced from the wsdl:input , wsdl:output and wsdl:fault elements using the element attribute information item.

The prefix, dtd, used throughout the following is mapped to the namespace URI "http://www.example.org/dtd/".

The dtd:import element information item references an external Document Type Definition, and has the following infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of import.

  • A [namespace name] of "http://www.example.org/dtd".

  • One or two attribute information items, as follows:

    • A REQUIRED namespace attribute information item as described below.

    • An OPTIONAL location attribute information item as described below.

E.1.1 namespace attribute information item

The namespace attribute information item sets the namespace to be used with all imported element definitions described in the DTD. It has the following infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of namespace.

  • A [namespace name] which has no value.

The type of the namespace attribute information item is xs:anyURI.

The WSDL author should ensure that a prefix is associated with the namespace at the proper scope (probably document scope).

E.1.2 location attribute information item

The location attribute information item, if present, provides a hint to the processor as to where the DTD may be located. Caching and cataloging technologies may provide better information than this hint. The location attribute information item has the following infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of location.

  • A [namespace name] which has no value.

The type of the location attribute information item is xs:anyURI.

E.1.3 References to Element Definitions

The element attribute information item MUST be used when referring to an element definition (<!ELEMENT>) from a Message Reference component; referring to an element definition from a Interface Fault component is similar. The value of the element definition MUST correspond to the content of the namespace attribute information item of the dtd:import element information item. The local name part must correspond to an element defined in the DTD.

Note that this pattern does not attempt to make DTDs namespace-aware. It applies namespaces externally, in the import phase.

E.2 RELAX NG

A RELAX NG schema may be used as the schema language for WSDL. It may be embedded or imported; import is preferred. A namespace must be specified; if an imported schema specifies one, then the [actual value] of the namespace attribute information item in the import element information item must match the specified namespace. RELAX NG provides both type definitions and element declarations, the latter appears in the {element declarations} property of 2.1.1 The Definitions Component respectively. The following discussion supplies the prefix rng which is mapped to the URI "http://www.relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0".

E.2.1 Importing RELAX NG

Importing a RELAX NG schema uses the rng:include mechanism defined by RNG, with restrictions on its syntax and semantics. A child element information item of the types element information item is defined with the Infoset properties as follows:

  • A [local name] of include.

  • A [namespace name] of "http://www.relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0".

  • Two attribute information items as follows:

    • A REQUIRED ns attribute information item as described below.

    • An OPTIONAL href attribute information item as described below.

    • Additional attribute information items as defined by the RNG specification.

Note that WSDL restricts the rng:include element information item to be empty. That is, it cannot redefine rng:start and rng:define element information items; it may be used solely to import a schema.

E.2.1.1 ns attribute information item

The ns attribute information item defines the namespace of the type and element definitions imported from the referenced schema. If the referenced schema contains an ns attribute information item on its grammar element information item, then the values of these two attribute information items must be identical. If the imported grammar does not have an ns attribute information item then the namespace specified here is applied to all components of the schema as if it did contain such an attribute information item. The ns attribute information item contains the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of ns.

  • A [namespace name] which has no value.

The type of the ns attribute information item is xs:anyURI.

E.2.1.2 href attribute information item

The href attribute information item must be present, according to the rules of the RNG specification. However, WSDL allows it to be empty, and considers it only a hint. Caching and cataloging technologies may provide better information that this hint. The href attribute information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of href.

  • A [namespace name] which has no value.

The type of the href attribute information item is xs:anyURI.

E.2.2 Embedding RELAX NG

Embedding an RNG schema uses the existing top-level rng:grammar element information item. It may be viewed as simply cutting and pasting an existing, stand-alone schema to a location inside the wsdl:types element information item. The rng:grammar element information item has the following Infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of grammar.

  • A [namespace name] of "http://www.relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0".

  • A REQUIRED ns attribute information items as described below.

  • Additional attribute information items as specified for the rng:grammar element information item in the RNG specification.

  • Child element information items as specified for the rng:grammar element information item in the RNG specification.

