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SOAP with attachments - a definition

You can associate a SOAP message with one or more attachments in their native format (for example GIF or JPEG) by using a multipart MIME structure for transport. There are two core standards that define how to do this:

The service integration bus supports both of these standards, subject to the restrictions detailed in Limitations in the support for SOAP with attachments.

Related tasks
Passing SOAP messages with attachments through the service integration bus
Locating an attachment using swaref
SOAP Messages with Attachments: WSDL examples
Supporting bound attachments: WSDL examples

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