The SOAP Body
If you're using a network protocol at all, you're probably using it to send data from one network address to another. Some overhead is associated with any network protocol, and SOAP is no exception. In general, though, the protocol should efficiently convey the data from one network location to the other. This is the primary responsibility of the SOAP Body object, the workhorse of the SOAP protocol.
If you're using SOAP in the general case, such as for messaging purposes, the SOAP specification loosely defines the arrangement of items in the Body. On the other hand, if you are using SOAP for RPC purposes, the SOAP specification cranks down the serialized XML and describes it in very precise terms.
When the SOAP specification was ...
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