Proper use of HTTP status codes in a “validation” server

Question

Among the data my application sends to a third-party SOA server are complex XMLs. The server owner does provide the XML schemas (.xsd) and, since the server rej

Answer 1

Amazon could be used as a model for how to map http status codes to real application level conditions: http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSImportExport/latest/API/index.html?Errors.html (see Amazon S3 Status Codes heading)