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The following table explains the revisions from 2003 until now in reverse chronological order
Date   Description
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
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