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The following table explains the revisions from 2003 until now in reverse chronological order
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 28.10.2009 |
Updated documentation for OPS v. 2.6.1 release |
| 30.06.2009 | Revised WSDL and Schema files |
| 09.06.2009 |
Completely updated and revised document describing OPS v.2 |
| 11.12.2008 |
Revised examples uploaded |
| 28.11.2008 | Updated WSDL file |
| 25.11.2008 |
Updated documentation for OPS v.2 |
| 10.09.2007 | Fixed document inquiry and retrieval probelms when accessing certain documents |
| 03.09.2007 | Updated documentation and examples |
| 22.09.2006 | Changed targetnamespace in WSDL file |
| 18.09.2006 | Modified document retrieval for abbreviated document IDs e.g. 'DE B10028004A1TI ' |
| 18.09.2006 | Modified DOCDB handling for certain input seeds e.g. ' BR PI0404702A%' |
| 01.08.2006 | Added SOAP request and response examples for all ACTIONs |
| 16.02.2006 | New requests for claims or description have been added. See the documentation for more details. |
| 16.02.2006 | The biblio response now also includes the seed type and format of the request. |
| 20.12.2005 | Updated input and output schema / DTD, added sample requests for document inquiry and document retrieval |
| 30.11.2005 | Updated output DTD, added XML schemas for input and output |
| 07.09.2004 | Updated PDF documentation and output DTD |
| 26.01.2004 | Revisited version |
| 25.09.2003 | Production ready documentation |
| 25.06.2003 | Updated documentation PDF and WSDL file. Also check responses for possible ambiguous results !! If so, process the ambiguous seed options. |
| 23.05.2003 | New BIBLIO request : @SEED_TYPE (PR | AP | PN) needed when performing single DOCDB-based bibliographic search |
| 07.05.2003 | Removed whitespace trimming in the previous XML examples |
| 29.04.2003 | Changed output DTD. New <Family> attribute Truncated_Family and <ERRORS> positioning |
| 22.04.2003 | Added XML input examples |
| 27.03.2003 | Bibliographic request format updated & new PDF documentation (V0.99 now available). |
| 24.03.2003 | Open Patent Services DOCDB family input requests now support KindCode wildcards [%%,A%,A#,##]. Check the new input DTD for full details |
| 21.03.2003 | Bibliographic data now supporting abstract information in <B570EP> element. Please check the output DTD for further details |
| 18.03.2003 | Added contact information |
| 12.03.2003 | Initialisation & added link to PDF documentation |