MTOM

Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism. See official source.

Definition

Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism — W3C Recommendation (January 2005) that optimises the transmission of binary attachments in a SOAP message via XOP.

Origin

Published by W3C alongside SOAP 1.2. MTOM replaces the older DIME/SwA approaches by encoding binaries as multipart MIME while keeping the WS-Security signature consistent.

Use

AS4 uses MTOM to carry the EDIFACT/XML payload as binary inside a WS-Security signed SOAP 1.2 message.

Related

• AS4 — see entry.
• WS SECURITY — see entry.
• EBMS3 — see entry.