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   <h1>Requirements</h1>
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  -There is a <a href="#nonreq">non-requirements</a> section below.
  -<br>
  -<a href="#releases">Release cycles</a> are explained below.
  +     There is a <a href="#nonreq">non-requirements</a> section below. <br>
  +<a href="#releases">Release cycles</a> are explained below.    
   <p>
  -
  -<table border="3" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 width=600>
  -<tr valign=top><th>No.<th>Description<th><th>0.5<th>0.8<th>1.0<th>later</tr>
  -
  -<tr valign=top><th>&nbsp;<th colspan=6> XML Protocol compliance</tr>
  -<tr valign=top><td>10<td>
  -	We will diligently track the XP protocol as it evolves, and support it when it's ready.
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>?<td>?
  -    
  -<tr valign=top><th>&nbsp;<th colspan=6> Error and fault handling</tr>
  -<tr valign=top><td>20<td>
  -	Specify an extensible Java Exception mapping into SOAP faults
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>21<td>
  -	Specify an extensible SOAP fault mapping into Java exceptions
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -
  -<tr valign=top><th>&nbsp;<th colspan=6> Service and Operation Identification</tr>
  -<tr valign=top><td>30<td>
  -	Dispatch by transport URL
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>31<td>
  -	Dispatch by SOAPAction
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>32<td>
  -	Dispatch by QName of the first body entry
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>33<td>
  -	Dispatch by a custom handler <i>(to use any information
  -	        available)</i>
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -
  -<tr valign=top><th>&nbsp;<th colspan=6> Message exchange patterns supported at the client API level</tr>
  -<tr valign=top><td>&nbsp;<td colspan=6>
  -  <i>Motivation: we believe the following message exchange patterns are in
  -    common use and important to implement (e.g. WSDL uses them)</i>
  -<tr valign=top><td>40<td>
  -	Synchronous request/response
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>41<td>
  -	One-way messaging
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>42<td>
  -	[??] Asynchronous request/response (non-blocking) <i>(the question
  -		marks mean we don't know whether to provide this)</i>
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;
  -
  -<tr valign=top><th>&nbsp;<th colspan=6> SOAP 1.1 compliance</tr>
  -<tr valign=top><td>50<td>
  -	All aspects of SOAP 1.1 supported by Apache SOAP 2.x
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>51<td>
  -	Support intermediaries
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>?<td>?
  -<tr valign=top><td>52<td>
  -	Transparency should be provided when we place intermediaries (hosts)
  -	        between requestor and provider (creating a proxy server)
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>?<td>?
  -<tr valign=top><td>53<td>
  -	Support the SOAP concept of mustUnderstand headers
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>54<td>
  -	Support the SOAP actor header attributes
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -
  -
  -<tr valign=top><th>&nbsp;<th colspan=6> Performance</tr>
  -
  -<tr valign=top><td>60<td>
  -	The architecture must not require the whole message to be in
  -	        memory at the same time 
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>61<td>
  -	Scalable
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>62<td>
  -	Faster than Apache SOAP 2.x
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>63<td>
  -	Must not be significantly slower than comparable alternative
  -        implementations
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -
  -
  -<tr valign=top><th>&nbsp;<th colspan=6> Administration and monitoring</tr>
  -<tr valign=top><td>70<td>
  -	Logging API
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>71<td>
  -	Metrics API
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>72<td>
  -	Management (JMX) API
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>?<td>?
  -<tr valign=top><td>73<td>
  -	Run-time (un)deployment API
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -
  -<tr valign=top><th>&nbsp;<th colspan=6> Deployment</tr>
  -<tr valign=top><td>80<td>
  -	Installation and deployment of both the engine, components, and services should be simple
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>81<td>
  -	Support a WebServiceArchive format which associates the
  -	        executable and the description files
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>82<td>
  -	Support .asmx-like drop-in service deployment
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>?<td>?
  -<tr valign=top><td>83<td>
  -	A single SUPER TINY .jar file must be enough for a client to communicate
  -	        via SOAP
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>84<td>
  -	Defaults packaged with both client and server must be sane,
  -	        secure and ready to go
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>85<td>
  -	Intermediaries (hosts) should be easy to be configured
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>?<td>?
  -
  -<tr valign=top><th>&nbsp;<th colspan=6> Providers</tr>
  -<tr valign=top><td>90<td>
  -	Pluggable provider API
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>91<td>
  -	Java provider
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>92<td>
  -	BSF provider
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>93<td>
  -	EJB provider
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>?<td>?
