This page http://roadmap.cbdiforum.com/reports/protocols/summary.php suggests that DIME has been made obsolete by SOAP MTOM. Interesting. Guy Rixon gtr at ast.cam.ac.uk Institute of Astronomy Tel: +44-1223-337542 Madingley Road, Cambridge, UK, CB3 0HA Fax: +44-1223-337523