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www.x-act.org provides web services for converting XML documents. The usage of our web services is free of charge, but registration at our web site is required.
Conversions are performed by applying XSLT stylesheets. www.x-act.org will host a number of stylesheets, but any stylesheet that is accessible via URL may be used. For certain application areas www.x-act.org will provide a system for organizing formats and respective stylesheets. Communication with the web services is done via SOAP. That means, one sends a SOAP request containing conversion information and a source XML document as an attachment to the web service. The web service will in turn perform the transformation and return a SOAP response with the conversion result attached as an XML file.

Our conversion web services are accessible via

https://www.x-act.org:8443/conversion/ (SSL) or
http://www.x-act.org:8080/conversion/ (no SSL)


Currently, there are two usage scenarios for our web services

1. Basic

This scenario is for testing and for users who want to use the web service rather seldom. All you need is a XSLT stylesheet accessible somewhere on the web and of course the xml source document which is to be converted. The web service will apply the specified XSLT stylesheet to your source document and return the result of the conversion process. Any XSLT stylesheet that is accessible via an URL can be used. In the future registered users will be able to upload self-provided stylesheets or to use the <x:act> mapper tool to create stylesheets.

How to use the basic scenario?
Send a SOAP message, which is conform to the operation "DoSimpleConversion" of our WSDL-Document to http://www.x-act.org:8080/conversion/ or to https://www.x-act.org:8443/conversion/ (SSL) and the web service will return the result of the conversion you requested.


2. Advanced

This scenario is for users, who want to use the web service frequently and who do not want to specify an explicit stylesheet. You have to provide data such as source format, target format, document type, application area etc. The web service will try to find an appropriate XSLT stylesheet for fulfilling your request. If no appropriate XSLT stylesheet is available, you can upload one or you can use the <x:act> mapper tool to create a XSLT stylesheet for your format combination.
If a compatible stylesheet was found, the conversion takes place and you will get the result as an XML file attached to the SOAP response.

How to use the advanced scenario?
Send a SOAP message, which is conform to the operation "DoAdvancedConversion" of our WSDL-Document to http://www.x-act.org:8080/conversion/ or to https://www.x-act.org:8443/conversion/ (SSL) and the web service will return the result of the conversion you requested.


Example clients for both web services are available for downloading.