  -<tr valign=top><td>94<td>
  -	COM provider
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>?<td>?
  -
  -<tr valign=top><th>&nbsp;<th colspan=6> Pluggable XML protocol support</tr>
  -<tr valign=top><td>100<td>
  -	SOAP
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>101<td>
  -	XML Protocol
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>?<td>?
  -<tr valign=top><td>102<td>
  -	Must not name general classes as SOAPWhateverDoer
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>103<td>
  -	Simultaneous support for multiple message protocols
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X
  -
  -<tr valign=top><th>&nbsp;<th colspan=6> Message processing</tr>
  -<tr valign=top><td>110<td>
  -	Support a flexible and extensible system allowing message
  -		handlers (extensions, applications) to build up orthogonal pieces of a
  -		message
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>111<td>
  -	Handler invocation order is always deterministic for a given server
  -		configuration and message
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>112<td>
  -	Some information should be shared between all the handlers in the "chain" on one host - MessageContext
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>112a<td>
  -	Have the ability to specify application-specific parameters (like username or other thing) in the context 
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>112b<td>
  -	Some encapsulation of the idea of a session that's transport-independent (cookies in the HTTPRequest/HTTPResponse for http) 
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>112b.1<td>
  -	An example/sample for a SOAP session header/handler/supplier
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>?<td>?
  -<tr valign=top><td>112b.2<td>
  -	Client code needs to support this as well - need to
  -            		pass session back across if necessary...
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>113<td>
  -	Handlers need to be allowed to reach raw message data
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -
  -
  -<tr valign=top><th>&nbsp;<th colspan=6> Transport</tr>
  -<tr valign=top><td>120<td>
  -	Pluggable transport API
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>121<td>
  -	HTTP listener and sender
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>122<td>
  -	HTTPS listener and sender
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>123<td>
  -	SMTP sender
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>124<td>
  -	POP3 poller
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>125<td>
  -	JMS listener and sender
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>?<td>?
  -<tr valign=top><td>126<td>
  -	Support for "SOAP messages with attachments"
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>127<td>
  -	The transport can insert arbitrary transport-specific stuff into the Context
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>128<td>
  -	The transport-specific stuff should be encapsulated, most of the engine should work on a canonical form of the message 
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -
  -
  -<tr valign=top><th>&nbsp;<th colspan=6> Security</tr>
  -<tr valign=top><td>130<td>
  -	Support transport-level and SOAP-level security
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>131<td>
  -	HTTP Basic auth
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>132<td>
  -	Support for existing security SOAP-level standards
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>?<td>?
  -<tr valign=top><td>133<td>
  -	An example/sample for a SOAP Basic Authentication header/handler
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>?<td>?
  -
  -
  -<tr valign=top><th>&nbsp;<th colspan=6> Service Description and Discovery (for instance, WSDL, DISCO)</tr>
  -
  -<tr valign=top><td>140<td>
  -	Support the ability to query a service's description at runtime (e.g. GET ...?wsdl)
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>140a<td>
  -	If deployment params have altered the service
  -            	description, the updated version must be returned
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>141<td>
  -	Support a basic html page describing the service (via an HTTP GET)
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>142<td>
  -	Support a pretty html page describing the service (via an HTTP GET)
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X
  -<tr valign=top><td>143<td>
  -	Services can be deployed and used without service descriptions
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>144<td>
  -	Should abstract the SD layer, at least by keeping the interfaces clean
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>144a<td>
  -	The abstract SD layer must support run-time
  -            	determination of xsi:types of parts of the message
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>144b<td>
  -	Include a WSDL implementation of the SD layer
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>144c<td>
  -	Extend WSDL with information on where to get components for stuff
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X
  -<tr valign=top><td>144d<td>
  -	Tools and/or run-time support for proxy generation from WSDL
  -            	and/or WSDD
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X
  -<tr valign=top><td>145<td>
  -	HTTP GET on the Axis node returns an appropriate DISCO document
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X
  -
  -
  -<tr valign=top><th>&nbsp;<th colspan=6> Platforms</tr>
  -<tr valign=top><td>150<td>
  -	Java implementation
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>151<td>
  -	C++ implementation
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X
  -<tr valign=top><td>151a<td>
  -	C++ impl core should be cross platform with platform-specific
  -            	extensions (like COM) 
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X
  -<tr valign=top><td>152<td>
  -	All implementations should have as much in common as possible 
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>153<td>
  -	Use standard APIs wherever possible
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -
  -
  -<tr valign=top><th>&nbsp;<th colspan=6> Data Encoding</tr>
  -
  -<tr valign=top><td>160<td>
  -	Extensible support for encodings
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>161<td>
  -	Implement basic SOAP encoding (the level of current Apache SOAP 2.x)
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>162<td>
  -	Support for sparse and partially-transmitted arrays
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>?<td>?
