3.7. Handling XML Documents in a Web Service
Up to now, this chapter addressed issues applicable to all Web service implementations. There are additional considerations when a Web service implementation expects to receive an XML document containing all the information from a client, and which the service uses to start a business process to handle the request. There are several reasons why it is appropriate to exchange documents:
Documents, especially business documents, may be very large, and as such, they are often sent as a batch of related information. They may be compressed independently from the SOAP message.
Documents may be legally binding business documents. At a minimum, their original form needs to be conserved through the exchange and, ...
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