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Information on SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)

SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is a transaction-oriented protocol that allows applications to exchange data over the Internet. SOAP is one of several formats based on XML.
     SOAP can also be seen as a form of RPC (Remote Procedure Call).
     SOAP usually uses the HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) to carry data. This means that, unlike other types of RPC, it is able to penetrate firewalls.
     SOAP 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 SOAP 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 SOAP include: 
 
  • Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)
  • RPC (Remote Procedure Call)
  • WSDL (Web Services Description Language)
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  • SOAP Request
  • REST (REpresentational State Transfer)
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  • SOAP Response
  • XML Schema

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