  -<tr valign=top><td>163<td>
  -	Support for multidimensional arrays
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X
  -<tr valign=top><td>164<td>
  -	Support literal XML encoding
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>165<td>
  -	It should be relatively easy to write a "Serializer"
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>166<td>
  -	Include some general (de)serializers (that handle multiple
  -        	types), so that there needn't exist a (de)serializer for every type
  -        	that could possibly travel over the wire (needs further discussion
  -        	- isomorphism (roundtrip) issues)
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>?<td>?
  -<tr valign=top><td>167<td>
  -	(De)serialization may occur at any time on demand
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>168<td>
  -	(De)serialization should be available to the application
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -
  -
  -<tr valign=top><th>&nbsp;<th colspan=6> Release</tr>
  -<tr valign=top><td>&nbsp;<td colspan=6>
  -  <i>Although these are a 1.0 requirements, significant progress must be made on these 
  -    items during interim releases.</i>
  -<tr valign=top><td>170<td>
  -	Product-level code
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>171<td>
  -	Product-level docs
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>172<td>
  -	Product-level examples
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>173<td>
  -	Product-level performance
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>174<td>
  -	Product-level testing
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -
  -<tr valign=top><th>&nbsp;<th colspan=6> Migration from Apache SOAP 2.x</tr>
  -<tr valign=top><td>180<td>
  -	Documentation
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>181<td>
  -	The legacy Call object
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>182<td>
  -	Serialization, custom serializers - maybe wrappers
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>?<td>?
  -<tr valign=top><td>183<td>
  -	Support for legacy messaging services
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>184<td>
  -	Support for legacy providers
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X
  -
  -<tr valign=top><th>&nbsp;<th colspan=6> Coding</tr>
  -<tr valign=top><td>190<td>Follow the <a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/codeconv/html/CodeConvTOC.doc.html">
  -		Java Coding Style</a> with <b>no</b> tab characters.
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>191<td>Use javadoc style to document all non-private methods in commits.
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>192<td>
  -	Document packages.
  -    <td><td>&nbsp;<td>&nbsp;<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -<tr valign=top><td>193<td>Committing a new package, at least place in a placeholder for the package
  -		doc that says "this is to be done".
  -    <td><td>X<td>X<td>X<td>&nbsp;
  -
  -
  +<table border="3" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="700">
  +  <tbody>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <th>No.</th>
  +      <th>Description [Priority]</th>
  +      <th><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </th>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>status</b> - worker(s)<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <th>0.5</th>
  +      <th>0.8</th>
  +      <th>1.0</th>
  +      <th>later</th>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <th><br>
  +      </th>
  +      <th colspan="7"> XML Protocol compliance</th>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>10</td>
  +      <td> 	We will diligently track the XP protocol as it evolves, and  support
  +it when it's ready.     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">n/a<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>?</td>
  +      <td>?      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <th><br>
  +      </th>
  +      <th colspan="7"> Error and fault handling</th>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>20</td>
  +      <td> 	Specify an extensible Java Exception mapping into SOAP faults
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>21</td>
  +      <td> Specify an extensible SOAP fault mapping into Java exceptions 
  +   </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <th><br>
  +      </th>
  +      <th colspan="7"> Service and Operation Identification</th>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>30</td>
  +      <td> 	Dispatch by transport URL     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>31</td>
  +      <td> 	Dispatch by SOAPAction     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>32</td>
  +      <td> 	Dispatch by QName of the first body entry     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>33</td>
  +      <td> 	Dispatch by a custom handler <i>(to use any information 	   
  +    available)</i></td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">n/a?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <th><br>
  +      </th>
  +      <th colspan="7"> Message exchange patterns supported at the client 
  +API level</th>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td colspan="7"><i>Motivation: we believe the following message  exchange
  +patterns are in     common use and important to implement (e.g. WSDL uses
  +them)</i></td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>40</td>
  +      <td> 	Synchronous request/response     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>41</td>
  +      <td> 	One-way messaging     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - ?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>42</td>
  +      <td> 	[??] Asynchronous request/response (non-blocking) <i>(the question
  +  		marks mean we don't know whether to provide this)</i></td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI - </b>?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <th><br>
  +      </th>
  +      <th colspan="7"> SOAP 1.1 compliance</th>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>50</td>
  +      <td> 	All aspects of SOAP 1.1 supported by Apache SOAP 2.x     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">what is missing?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>51</td>
  +      <td>Support intermediaries</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - RobJ<br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>?</td>
  +      <td>? </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>52</td>
  +      <td> 	Transparency should be provided when we place intermediaries 
  +(hosts) 	        between requestor and provider (creating a proxy server)
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - RobJ<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>?</td>
  +      <td>? </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>53</td>
  +      <td> 	Support the SOAP concept of mustUnderstand headers     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>54</td>
