Document style web services are not inherently asynchronous. The synchronous nature of a Web service is determined by the message exchange pattern described in the WSDL Operation. If the service is defined as having an input and output message, then it is a request/response service (inherently synchronous). If it is defined as having only an input message, then it is a one-way message (inherently asynchronous).
Anne > -----Original Message----- > From: Francis Ho -- Enterprise Architecture [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 12:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Document style web services > > > Document style web services is inherently asynchronous. Most of > modern TRP/MS's > such as EDIINT and RosettaNet (RNIF) use document-style services. > It was found > to be more a bit more scalable and flexible in dealing with > legacy systems. > This is especially true as many of the legacy systems for order > processing were > batch oriented. > > francis >