E.2.2.1 ns attribute information item

The ns attribute information item defines the namespace of the type and element definitions embedded in this schema. WSDL modifies the RNG definition of the rng:grammar element information item to make this attribute information item required. The ns attribute information item has the following infoset properties:

  • A [local name] of ns.

  • A [namespace name] which has no value.

The type of the ns attribute information item is xs:anyURI.

E.2.3 References to Element Declarations

Whether embedded or imported, the element definitions present in a schema may be referenced from a Message Reference or Interface Fault component.

A named rng:define definition MUST NOT be referenced from the Message Reference or Interface Fault components.

A named Relax NG element declaration MAY be referenced from a Message Reference or Interface Fault component. The QName is constructed from the namespace (ns attribute information item) of the schema and the content of the name attribute information item of the element element information item An element attribute information item MUST NOT be used to refer to an rng:define element information item.

F. Part 1 Change Log (Non-Normative)

F.1 WSDL Specification Changes

DateAuthorDescription
20040323JJMCommented out the (missing) property example.
20040322RRCAdded definition of wsdli:wsdlLocation attribute.
20040322JJMAdded faults to properties and features.
20040319JJMUse lowercase "should" in notes.
20040319JJMComment out features at service level. Uniformize scope between features and properties.
20040318JJMMoved normative notes into the main body of the document.
20040318JJMIncorporated the property text from Glen.
20040318JJMAddressed comments from Yuxiao Zhao.
20040318JJMUpdated the feature description, as per Glen and David Booth's suggestions.
20040317RRCRemoved redundant {styleDefault} property of the interface component.
20040317JJMInclude comments from Kevin.
20040315RRCAdded clarification on embedded XML schemas that refer to siblings.
20040315RRCUpdated RPC signature extension to use #in/#out/#inout/#return tokens.
20040315RRCAdded explanatory text to types and modularization sections per resolution of issue #102.
20040315SWChange binding/{fault,operation}/@name to @ref
20040312RRCFixed appendix D to take the removal of wsdl:message into account.
20040312RRCAdded definition of wrpc:signature extension attribute.
20040311SWChange fault stuff per decision to make faults first class in interfaces.
20040308SWRenamed {message} property to {element} and @message to @element
20040305SWAdded {safety} property
20040227MJGMerged in branch Issue143 containing resolution of issue 143
20040227SWDropped {type definitions} property from definitions; leftover from <message> days.
20040226SWWorking thru various edtodo items.
20040106JSPer 18 Dec 2003 telecon decision, added text re: circular includes.
20031204JSPer 4 Dec 2003 telecon decision, removed redundant binding/operation/{infault, outfault}/@messageReference.
20031105JSAdded point to attributes task force recommendation accepted by the working group.
20031104JSMapping to component model for {message} of Fault Reference component indicated that message attribute information item was optional, but the pseudo syntax and XML reprsentation indicated it was required. Made uniformly optional to allow other type systems as was previously done for {message} of Message Reference component.
20031104JSRenamed interface /operation /{input,output} /@body to ./@message and interface /operation /{infault,outfault} /@details to ./@message per 4 Nov face-to-face decision.
20031104JSMade interface /operation /{input,output,infault,outfault} /@messageReference optional per 4 Nov face-to-face decision.
20031104JSRemoved interface/operation/{input,output}/@header per 4 Nov face-to-face decision.
20031102SWUpdated fault reference components to indicate that if operation's MEP uses MTF then the fault is in the opposite direction as the referenced message and if it use FRM then its in the same direction. Per 10/30 telecon decision.
20031102SWUpdated operation styles terminology per message #57 of Oct. and the RPC style rules per message #58 of Oct. per decision on 10/30 telecon to consider those status quo.
20031102SWClarified wording in operation styles discussion to better explain the use of the {style} attribute.
20031102SWClarified wording in XML <-> component model mapping section for message reference components to say that {body} and {headers} may not have a value.
