SOAP fault carried over HTTP 200 or HTTP 500 ? - DOTNET

HI

According to WS-I BP 1.1 (www.ws-i.org), indicating a SOAP fault using the
response code 500 Internal Server error is not mandatory. It recommends the
checking of the SOAP:Fault tag to determine whehter it is a SOAP:Fault or not.



"martin" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Some of my webservice peers return SOAP faults using a
> "HTTP 200 OK" reply and others use a
> "HTTP 500 Internal Server Error" instead. I was wondering
> if there is some kind of standard for SOAP over HTTP
> (or, more specifically where I can find such a beast)
> that regulates these things?
>
> And, which one is correct? Using HTTP 200 OK or
> HTTP 500 Internal Server Error?
>
>
> regards,
> martin