New, open source, royalty free, J2EE SOAP/XML toolkit for "docum ent centric" SOAP

Sorry for the spam, but I thought people on this list might be interested in
a new, open source, royalty free, J2EE SOAP/XML toolkit published by
Commerce One which has a focus on "document style" SOAP.

The "Conductor DocSOAP XML Development Kit" or DocSOAP, consists of four
components:

*       The DocSOAP Framework. This is an API and implementation for
document-centric SOAP processing that is designed to complement WSDL.
*       The Document Framework. This is a unified, extensible API for
handling documents in binary, text and XML formats offering support for XML
processing in all major representations (XML Schema Bean, DOM and SAX)
*       XGen. This is a tool that generates Java APIs from XML Schemas, with
a run-time component that converts between Java objects and XML instances at
runtime.
*       UNIParser. This is the XML parser that is used by the other
components.

Both XGen and the Uniparser can be used on their own independently of the
DocSOAP Framework and the Document Framework.

The key features of DocSOAP are:

*       High Performance: The DocSOAP Framework is uniquely designed for
handling SOAP messages that carry large and complex business documents in a
very efficient way - it is twice as fast as other solutions

*       Production Quality. The code is taken from Commerce One's Conductor
solution which is in "generally avaiilable" status - DocSOAP has undergone
thorough testing before release
*       High Interoperability: The DocSOAP Framework supports all SOAP
versions (1.1 and 1.2) and wire-level bindings, SOAP with Attachments (MIME)
and DIME. This enables interoperation with all major Web Services platforms
including .NET.
*       Strong XML Support: The Conductor DocSOAP XDK provides thorough and
correct XML support at all levels. With the UniParser, over 94% of the
features of XML Schema are supported - more than any current XML parser. The
XGen Java Bean generator turns XML schemas into Java APIs that make it easy
to bring enterprise data into Web Services without the need for XML
expertise.
*       Message Integrity: The Conductor DocSOAP XDK API's are carefully
designed to be simple, clear, and to promote "correct-by-construction"
processing of SOAP messages. The end results are highly reliable Web
Services applications that correctly form and marshal SOAP messages.
*       Transport Neutral: The Conductor DocSOAP XDK sends and receives SOAP
messages over any popular transport, be that HTTP, SMTP or JMS.
*       Standards Compliance: As standards mature such as SOAP 1.2, DIME and
the WS-I Basic Profile, new versions of the Conductor DocSOAP XDK will be
released that conform to the "recommended" standard.
*       High Extensibility: The Conductor DocSOAP XDK adopts an open
framework design. Additional Web Services features, document formats or XML
handling can be added with great ease.

Full details, download, discussion groups, test results, etc are available
from ...

http://www.commerceone.com/developers/
<http://www.commerceone.com/developers/>

Regards

David Burdett