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NAME

SOAP::WSDL::Manual::Glossary - Those acronyms and stuff

Glossary

web service

Web services are (Remote Procedure Call) interfaces accessible via some internet protocol, typically via (S).

SOAP

is (was - since 1.2 the name `` has no meaning any more) an acronym for Simple Object Access Protocol. is a W3C recommendation. The latest version of the specification may be found at <www.w3.org/TR/soap>.

defines a protocol for message exchange between applications. The most popular usage is to use for remote procedure calls ().

While one of the constituting aspects of a web service is its reachability via some internet protocol, you might as well define

services accessible via postcards.

Despite it's former name,

has nothing more to do with objects than cars have with pets - messages may, but not necessarily do carry objects, very much like your car may, but does not need to carry your pet.

WSDL

is an acronym for Web Services Description Language. is a W3C recommendation. The latest version of the specification may be found at <www.w3.org/TR/wsdl20>.

defines a XML-based language for describing web service interfaces, including interfaces.

WS-I

WS-I (Web Services Interoperability Organization) is an open industry organisation chartered to promote Web service interoperability across platforms, operating systems, and programming languages.

WS-I publishes profiles, which provide implementation guidelines for how related Web services specifications should be used together for best interoperability. To date, WS-I has finalized the Basic Profile, Attachments Profile and Simple

Binding Profile.

aims at complying to the WS-I Basic Profile (but does not implement full support yet).

SOAP

message styles

rpc

Meant for transporting a

message. All contents of the body are put into a top-level node named equal to the operation.

WS-I Basic Profile allows the use of rpc message style.

does not support rpc message style yet.

SOAP::Lite supports rpc message style only.

document

Meant for transporting arbitrary content. No additional nodes are inserted between the

body and the actual content.

WS-I Basic Profile allows the use of document message style.

SOAP

encoding styles

encoded

literal

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2007 Martin Kutter.

This file is part of SOAP-WSDL. You may distribute/modify it under the same terms as perl itself.

AUTHOR

Martin Kutter <martin.kutter fen-net.de>

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