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Submission request to W3C (W3C Team Comment)

We, W3C members Ariba, Inc., Commerce One, Inc., Compaq Computer Corporation, DevelopMentor, Inc., Hewlett Packard Company, International Business Machines Corporation, IONA Technologies, Lotus Development Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, SAP AG, UserLand Software Inc. hereby submit to the Consortium the following specification, comprising the following document(s) attached hereto:

  1. SOAP v1.1 specification

which collectively are referred to as "the submission". We request the submission be known as the "SOAP" submission.

Abstract

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. SOAP can potentially be used in combination with a variety of other protocols; however, the only bindings defined in this document describe how to use SOAP in combination with HTTP and HTTP Extension Framework.

Intellectual Property Rights

Declaration of Ariba, Inc.:
Ariba hereby grants to the W3C a perpetual, nonexclusive, non-sublicensable, non-assignable, royalty-free, world-wide right and license under any Ariba copyrights in this contribution to copy, publish and distribute the contribution, as well as a right and license of the same scope to any derivative works prepared by the W3C and based on, or incorporating all or part of, the contribution.

Ariba further agrees that, upon adoption of this contribution as a Standard, Ariba will grant to any party a license on a royalty-free basis or on other reasonable and non-discriminatory terms under applicable Ariba intellectual property rights to implement and use the technology proposed in this contribution in products that comply with the Standard, but only for the purpose of complying with the Standard. Ariba expressly reserves all other rights it may have in the material and subject matter of this contribution. The licensing commitments made hereunder do not include any license for implementation of other published specifications developed elsewhere but referred to in this contribution.

This document and the information contained herein is provided on an "AS IS" basis, and ARIBA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

IN NO EVENT WILL ARIBA BE LIABLE TO ANY OTHER PARTY INCLUDING THE W3C AND ITS MEMBERS FOR THE COST OF PROCURING SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF DATA, OR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER UNDER CONTRACT, TORT, WARRANTY, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THIS OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT RELATING TO THIS DOCUMENT, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH PARTY HAD ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES
Declaration of Commerce One, Inc.:
Commerce One agrees that, upon publication of this contribution as a W3C Recommendation, Commerce One will make licenses available to its intellectual property rights in its portion of the contribution to any third party for their use, manufacture, sale, distribution, or implementation of any portion of any product, method, or procedure implementing the Recommendation under reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms and conditions including royalty rates. Commerce One expressly reserves all other rights it may have in the material and subject matter of this contribution. Commerce One expressly disclaims any and all warranties regarding this contribution including any warranty that this contribution does not violate the rights of others or is fit for a particular purpose.
Declaration of Compaq Computer Corporation:
Compaq hereby grants to the W3C, a perpetual, nonexclusive, non-sublicensable, non assignable, royalty-free, world-wide right and license under any Compaq copyrights in this contribution to copy, publish and distribute the contribution, as well as a right and license of the same scope to any derivative works prepared by the W3C and based on, or incorporating all or part of the contribution.

Compaq further agrees that, upon adoption of this contribution as a Standard, Compaq will grant to any party a royalty-free license on other reasonable and non-discriminatory terms under applicable Compaq intellectual property rights to implement and use the technology proposed in this contribution in products that comply with the Standard but only for the purpose of complying with the Standard. Compaq expressly reserves all other rights it may have in the material and subject matter of this contribution. The licensing commitments made hereunder do not include any license for implementation of other published specifications developed elsewhere but referred to in this contribution.

This document and the information contained herein is provided on an "as is" basis and Compaq disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to any warranty that the use of the information herein will not infringe any rights or any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

In no event will Compaq be liable to any other party including the W3C and its members for the cost of procuring substitute goods or services, lost profits, loss of use, loss of data, or any incidental, consequential, direct, indirect, or special damages whether under contract, tort, warranty, or otherwise, arising in any way out of this or any other agreement relating to this document, whether or not such party had advance notice of the possibility of such damages.
Declaration of DevelopMentor, Inc.:
DevelopMentor, Inc. hereby grants to W3C, a perpetual, nonexclusive, non-sublicensable, non assignable, royalty-free, world-wide right and license under any DevelopMentor, Inc. copyrights or other intellectual or proprietary rights in this contribution to copy, publish and distribute the contribution, as well as a right and license of the same scope to any derivative works prepared by W3C and based on, or incorporating all or part of, the contribution.

