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So, you have modelled your data and your messages you want to use in your Web service communication.
And now? What to do now? ...

Yes, go and figure out how to hand-craft your WSDL. Have fun! ... because there are no viable tools. Not for the .NET developer. Yeah, there are a few - but honestly, they do not cut it. Sorry.

And no, I do not want to use the code-based approach to contract-first and run xsd.exe and similar tools on the command line.. I want an integrated development experience, so to say.

And no, customers do not want to wait until Whidbey and Whitehorse - and they have started to realize that there actually won't be any help for designing contract-first Web services in VS 2005.

Is there really nothing...?