20031102SWMade interface/operation/(input|output)/@messageReference REQUIRED per 10/30 telecon decision.
20031028SWRenamed to wsdl20.xml and updated contents.
20031028SWUpdated bindings.
20031025SWUpdated faults.
20031013JJMMoved appendix C to a separate document, as per 24 Sep 2003 meeting in Palo Alto, CA.
20031003SWSoftened <documentation> wording to allow machine processable documentation.
20031002SWChanged binding/operation/@name to QName per edtodo.
20030930SWAdded placeholders for set-attr/get-attr operation styles.
20030929SWInserted Glen Daniels' feature text.
20030919RRCRemoved import facility for chameleon schemas and added a description of a workaround.
20030918JJMChanged message pattern to message exchange pattern, as per WG resolution on 18 Sep. 2003
20030916RRCAdded editorial note for the missing RPC encoding style.
20030915RRCYet more updates for REQUIRED, OPTIONAL; updated section 3 to reflect the removal of "wsdl:message".
20030911RRCMore updates for REQUIRED, OPTIONAL; removed diff markup; fixed example C.4.
20030911RRCRenamed message reference "name" attribute and property to "messageReference"; fixed incorrect reference to "fault" element in the binding operation section.
20030910SWFixed message references and added proper use of REQUIRED etc. for the part I've gone through so far.
20030910SWUpdating spec; fixed up interface operation component more.
20030808JCSFixed errors found by IBM\Arthur.
20030804JCSRemoved Message component per 30 July-1 Aug meeting.
20030803JCS Replaced substitution groups with xs:any namespace='##other' per 3 July, 17 July, and 24 July telecons.
20030801JCSMade binding/@interface optional per 31 July meeting.
20030724JCSRemove @targetResource per 17 July 2003 telecon.
20030612JJMIncorporate revised targetResource definition, as per 12 June 2003 telcon.
20030606JJMRefer to the two graphics by ID. Indicate pseudo-schemas are not normative.
20030604JJMFixed figures so they don't appear as tables. Fixed markup so it validates.
20030603JCSPlugged in jmarsh auto-generated schema outlines
20030529MJGFixed various issues with the XmlRep portions of the spec
20030527MJGAdded text to 2.2.1 The Interface Component and 2.2.3 Mapping Interface's XML Representation to Component Properties indicating that recursive interface extension is not allowed.
20030523JJMAdded pseudo-syntax to all but Type and Modularizing sections.
20030523JJMAdded the "interface" and "targetResource" attribute on <service>.
20030523JJMFixed miscellaneous typos (semi-colon instead of colon, space after parenthesis, etc.).
20030523JJMRewrote the service-resource text and merge it with the introduction.
20030522JCSs/set of parts/list of parts/.
20030514JJMUpdated the service-resource figure, and split the diagram into two.
20030512JJMAdded service-resource drawing and description.
20030512JJMAdded syntax summary for the Interface component.
20030428MJGVarious edits to 3. Types, E. Examples of Specifications of Extension Elements for Alternative Schema Language Support. to accomadate other type systems and spell out how extensibility elements/attributes play out in such scenarios.
20030428MJGAdded text to 1.2 Notational Conventions regarding normative nature of schema and validity of WSDL documents
20030411JJMAllowed features and properties at the interface, interface operation, binding and binding operation levels, as agreed at the Boston f2f http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-ws-desc/2003Mar/0019.html.
20030411JJMIncorporate features and properties' text from separate document and merged change logs
20030313MJGChanged title to include 'part 1'
20030313MJGChanged port to endpoint
20030313MJGChanged type to interface in binding
20030313MJGChanged mep to pattern and message exchange pattern to message pattern
20030313MJGAdded text to D.2 PortTypes
20030313MJGChanged portType to interface
20030407JJMRefined and corrected the definitions for features and properties.
20030304JJMFilled in blank description of Feature and Property component.
20030303MJGSkeleton Feature and Property components
20030305MJGMerged ComponentModelForMEPs branch (1.46.2.5) into main branch (1.54). Below is change log from the branch:
DateAuthorDescription
20030220MJGMinor wording change at suggestion of JJM
20030212MJGUpdated component model to include Fault Reference component. Associated changes to Port Type Operation component
20030211MJGChanges to component model to support MEPs