  +      <td> 	Support the SOAP actor header attributes     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <th><br>
  +      </th>
  +      <th colspan="7"> Performance</th>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>60</td>
  +      <td> 	The architecture must not require the whole message to be in
  + 	        memory at the same time      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">not for 1.0 - no incremental 1.0 parse; architecture 
  + still allows this, later<br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>61</td>
  +      <td> 	Scalable     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">? - Sam<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>62</td>
  +      <td> 	Faster than Apache SOAP 2.x     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done!<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>63</td>
  +      <td> 	Must not be significantly slower than comparable alternative
  +         implementations     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <th><br>
  +      </th>
  +      <th colspan="7"> Administration and monitoring</th>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>70</td>
  +      <td> 	Logging API     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - RobJ<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>71</td>
  +      <td> 	Metrics API     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - ?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>72</td>
  +      <td> 	Management (JMX) API     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - ?Glen?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>?</td>
  +      <td>? </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>73</td>
  +      <td> 	Run-time (un)deployment API     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - ?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <th><br>
  +      </th>
  +      <th colspan="7"> Deployment</th>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>80</td>
  +      <td> 	Installation and deployment of both the engine, components,  and
  +services should be simple     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done!  (what more?)<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>81</td>
  +      <td> 	Support a WebServiceArchive format which associates the 	   
  +    executable and the description files     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">NYI (does JWS count?) - ?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>82</td>
  +      <td> 	Support .asmx-like drop-in service deployment     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>?</td>
  +      <td>? </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>83</td>
  +      <td> 	A single SUPER TINY .jar file must be enough for a client to 
  +communicate 	        via SOAP     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - what is best way to build it?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>84</td>
  +      <td> 	Defaults packaged with both client and server must be sane,  	
  +       secure and ready to go     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> but getting there!<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>85</td>
  +      <td> Intermediaries (hosts) should be easy to configure           
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - RobJ<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>?</td>
  +      <td>?  </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr>
  +      <td valign="Top">86new<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">WSDD implementation<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - James?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <th><br>
  +      </th>
  +      <th colspan="7"> Providers</th>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>90</td>
  +      <td> 	Pluggable provider API     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>91</td>
  +      <td> 	Java provider     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>92</td>
  +      <td> 	BSF provider     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI -</b>?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>93</td>
  +      <td> 	EJB provider     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI - </b>?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>?</td>
  +      <td>? </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>94</td>
  +      <td> 	COM provider     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - ?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>?</td>
  +      <td>?  </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr>
  +      <td valign="Top">95new<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">App server provider / connectivity layer<b> [High]</b><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - Glen?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">X<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <th><br>
  +      </th>
  +      <th colspan="7"> Pluggable XML protocol support</th>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>100</td>
  +      <td> 	SOAP     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>101</td>
  +      <td> 	XML Protocol     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> but theoretically OK in the architecture?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>?</td>
  +      <td>? </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>102</td>
  +      <td> 	Must not name general classes as SOAPWhateverDoer     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>103</td>
  +      <td> 	Simultaneous support for multiple message protocols     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X  </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <th><br>
  +      </th>
  +      <th colspan="7"> Message processing</th>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>110</td>
  +      <td> 	Support a flexible and extensible system allowing message 		handlers 
  + (extensions, applications) to build up orthogonal pieces of a 		message 
  +   </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>111</td>
  +      <td> 	Handler invocation order is always deterministic for a given 
  +server 		configuration and message     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>112</td>
  +      <td> 	Some information should be shared between all the handlers in
  + the "chain" on one host - MessageContext     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>112a</td>
  +      <td> 	Have the ability to specify application-specific parameters  (like
  +username or other thing) in the context      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>112b</td>
  +      <td> 	Some encapsulation of the idea of a session that's transport-independent 
  + (cookies in the HTTPRequest/HTTPResponse for http)      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - RobJ<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>112b.1</td>
  +      <td> 	An example/sample for a SOAP session header/handler/supplier
