TIBCO BusinessConnect SOAP Protocol Features The following are some significant features of the TIBCO BusinessConnect SOAP Protocol: • Support for the synchronous Request-Response and Notify operation types. See Notify Operations and Synchronous Request-Response Operations. • Support for SOAP versions 1.1 and 1.2. See SOAP Overview and SOAP Version. • Support for SOAP fault in versions 1.1 and 1.2. See SOAP Fault. • Support for Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism (MTOM). See MTOM and SOAP MTOM Enabled. • Support for HTTP, HTTPS, and HTTPSCA transport protocols. • Multiple server certificate support for HTTPS. • Access control through trading partner identification and permissions. • Validation of XML documents with XSDs. • Signing or encrypting the SOAP body as a whole by using Web Services Security (WSS). See SOAP Message Security. • Support for Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0 in SOAP header for digital signature and authorization in conformance with NHIN/esMD Authorization Framework. See NHIN/esMD Authorization Framework with SAML Assertions. • Support for signature confirmation in a response to a specific request. • Support for WSS UsernameToken authentication. See SOAP Message Security. • Limited support for Web Services Addressing (WS-Addressing) in SOAP header. See WS-Addressing. • Ability to specify certain timing constraints. • Ability to generate audit records. See Audit Logs. • Support for operation setting overriding in a specific business agreement. See Editing an Operation Binding for the Host and Editing an Operation Binding for the Partner. • Support for non-repudiation logging for all operations. See Non-Repudiation Logs. • Ability to exchange business documents using SwA. See Attachment. • Support for Web Services Description Language (WSDL). WSDL is an XML-formatted language used to describe the capabilities of a Web service as collections of communication endpoints capable of exchanging messages. TIBCO BusinessConnect SOAP Protocol configurations and operation definitions can be exported to WSDL files, and vice versa. • Tools available to export and import configurations and operation definitions as WSDL files. See TIBCO BusinessConnect SOAP Protocol WSDL Tool.