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 Announcing the Microsoft .NET Best Awards 2001                             
                                                                            
                                                                            
 Over $425,000 in cash and prizes!                                          
                                                                            




http://www.gotdotnet.com/wscontest/technicalcriteria.aspx

                                                                            
 Contest Technical Requirements                                             
    1.      Each XML Web service must be able to produce and consume valid  
      SOAP messages based on the SOAP 1.1 specification                     
      (http://www.w3.org/TR/SOAP/).                                         
    2.      Each XML Web service must have a valid, accessible WSDL 1.1     
      (http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl) file for all public services applicable   
      to the contest submission.                                            
    3.      Entrants may submit more that one contest submission.           
    4.      Entrants may submit more than one service; however multiple     
      services must be have its unique UDDI service key.                    
    5.      Each XML Web service must be registered into the public UDDI    
      directory according to the rules located in the section below         
      "Registering Your XML Web Service in UDDI". Please note that these    
      instructions require certain registration techniques in order to      
      provide discoverability of your service inside of Visual Studio .NET  
      Beta 2.                                                               
    6.      Each XML Web service must be fully functional according to the  
      operations specified in the applicable WSDL file.                     
    7.      Each XML Web service must provide some type of quantifiable     
      value-add for either improved user experience, improved business      
      process or both. This information must be provided in the contest     
      registration questionnaire.                                           
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    8.      It is not necessary for the XML Web service(s) to be built      
      using Microsoft technology.                                           
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    9.      All SOAP endpoints must be accessible via HTTP.                 
    10.     The information provided in the contest registration            
      questionnaire and collected during the judging process, unless        
      otherwise noted, maybe used for marketing purposes after the contest  
      period.                                                               
    11.     Entries cannot be directly based on a third party XML Web       
      service. For example you cannot submit a service that is already      
      publicly available, unless you are providing a significant value add  
      to the features of the existing service.                              
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John-Reed Maffeo
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Application Services
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