Re: Clarification needed: Part 3 sec 2.8.1 and 2.8.2: soap fault codes

My interpretation is a). 
 
To my understanding, not all faults are described by WSDL. The following
example only describes a fault with fault code foo and a fault message
of type myFaultMessage. If the fault is caused by other reasons, it's
not described in this wsdl. 
 
Just my thought. What do the group think? we need to clarify this to
remove a ed note in the primer (see [1]).
 
[1]
http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-wsdl20-primer-20041221/#example-initial-bin
ding-explanation
 
Best Regards,
Kevin   
 
 
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Regarding part 3 sec 2.8.1 and 2.8.2: soap fault codes, the meaning of

the {soap fault code} seems unclear. 



Does the fault message type determine the soap fault code, or vice

versa?  For example, given the following:



<binding . . . >

  <fault ref="tns:myFaultMessage"

	wsoap:code="foo" />

</binding



which of the following interpretations applies?



a. If the actual error condition causing the fault corresponds to SOAP

code foo, then transmit a fault of type tns:myFaultMessage.



b. If the actual error condition causing the fault corresponds to

tns:myFaultMessage, then transmit SOAP code foo.



If (a) is the correct interpretation, then what happens if an error

corresponding to a different SOAP code occurs?  Does this imply that a

tns:myFaultMessage will NOT be sent if the SOAP code is NOT foo?



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David Booth

W3C Fellow / Hewlett-Packard