Dipole models and parton saturation in ep scattering

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In this contribution we briefly review the current status of the dipole models and parton saturation on the basis of results presented at the HERA-LHC workshops in the years 2006-2008.

• The problem of foundations of the dipole models is addressed within the QCD formalism.
• Some limitations of the models and open problems are pointed out.
• Furthermore, we review and compare the currently used dipole models and summarise the applications to describe various sets of HERA data.