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WEB SERVICES DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE (WSDL) VERSION 2.0 Part 2: PREDEFINED EXTENSIONS:

Abstract

This document describes extensions for the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0 . These extensions include Message Exchange Patterns (MEPs), features, SOAP modules, and bindings of features. The Working Group has discussed and approved these extensions, and recommends their use with the Web Services Description Language (WSDL).

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 Last Call Working Draft. If the feedback is positive, the Working Group plans to submit this specification for consideration as a W3C Candidate Recommendation. Comments on this document are invited and are to be sent to the public public-ws-desc-comments@w3.org mailing list (public archive). Comments can be sent until 4 October 2004.

Three formal objections from Working Group participants have been received against portions of the WSDL 2.0 specification. Feedback is specifically encouraged on these topics:

• Compositors (see objection)

• Feature and properties (see objection and follow-on message)

• Requiring unique GEDs or required feature to distinguish operations (see objection)

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 [Change Log]. Issues about this document are documented in the last call issues list maintained by the Working Group.

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.

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.