DevelopMentor, Inc. expressly reserves all other rights it may have in the material and subject matter of this contribution. The licensing commitments made hereunder do not include any license for implementation of other published specifications developed elsewhere but referred to in this contribution.

This document and the information contained herein is provided on an "AS IS" basis, and DEVELOPMENTOR, INC. DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OF ANY INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RIGHTS UNDER ANY PATENT, ISSUED OR PENDING) OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

IN NO EVENT WILL DEVELOPMENTOR, INC. BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY INCLUDING W3C AND ITS MEMBERS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE COST OF PROCURING SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF DATA, OR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES WHETHER UNDER CONTRACT, TORT, WARRANTY, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THIS OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT RELATING TO THIS DOCUMENT, WHETHER OR NOT DEVELOPMENTOR, INC. OR ANY OTHER PARTY HAD NOTICE, ADVANCE OR OTHERWISE, OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Declaration of Hewlett Packard Company:
Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) agrees that, upon adoption of this contribution as a W3C Recommendation, HP will make available to anyone implementing the Recommendation a royalty-free license to any HP intellectual property rights that are essential to using the technology described in this contribution, for the purpose of implementing the Recommendation. One condition of this license shall be the party's agreement to not assert patent rights against HP and other companies for their implementation of the W3C Recommendation. HP expressly reserves all other rights it may have in the material and subject matter of this contribution.

This contribution is being provided "AS IS", and HP EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES REGARDING THIS CONTRIBUTION, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY THAT THIS CONTRIBUTION DOES NOT VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS OR IS FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Declaration of International Business Machines Corporation:
IBM may own patents or patent applications which apply to the SOAP specification being submitted to the W3C. If implementation of a W3C standard based on the SOAP specification requires the use of IBM patents, IBM will grant, upon written request, a non-exclusive license under such patents on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms.

IBM expressly disclaims any and all warranties regarding this contribution including any warranty that this contribution does not violate the rights of others or is fit for a particular purpose.
Declaration of IONA Technologies:
IONA does not identify any intellectual property rights in the current submission, but IONA may identify subsequent contributions to the W3C as containing intellectual property rights. IONA reserves all rights with respect to such intellectual property, however, IONA agrees to make available to any W3C member on a fair, equitable, and reasonable basis rights to any such intellectual property as IONA may choose to contribute in future W3C work on this submission.
Declaration of Lotus Development Corporation:
Lotus Development Corporation may own patents or patent applications which apply to the SOAP specification being submitted to the W3C. If implementation of a W3C standard based on the SOAP specification requires the use of Lotus patents, Lotus will grant, upon written request, a non-exclusive license under such patents on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms.

Lotus expressly disclaims any and all warranties regarding this contribution including any warranty that this contribution does not violate the rights of others or is fit for a particular purpose.
Declaration of Microsoft Corporation:
Microsoft hereby grants to the W3C, a perpetual, nonexclusive, non-sublicensable, non assignable, royalty-free, world-wide right and license under any Microsoft copyrights in this contribution to copy, publish and distribute the contribution, as well as a right and license of the same scope to any derivative works prepared by the W3C and based on, or incorporating all or part of the contribution.

Microsoft further agrees that, upon adoption of this contribution as a Standard, Microsoft will grant to any party a royalty-free license on other reasonable and non-discriminatory terms under applicable Microsoft intellectual property rights to implement and use the technology proposed in this contribution in products that comply with the Standard but only for the purpose of complying with the Standard. Microsoft expressly reserves all other rights it may have in the material and subject matter of this contribution. The licensing commitments made hereunder do not include any license for implementation of other published specifications developed elsewhere but referred to in this contribution.

This document and the information contained herein is provided on an "AS IS" basis and MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

IN NO EVENT WILL MICROSOFT BE LIABLE TO ANY OTHER PARTY INCLUDING THE W3C AND ITS MEMBERS FOR THE COST OF PROCURING SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF DATA, OR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES WHETHER UNDER CONTRACT, TORT, WARRANTY, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THIS OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT RELATING TO THIS DOCUMENT, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH PARTY HAD ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Declaration of SAP AG:
SAP agrees that, upon publication of this contribution as a W3C Recommendation, SAP will make available to any party a license on a royalty-free basis or on other reasonable and non-discriminatory terms under any SAP intellectual property rights that are essential to using the technology described in this contribution, for the purpose of implementing the Recommendation. One condition of this license shall be the party's agreement to not assert patent rights against SAP and other companies for their implementation of the W3C Recommendation.

