Tonight, I successfully downloaded and installed the Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 1.0 for Microsoft .NET:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?url=/downloads/sample.asp?url=/msdn-files/027/002/108/msdncompositedoc.xml
Formerly named the Web Services Development Kit (WSDK), WSE is its released and supported version. For what it's worth, I prefer its previous name. I can only spectulate that Microsoft renamed the project to avoid confusion with IBM's WSDK (IBM WebSphere SDK for Web Services).
Initially, I encountered some difficulties installing WSE through its MSI due to having both the WSDK Techical Preview and the Microsoft .NET Framework v1.1 Beta installed. It is important to uninstall both products before attempting to install WSE.
A brief inspection of WSE has revealed a some interesting changes since its technical preview. Most notably, the public accessibility of the Microsoft.Web.Services.Pipeline class. From the WSE release notes:
[The Microsoft.Web.Services.Pipeline class] can be used outside of the Microsoft .NET Framework Web services programming model. Developers can use this class to host the WSE filter chain in their own applications.
This is fantastic news; a change that Werner Vogels hinted at back in early November.
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