Simple Object Access Protocol

XML Glossary

XML — Extensible Markup Language — Simple Object Access Protocol

Information on Simple Object Access Protocol

Simple Object Access Protocol is a transaction-oriented protocol that allows applications to exchange data over the Internet. Simple Object Access Protocol is one of several formats based on XML.
     Simple Object Access Protocol can also be seen as a form of RPC (Remote Procedure Call).
     Simple Object Access Protocol usually uses the HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) to carry data. This means that, unlike other types of RPC, it is able to penetrate firewalls.
     Simple Object Access Protocol provides three main functions: an envelope that contains the XML message, a set of encoding rules and a method for defining RPC and responses.
     One important feature of Simple Object Access Protocol is that it allows an arbitrary data structured to be copied from one system to another.

Other topics in our resources on XML related to Simple Object Access Protocol include: 

Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) RPC (Remote Procedure Call) WSDL (Web Services Description Language)

Simple Object Access Protocol Request REST (REpresentational State Transfer)

Simple Object Access Protocol Response XML Schema

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