  +     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - RobJ<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>?</td>
  +      <td>? </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>112b.2</td>
  +      <td> 	Client code needs to support this as well - need to         
  +   		pass session back across if necessary...     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - RobJ<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>113</td>
  +      <td> 	Handlers need to be allowed to reach raw message data     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <th><br>
  +      </th>
  +      <th colspan="7"> Transport</th>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>120</td>
  +      <td> 	Pluggable transport API     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - Glen / RobJ<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>121</td>
  +      <td> 	HTTP listener and sender     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>122</td>
  +      <td> 	HTTPS listener and sender     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - ?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>123</td>
  +      <td> 	SMTP sender     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - ?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>124</td>
  +      <td> 	POP3 poller     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - ?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>125</td>
  +      <td> 	JMS listener and sender     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - ?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>?</td>
  +      <td>? </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>126</td>
  +      <td>Support for "SOAP messages with attachments"<b>[High]</b> &nbsp;
  +&nbsp; </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - Glen / RobJ<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>127</td>
  +      <td> 	The transport can insert arbitrary transport-specific stuff  into
  +the Context     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>128</td>
  +      <td> 	The transport-specific stuff should be encapsulated, most of 
  +the engine should work on a canonical form of the message      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <th><br>
  +      </th>
  +      <th colspan="7"> Security</th>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>130</td>
  +      <td>  Support transport-level security<b> [High]</b></td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NY</b><b>I</b> - per-transport issue?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr>
  +      <td valign="Top">130b<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">Support SOAP-level security<b> [High]</b><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">what, specifically? - Yuhichi?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>131</td>
  +      <td> 	HTTP Basic auth     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>132</td>
  +      <td> 	Support for existing security SOAP-level standards     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">what, specifically?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>?</td>
  +      <td>? </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>133</td>
  +      <td> 	An example/sample for a SOAP Basic Authentication header/handler
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>?</td>
  +      <td>?   </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <th><br>
  +      </th>
  +      <th colspan="7"> Service Description and Discovery (for instance,  WSDL,
  +DISCO)</th>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>140</td>
  +      <td> 	Support the ability to query a service's description at runtime 
  + (e.g. GET ...?wsdl)     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - Lance &amp; HP contribution? or is this
  +something simpler?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>140a</td>
  +      <td> 	If deployment params have altered the service             	description, 
  + the updated version must be returned     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b>?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>141</td>
  +      <td> 	Support a basic html page describing the service (via an HTTP 
  + GET)     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - James? Doug?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>142</td>
  +      <td> 	Support a pretty html page describing the service (via an HTTP 
  + GET)     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI - </b>James? Doug?</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>143</td>
  +      <td> 	Services can be deployed and used without service descriptions
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>144</td>
  +      <td> 	Should abstract the SD layer, at least by keeping the interfaces 
  + clean<b> [High]</b>     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>144a</td>
  +      <td> 	The abstract SD layer must support run-time             	determination 
  + of xsi:types of parts of the message     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI?</b> - Sam?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>144b</td>
  +      <td> Include a WSDL implementation of the SD layer<b> [High]</b> &nbsp;
  +&nbsp; </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - Lance &amp; HP contribution?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>144c</td>
  +      <td> 	Extend WSDL with information on where to get components for  stuff
  +     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - James?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>144d</td>
  +      <td> 	Tools and/or run-time support for proxy generation from WSDL
  +             	and/or WSDD     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - Lance &amp; HP?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>145</td>
  +      <td> 	HTTP GET on the Axis node returns an appropriate DISCO document
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - ?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X   </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <th><br>
  +      </th>
  +      <th colspan="7"> Platforms</th>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>150</td>
  +      <td> 	Java implementation     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">underway :-)<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>151</td>
  +      <td> 	C++ implementation     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">n/a for 1.0<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>151a</td>
  +      <td> 	C++ impl core should be cross platform with platform-specific
  +              	extensions (like COM)      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">n/a for 1.0<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>152</td>
  +      <td> 	All implementations should have as much in common as possible 
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">n/a for 1.0<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>153</td>
