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6 SOAP::WSDL::Manual::Glossary - Those acronyms and stuff
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9 web service
10 Web services are RPC (Remote Procedure Call) interfaces accessible via
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13 SOAP
14 SOAP is (was - since 1.2 the name "SOAP" has no meaning any more) an
15 acronym for Simple Object Access Protocol. SOAP is a W3C
16 recommendation. The latest version of the SOAP specification may be
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19 SOAP defines a protocol for message exchange between applications. The
20 most popular usage is to use SOAP for remote procedure calls (RPC).
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22 While one of the constituting aspects of a web service is its
23 reachability via some internet protocol, you might as well define SOAP
24 services accessible via postcards.
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26 Despite it's former name, SOAP has nothing more to do with objects than
27 cars have with pets - SOAP messages may, but not necessarily do carry
28 objects, very much like your car may, but does not need to carry your
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32 WSDL is an acronym for Web Services Description Language. WSDL is a
33 W3C recommendation. The latest version of the WSDL specification may be
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36 WSDL defines a XML-based language for describing web service
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40 WS-I (Web Services Interoperability Organization) is an open industry
41 organisation chartered to promote Web service interoperability across
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44 WS-I publishes profiles, which provide implementation guidelines for
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46 best interoperability. To date, WS-I has finalized the Basic Profile,
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49 SOAP::WSDL aims at complying to the WS-I Basic Profile (but does not
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52 SOAP message styles
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55 Meant for transporting a RPC message. All contents of the SOAP body are
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58 WS-I Basic Profile allows the use of rpc message style.
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71 SOAP encoding styles
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77 Copyright 2007 Martin Kutter.
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79 This file is part of SOAP-WSDL. You may distribute/modify it under the
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83 Martin Kutter <martin.kutter fen-net.de>
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88 $Id: Glossary.pod 391 2007-11-17 21:56:13Z kutterma $
89 $HeadURL: https://soap-wsdl.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/soap-wsdl/SOAP-WSDL/trunk/lib/SOAP/WSDL/Manual/Glossary.pod $
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