20030228MJGUpdated 4.2 Importing Descriptions to be consistent in layout with other XML rep sections. Detailed that documentation and extensibility attributes are allowed, per schema
20030228MJGUpdated 4.1 Including Descriptions to be consistent in layout with other XML rep sections. Detailed that documentation and extensibility attributes are allowed, per schema
20030228MJGUpdated 2.9.2 XML Representation of Binding Component to list type attribute
20030217MJGMinor edits to wording in 2.4.1 The Interface Operation Component
20030213MJGAdded xlink nsdecl to spec element
20030213MJGIncorporated text from dbooths proposal on semantics, per decision 20021031
20030213MJGMerged operationnames branch (1.37.2.3) into main branch (1.46). Below is the change log from the branch.
DateAuthorDescription
20030130MJGUpdated binding section to match changes to port type section WRT operation names
20030130MJGAdded best practice note on operation names and target namespaces to 2.4.1 The Interface Operation Component
20030122MJGStarted work on making operations have unique names
20030213MJGChange name of {message exchange pattern} back to {variety} to consolidate changes due to MEP proposal
20030206MJGUpdated Appendix A to refer to Appendix C
20030204MJGTidied up appendix C
20030203MJGIncorporated resolution to R120
20030124MJGFixed error in 2.5.2 XML Representation of Message Reference Component which had name attribute information item on input, output and fault element information item being mandatory. Made it optional.
20030123JJM Change name of {variety} property to {message exchange pattern}
20030130MJGUpdated binding section to match changes to port type section WRT operation names
20030130MJGAdded best practice note on operation names and target namespaces to 2.4.1 The Interface Operation Component
20030122MJGStarted work on making operations have unique names
20030122MJGAdded some <emph>, <el>, <att>, &AII;, &EII;, <el> markup
20030120MJGIncorporated Relax NG section from Amy's types proposal
20030120MJGIncorporated DTD section from Amy's types proposal
2003020MJGIncorporated Amy's types proposal except annexes
20030118MJGMade some changes related to extensibility
20030118MJGAmended content model for operation to disallow fault element children in the input-only and output-only cases
20030118MJGRemoved {extension} properties from Binding components and Port components. Added text relating to how extension elements are expected to annotate the component model.
20030117MJGMade further edits related to extensibility model now using substitution groups
20030117MJGAdded initial draft of section on QName resolution
20030117MJGReworked section on extensibility
20030116MJGAdded text regarding multiple operations with the same {name} in a single port type
20030116MJGAdded section on symbol spaces
20030116MJGRemoved various ednotes
20030116MJGAdded section on component equivalence
20030116MJGMore work on include and import
20021201MJGDid some work on wsdl:include
20021127MJGAdded placeholder for wsdl:include
20021127MJGCleaned up language concerning targetNamespace attribute information item2.1.2.1 targetNamespaceattribute information item
20021127MJGchanged the language regarding extensibility elements in 2.1.2 XML Representation of Definitions Component.
20021127MJGMoved all issues into issues document ( ../issues/wsd-issues.xml )
20021127MJGRemoved name attribute from definitions element
20021127MJGRemoved 'pseudo-schema'
20021121JJMUpdated media type draft appendix ednote to match minutes.
20021111SWAdded appendix to record migration issues.
20021107JJMIncorporated and started adapting SOAP's media type draft appendix.
20021010MJGAdded port type extensions, removed service type.
20020910MJGRemoved parameterOrder from spec, as decided at September 2002 FTF
20020908MJGUpdated parameterOrder description, fixed some spelling errors and other types. Added ednote to discussion of message parts
20020715MJGAM Rewrite
20020627JJMChanged a few remaining <emph> to either <att> or <el>, depending on context.
20020627SWConverted portType stuff to be infoset based and improved doc structure more.
20020627SWConverted message stuff to be infoset based and improved doc structure more.
20020625SWMods to take into account JJM comments.
20020624JJMFixed spec so markup validates.
20020624JJMUpgraded the stylesheet and DTD
20020624JJMAdded sections for references and change log.
20020624JJMRemoved Jeffrey from authors :-( Added Gudge :-)
20020620SWStarted adding abstract model
20020406SWCreated document from WSDL 1.1