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| <td><b><font size=+2>Introduction</font></b></td> |
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| <p>NEWS (June 16, 2003) : Axis <a href="./axis/download.cgi">1.1 |
| Final </a> is now available (read the <a href="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/%7Echeckout%7E/ws-axis/java/release-notes.html">release |
| notes</a>)! |
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| <p>Apache Axis is an implementation of the SOAP ("Simple Object Access |
| Protocol") <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/SOAP" target="_top">submission</a> |
| to W3C. |
| <p>From the draft W3C specification: |
| <blockquote>SOAP is a lightweight protocol for exchange of information |
| in a decentralized, distributed environment. It is an XML based protocol |
| that consists of three parts: an envelope that defines a framework for |
| describing what is in a message and how to process it, a set of encoding |
| rules for expressing instances of application-defined datatypes, and a |
| convention for representing remote procedure calls and responses.</blockquote> |
| This project is a follow-on to the <a href="./soap" target="_top">Apache |
| SOAP project</a>. |
| <p>Please see the <a href="ref.html">Reference Library</a> for a list of |
| technical resources that should prove useful. |
| <p>The latest list of <a href="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/%7Echeckout%7E/ws-axis/java/docs/requirements.html?content-type=text/html">requirements</a> |
| is also available. |
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| <h3>Rationale for Releasing Axis 1.0</h3> |
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| Many users have requested a v1.0 so that they can work from a relatively |
| stable base. Some users have even remained on Apache SOAP until v1.0 of |
| Axis is available. Now Axis has surpassed Apache SOAP in function, |
| performance, and interoperability and, in particular, has passed Sun's |
| JAX-RPC and SAAJ compliance tests, we decided to ship v1.0 as it |
| currently stands. |
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| However, this is far from the end of the road for Axis: there is more |
| documentation to be written; the SOAP v1.2 spec. needs to be tracked to |
| completion and implemented fully; major functional enhancements and |
| architectural improvements are being considered. We particularly encourage |
| you to submit improvements to the documentation, however large or small and |
| in any format, to axis-dev@ws.apache.org. Also, interoperability |
| is always a concern, so please report all <i>replicatable</i> bugs. |
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| The Axis Development Team |
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