I think a lot of it comes down to SOAP, and related standards, being ambiguous and changing enough over time that even if you follow the standards, it isn't nec

I think a lot of it comes down to SOAP, and related standards, being ambiguous and changing enough over time that even if you follow the standards, it isn't necessarily clear what you can and should do. Take a look at WS-I, the standard which tells you just how you should implement all of the standards that came before it, if you actually want to talk to other implementations: http://ws-i.org/profiles/BasicProfile-1.2-WGD.html http://ws-i.org/profiles/BasicProfile-1.2-WGD.html I first looked at SOAP in 2007. It made more sense to me after I read this: http://wanderingbarque.com/nonintersecting/2006/11/15/the-s-stands-for-simple/ http://wanderingbarque.com/nonintersecting/2006/11/15/the-s-...