SAP expressly reserves all other rights it may have in the material and subject matter of this contribution. This contribution is being provided "AS IS", and SAP expressly disclaims any and all warranties regarding this contribution, including any warranty that this contribution does not violate the rights of others or is fit for a particular purpose.
Declaration of UserLand Software, Inc.:
This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it or assist in its implementation may be prepared, copied, published and distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any kind, provided that the all copyright notices and these paragraphs are included on all such copies and derivative works.

This document may not be modified in any way, such as by removing copyright notices or references to UserLand Software, Inc. or other organizations except as provide under the W3C process. Further, while these copyright restrictions apply to the written specification, no claim of ownership is made by UserLand Software, Inc. to the protocol it describes. Any party may, for commercial or non-commercial purposes, implement this protocol without royalty or license fee to UserLand. The limited permissions granted herein are perpetual and will not be revoked by UserLand Software, Inc. or its successors or assigns.

This document and the information contained herein is provided on an "AS IS" basis and USERLAND SOFTWARE, INC. DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

IN NO EVENT WILL USERLAND SOFTWARE, INC. BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY INCLUDING W3C AND ITS MEMBERS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE COST OF PROCURING SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF DATA, OR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES WHETHER UNDER CONTRACT, TORT, WARRANTY, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THIS OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT RELATING TO THIS DOCUMENT, WHETHER OR NOT DEVELOPMENTOR, INC. OR ANY OTHER PARTY HAD NOTICE, ADVANCE OR OTHERWISE, OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Names

The following are registered marks referred to in this request or the submission: IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Lotus is a registered trademark of Lotus Development Corporation. Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other product names are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of their respective owners.

Specification

The submission may be distributed within the membership of the W3C free of any fee.

The submission may be distributed publicly free of any fee under the redistribution terms expressed in the W3C copyright statement.

Suggested Action

The co-submitters of this specification believe strongly in the need for standardized protocols to support interoperable interactions with remote Web-based services. Although there are a number of similar efforts underway, we feel the W3C is well suited to co-ordinate work in this area. We propose the formation of a new working group within the existing XML Activity group to continue the evolution of this proposal.

The W3C member companies submitting this document support and encourage the above action.

Resources

To help with this work, we expect to provide the following:

Specific comments from submitting companies:

Commerce One
To help with this work, Commerce One will provide resources to be part of a Working Group.
IONA Technologies
In addition to the above, IONA expects to assign resources to attend working group meetings, to review specification drafts, respond to issues and queries raised against the specification, and to contribute specification text changes. IONA also expects to align work in this area with related Object Management Group work where possible.

Change Control

Should any changes be required to the document, we would expect future versions to be produced by W3C process.

Contact

Inquiries from the public or press about this submission should be directed to:

Ariba, Inc.
Boris Putanec, boris@ariba.com
Commerce One
David Burdett, david.burdett@commerceone.com
Compaq Computer Corporation
Richard Hovey, richard.hovey@compaq.com, +1 202-898-2130 
DevelopMentor
Helga Thomsen, helga@develop.com
Hewlett-Packard Company
Shirley Quastler, shirley_quastler@hp.com
IBM
Tim Breuer, breuer@us.ibm.com, +1 914 766-1711
IONA Technologies
Todd Keefe, todd.keefe@iona.com, phone +1 781 902 8033
Lotus Development Corp.
Steve Hopley, Steve_Hopley@lotus.com, +1 617 693-0133
Microsoft Corporation
John Montgomery, johnmont@microsoft.com, +1 425-705-2921
SAP AG
Christian Lienert, christian.lienert@sap.com
UserLand Software, Inc.
Robert Bierman, w3c@userland.com

Submitted

this 18 day of April, 2000,

    Boris Putanec, Ariba, Inc., boris@ariba.com 
    Murray Maloney, Commerce One, Inc., murray@muzmo.com 
    Richard Hovey, Compaq Computer Corporation, richard.hovey@compaq.com 
    Don Box, DevelopMentor dbox@develop.com 
    Jim Bell, Hewlett Packard Company, jim_bell@hp.com 
    David Fallside, IBM, fallside@us.ibm.com 
    Eric Newcomer, IONA Technologies, eric.newcomer@iona.com 
    Noah Mendelsohn, Lotus Development Corp., Noah_Mendelsohn@lotus.com 
    David Turner, Microsoft Corporation, dturner@microsoft.com
    Christian Lienert, SAP AG, christian.lienert@sap.com
    Dave Winer, UserLand Software, Inc., dave@userland.com