STANDARD

1. The name of the specification.

Resource Representation SOAP Header Block

2. A short statement (<100 words) of the purpose and function of the specification.

This document describes an abstract feature and a concrete implementation of it for optimizing the transmission and/or wire format of SOAP messages. The concrete implementation relies on the XML-binary Optimized Packaging format for carrying SOAP messages.

3. The version number (or other distinct identifier) of the most recently approved version of the specification.

http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/REC-soap12-rep-20050125/

4. If the specification is part of a group of explicitly related specifications from the same source, the name of the group of specifications.

N/A

5. URI for the normative text of the specification.

http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/REC-soap12-rep-20050125/

SOURCE

6. The name of the SDO that generated/authored/hosted the specification.

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

7. URI for the SDO.

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

8. The level of approval that the SDO has conferred on the specification as described by the SDO's process.

W3C Recommendation

9. The language or languages in which the specification is available.

English

SUBJECT

10. Which of the ITU-T TMN FCAPS model layers does the specification's functionality address?

N/A

12. Where does the specification directly operate, as among the layers defined in the ISO Open System Interconnect (OSI) model?

• Transport layer
• Presentation layer

13. Which of the following (CIM based) functional areas does the model of the specification address?

N/A

OPTIONAL

14. The level of approval of the specification in this generic lifecycle taxonomy:

Product availability

15. URI for the applicable SDO's patent and copyright rules, if any, applicable to development and use of the specification.

This document has been produced under the 24 January 2002 CPP [1] as amended by the W3C Patent Policy Transition Procedure [2].

1. http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/NOTE-patent-practice-20020124
2. http://www.w3.org/2004/02/05-pp-transition

16. URI for the SDO's posting location, if any, for notices from participants or individuals regarding claims under number 15.

http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/Group/2/10/16-IPR-statements.html

17. Interoperability, conformance, or certification test activity for the specification (by owner name or URI).

http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/Group/4/08/implementation.html#test-traces

18. Known implementations of the specification (by owner name or URI).

http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/Group/4/08/implementation.html

19. A list (or URI pointer to same) of the other specifications that are normatively referenced in the specification.

SOAP Version 1.2 Part 1: Messaging Framework, Marc Hadley, Noah Mendelsohn, Jean-Jacques Moreau, et. al., Editors. World Wide Web Consortium, 24 June 2003. This version is http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-soap12-part1-20030624/. The latest version is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/soap12-part1/.

XML-binary Optimized Packaging, Mark Nottingham, Noah Mendelsohn, Martin Gudgin, and Hervé Ruellan, Editors. World Wide Web Consortium, 25 January 2005. This version is http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/REC-xop10-20050125/. The latest version is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/xop10/.

SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism, Hervé Ruellan, Noah Mendelsohn, Martin Gudgin, and Mark Nottingham, Editors. World Wide Web Consortium, 25 January 2005. This version is http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/REC-soap12-mtom-20050125/. The latest version is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/soap12-mtom/.

SOAP Optimized Serialization Use Cases and Requirements, Tony Graham, Mark Jones, and Anish Karmarkar, Editors. World Wide Web Consortium, 08 June 2004. This version is http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-soap12-os-ucr-20040608/. The latest version is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/soap12-os-ucr/.

XML Information Set (Second Edition), Richard Tobin and John Cowan, Editors. World Wide Web Consortium, 04 Feb 2004. This version is http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-infoset-20040204. The latest version is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-infoset.

XML Schema Part 1: Structures Second Edition, David Beech, Murray Maloney, Henry S. Thompson, and Noah Mendelsohn, Editors. World Wide Web Consortium, 28 October 2004. This version is http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xmlschema-1-20041028/ The lastest version is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/.

XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes Second Edition, Ashok Malhotra and Paul V. Biron, Editors. World Wide Web Consortium, 28 October 2004. This version is http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xmlschema-2-20041028/. The latest version is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/.

RFC 2119, Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels, S. Bradner, Editor. IETF, March 1997. This RFC is available at http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt.

RFC 2396, Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax, T. Berners-Lee, R. Fielding and L. Masinter, Editors. IETF, August 1998. This RFC is available at http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt.

RFC 2732, Format for Literal IPv6 Addresses in URL's, R. Hinden, B. Carpenter and L. Masinter, Editors. IETF, December 1999. This RFC is available at http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2732.txt.

Assigning Media Types to Binary Data in XML, Ümit Yalç\u0131nalp and Anish Karmarkar, Editors. World Wide Web Consortium, 02 November 2004. This version is http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-xml-media-types-20041102. The latest version is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-media-types.

20. A list (or URI pointer to same) of the other specifications that are explicitly referenced in the specification (except the ones listed in number 19).

N/A

21. A list (or URI pointer to same) of other specifications with which the specification may (speculatively) interoperate or act in complementary, compatible fashion.

N/A

22. A list (or URI pointer to same) of other specifications. (Whether or not substitutable.)

N/A