Summary
This chapter introduced an assortment of topics that ranged from tracing to transactions to service documentation.
Embedding XML is a growing topic that isn't directly addressed by SOAP. You can embed XML in a number of ways, some better than others, but the best solution really depends on your particular situation.
XML and even binary data can be attached to a SOAP message by using multipart/related MIME encoding. This is the preferred method of the ebXML group and has been adopted by several non-Microsoft SOAP implementations.
Transactions are a hot topic in the Web Service arena, and they play an essential part in building dependable systems. This is clearly an area of Web Services that needs more thought.
Debugging client applications ...
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