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All messages exchanged with SMX are SOAP messages. They include a SOAP Security header for authentication purposes and contain the SOAP Body contains the OTA message. The following example is a complete SOAP message with the SOAP Security header.

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languagexml
<soap-env:Envelope
	xmlns:soap-env="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
	<soap-env:Header
		xmlns:soap-env="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
		<wsse:Security
			xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
			xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd" soap:mustunderstand="1">
			<wsse:UsernameToken>
				<wsse:Username>username</wsse:Username>
				<wsse:Password type="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-username-token-profile-1.0#passwordtext">secret</wsse:Password>
			</wsse:UsernameToken>
		</wsse:Security>
	</soap-env:Header>
	<soap-env:Body
		xmlns:soap-env="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
		<OTA_HotelResNotifRQ
			xmlns="http://www.opentravel.org/OTA/2003/05" Version="1.001" EchoToken="879791878" ResStatus="Commit" TimeStamp="2014-10-09T18:51:45">
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		</OTA_HotelResNotifRQ>
	</soap-env:Body>
</soap-env:Envelope>

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Generally OTA messages transmit "business logic" failures in the <Errors> element structure. However a SOAP fault can be returned in case of an unexpected error caused by for example a SOAP message where the xml cannot be parsed. The SOAP Fault will identify the party at fault (CLIENT/SERVER).

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languagexml
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope
	xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
	<SOAP-ENV:Header/>
	<SOAP-ENV:Body>
		<SOAP-ENV:Fault>
			<faultcode>SOAP-ENV:Client</faultcode>
			<faultstring xml:lang="en">Authentication failed - Invalid username</faultstring>
		</SOAP-ENV:Fault>
	</SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

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