Specifies the messages and encodings that enable the use of Fast Web Services, together with the means of description of such services. The protocol used to support these services satisfies the requirements of the SOAP processing model (see W3C SOAP Part 1, clause 2) and is based on the transfer of: a) ASN.1 SOAP messages that contain embedded ASN.1 encoded values and embedded fast infoset documents; and b) fast infoset SOAP messages.