  +      <td> 	Use standard APIs wherever possible     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <th><br>
  +      </th>
  +      <th colspan="7"> Data Encoding</th>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>160</td>
  +      <td> 	Extensible support for encodings     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>161</td>
  +      <td> 	Implement basic SOAP encoding (the level of current Apache SOAP
  + 2.x)     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>162</td>
  +      <td> 	Support for sparse and partially-transmitted arrays     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>?</td>
  +      <td>? </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>163</td>
  +      <td> 	Support for multidimensional arrays     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>164</td>
  +      <td> 	Support literal XML encoding     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>165</td>
  +      <td> 	It should be relatively easy to write a "Serializer"     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>166</td>
  +      <td> 	Include some general (de)serializers (that handle multiple  
  +      	types), so that there needn't exist a (de)serializer for every type
  +          	that could possibly travel over the wire (needs further discussion
  +          	- isomorphism (roundtrip) issues)     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>?</td>
  +      <td>? </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>167</td>
  +      <td> 	(De)serialization may occur at any time on demand     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>168</td>
  +      <td> 	(De)serialization should be available to the application    
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <th><br>
  +      </th>
  +      <th colspan="7"> Release</th>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td colspan="7"><i>Although these are a 1.0 requirements, significant 
  + progress must be made on these      items during interim releases.</i></td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>170</td>
  +      <td> 	Product-level code     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">getting there....<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>171</td>
  +      <td> 	Product-level docs<b> [High]</b>     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - ?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>172</td>
  +      <td> 	Product-level examples     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> but getting there - everyone<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>173</td>
  +      <td> 	Product-level performance     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - Sam?   </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>174</td>
  +      <td> 	Product-level testing     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">getting there, with functional &amp; unit tests<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <th><br>
  +      </th>
  +      <th colspan="7"> Migration from Apache SOAP 2.x</th>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>180</td>
  +      <td> 	Documentation     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI - </b>?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>181</td>
  +      <td> 	The legacy Call object     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - ?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>182</td>
  +      <td> 	Serialization, custom serializers - maybe wrappers     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - ?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>?</td>
  +      <td>? </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>183</td>
  +      <td> 	Support for legacy messaging services     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - which?<br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>184</td>
  +      <td> Support for legacy providers <b>[Medium]</b> &nbsp; &nbsp; </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - ?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X  </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr>
  +      <td valign="Top">185new<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">Support for legacy deployment<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - James?<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">X<br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <th><br>
  +      </th>
  +      <th colspan="7"> Coding</th>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>190</td>
  +      <td>Follow the <a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/codeconv/html/CodeConvTOC.doc.html">
  +    		Java Coding Style</a> with <b>no</b> tab characters.     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">done<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>191</td>
  +      <td>Use javadoc style to document all non-private methods in commits.
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">could be more...<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>192</td>
  +      <td> 	Document packages.     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top">could be MUCH more...<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +    <tr valign="Top">
  +      <td>193</td>
  +      <td>Committing a new package, at least place in a placeholder for  the
  +package 		doc that says "this is to be done".     </td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      <br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td valign="Top"><b>NYI</b> - everyone!!!<br>
  +      </td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td>X</td>
  +      <td><br>
  +      </td>
  +    </tr>
  +  </tbody>
   </table>
  -
  -<a name="nonreq"></a>
  +<a name="nonreq"></a></p>
   <h1>Non-requirements (won't be supported)</h1>
  -  <br>
  -  <i>We find the SOAP spec. to be unclear on these issues so we decided not to
  -    support them.</i>
  -  <ol>
  -    <li>	RPC calls in SOAP headers
  -    <li>	Multiple RPC calls in a single SOAP message
  -  </ol>
  -
  -
  -<p>
  -<a name="releases"></a>
  +<br>
  +<i>We find the SOAP spec. to be unclear on these issues so we decided  not
  +to     support them.</i>
  +<ol>
  +  <li>	RPC calls in SOAP headers     </li>
  +  <li>	Multiple RPC calls in a single SOAP message   </li>
  +</ol>
  +<p><a name="releases"></a></p>
   <h1>Releases and test cycles</h1>
  -We're planning on releasing .5, .8, .9 and 1.0.<br>
  -.5 is a preview.<br>
  -.8, .9 are to show the growing set of features and docs and test cases and all that.<br>
  -We're not functionally complete before 1.0. <br>
  -1.0 will have a beta cycle.
  -
  -<p>
  -
  -</body></html>
  +    We're planning on releasing .5, .8, .9 and 1.0.<br>
  +    .5 is a preview.<br>
  +    .8, .9 are to show the growing set of features and docs and test cases
  + and all that.<br>
  +    We're not functionally complete before 1.0. <br>
  +    1.0 will have a beta cycle.     
  +</body>
  +</html>