<H3>Special Instructions</H3> <p>You must successfully test synchronous web services with a testing partner (the XCA_Simple Query and Retrieve tests) before attempting testing asynchronous web services with that partner. The synchronous test must be graded and approved before starting asynchronous tests.</p> <p>Responding Gateways must run this test.  Initiating Gateways which support the Async option must run this test.</p> <H3>Description</H3> <p>This tests Cross-Gateway Query and Retrieve using Asynchronous Web Services.</p> <ol> <li>Test though NIST proxy to allow evaluation of SOAP header attributes necessary for async web services. A NIST proxy (technically a reverse proxy) is running in front of each vendor actor that can accept an asynchronous web service transaction.   Configuration information is available from Bill Majurski.</li> <ul> <li>Configure the sending system (Initiating Gateway) to use the proxy.  This means the message will be sent to nist1:xxxx (where xxxx is the port assigned by NIST) but the HTTP header and the WS:To header will indicate the full target vendor actor endpoint.</li> <li>Confirm your configuration and the readiness of the NIST proxy with Bill Majurski of NIST before initiating the test.</li> <li>Evaluation of your WS: Headers will be done from the proxy console.</li> </ul> <li>Test directly with partner to show proper exchange of data.</li> </ol>  <H3>Evaluation</H3> <ul> <li>Be prepared to show system logs that allow verification of asynchronous nature of exchange.</li> <li>Be prepared to show proper actor operation.</li> </ul>