Thanks, yes this, sadly, is as I thought!
It does seem that the current trend does not favour rpc/encoded, however Semantic web initiatives have identified the SOAP Encoding as an alternative XML data syntax for a common edge-labelled graph data model. This becomes particularly interesting when used with RDF/Semantic Web query or inference services.
As part of the SWAD-Europe project (http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe/) I have been using Axis together with Sesame - "Open Source RDF Schema-based Repository and Querying Facility" - to provide working examples of scenarios where for example:
1) clients are able to exchange SOAP messages in the "normal" way (using java object marshalling/unmarshalling with Axis in this case) with what happens to be an "intelligent" Web Service.
By "intelligent" Web Service I generally mean one that uses inferencing over aggregated data to link (Web) concepts and hence provide accurate, exhaustive results data in response to a broad range of incoming queries.
2) clients are able to exchange SOAP messages with Web Services, transforming SOAP encoded response data into RDF data. This permits a number of scenarios for the client - they may aggregate incoming data with their own RDF data for "intelligent" use.
The SWAD-E team are due to publish reports and working examples on the above work over the next 3 months and I will likely post to the list about this as it happens,
Thanks
Nikki
--On 05 August 2003 10:13 -0400 Anne Thomas Manes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It doesn't support it now.
But that's a good question. Will it support it in the future. Per the specification [1]:
"Due to their optional nature, it is NOT a requirement to implement the SOAP Data Model, the SOAP Encoding and/or the SOAP RPC Representation as part of a SOAP node."
Given the strong industry movement to use only document/literal, I'd say that support for SOAP 1.2 encoding is pretty low on the priority list.
[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/soap12-part2/#datamodel
Anne
----- Original Message ----- From: "NJ Rogers, Learning and Research Technology" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 9:40 AM Subject: Does Axis support SOAP 1.2 encoding?
Hi
I notice that Axis 1.1 uses the SOAP 1.1 encoding for RPC/encoded messaging.
Are there plans to soon support the latest as at http://www.w3.org/TR/soap12-part2/ ?
Many thanks
Nikki
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