SOAP Attachments in 4 slides

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SOAP Attachments in 4 slides

• An example of a SOAP binding

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We have a SOAP Message
ltSOAPEnvelope xmlnsSOAP"http//schemas.xmlsoap.
org/soap/envelope/" SOAPencodingStyle"http//s
chemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"gt
ltSOAPHeadergt ltmMessageInfo
xmlnsm"http//www.info.org/soap/message"gt
ltmto href"mailtoyou_at_your.com"/gt
ltmfrom href"mailtome_at_my.com"/gt
ltmcontact href"mailtosomeone_at_my.com"gt
lt/mMessageInfogt lt/SOAPHeadergt
ltSOAPBodygt ltmsgMessage xmlnsm"http//www
.info.org/soap/message"gt
ltmsgsubjectgtYour house is on fire!lt/msgsubjectgt
ltmsgpicture href"http//info.org/y
ourhouse"/gt lt/msgMessagegt
lt/SOAPBodygtlt/SOAPEnvelopegt
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SOAP Messages can contain Links
mailtosomeone_at_my.com
ltSOAPEnvelope xmlnsSOAP"http//schemas.xmlsoap.
org/soap/envelope" SOAPencodingStyle"http//sc
hemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"gt
ltSOAPHeadergt ltmMessageInfo
xmlnsm"http//www.info.org/soap/message"gt
ltmto href"mailtoyou_at_your.com"/gt
ltmfrom href"mailtome_at_my.com"/gt
ltmcontact href"mailtosomeone_at_my.com"gt
lt/mMessageInfogt lt/SOAPHeadergt
ltSOAPBodygt ltmsgMessage xmlnsm"http//www
.info.org/soap/message"gt
ltmsgsubjectgtYour house is on fire!lt/msgsubjectgt
ltmsgpicture href"http//info.org/y
ourhouse"/gt lt/msgMessagegt
lt/SOAPBodygtlt/SOAPEnvelopegt
mailtoyou_at_your.com
http//info.org/yourhouse
mailtome_at_my.com
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Links can point to MIME bodies
MIME-Version 1.0 Content-Type
Multipart/Related --MIME_boundary
ltSOAPEnvelope xmlnsSOAP"http//schemas.xmlsoap.
org/soap/envelope" SOAPencodingStyle"http//sc
hemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"gt
ltSOAPHeadergt ltmMessageInfo
xmlnsm"http//www.info.org/soap/message"gt
ltmto href"mailtoyou_at_your.com"/gt
ltmfrom href"mailtome_at_my.com"/gt
ltmcontact href"mailtosomeone_at_my.com"gt
lt/mMessageInfogt lt/SOAPHeadergt
ltSOAPBodygt ltmsgMessage xmlnsm"http//www
.info.org/soap/message"gt
ltmsgsubjectgtYour house is on fire!lt/msgsubjectgt
ltmsgpicture href"cidfire1234_at_info
.org"/gt lt/msgMessagegt
lt/SOAPBodygtlt/SOAPEnvelopegt
--MIME_boundary
Content-Type image/tiff Content-Transfer-Encodin
g binary Content-ID lt cidfire1234_at_info.org gt
Photo
--MIME_boundary--
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The Science Bit

• Links can be expressed in different ways
• SOAP encoding, XLink etc.
• Does not imply any link relationship
• Attachment, index, see also, must check etc.
• This is left to the application
• What you link to is up to you
• Written as a protocol binding
• Can be nested