The ServiceExceptionReport element contains one or more ServiceException elements that describe a service exception. The Service exception element is used to describe a service exception. The ServiceExceptionType type defines the ServiceException element. The content of the element is an exception message that the service wished to convey to the client application. A service may associate a code with an exception by using the code attribute. The locator attribute may be used by a service to indicate to a client where in the client's request an exception was encountered. If the request included a 'handle' attribute, this may be used to identify the offending component of the request. Otherwise the service may try to use other means to locate the exception such as line numbers or byte offset from the begining of the request, etc ...