Types of Web Services in Service Manager

The types of Web Services supported by Service Manager are as follows:

  • Service Manager 7.x URL supporting the W3C Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism (MTOM) attachments, which is a method of efficiently sending binary data to and from Web Services. MTOM is usually used with XML-binary Optimized Packaging (XOP).

    http://<SM Server>:<SM port>/SM/7/<service name>.wsdl

    Note AXIS2 supports MTOM.

  • Service Manager 7.x URL supporting Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME), which is an Internet standard that extends the format of email to support MIME attachments. MIME's use has grown beyond describing the content of email to describing content type in general, including for the Web.

    http://<SM Server>:<SM port>/sc62server/PWS/<service name>.wsdl

Which URL to use depends on the consumer side. You also need to consider whether it supports MTOM or MIME. For example, Microsoft applications tend to support MIME.