February 2003
Intermediate to advanced
752 pages
16h 35m
English
book
Microsoft® .NET Distributed Applications: Integrating XML Web Services and .NET Remoting
by Matthew MacDonald
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XML Web Service Plumbing
XML Web services are based on a cluster of open standards. Table 5-1 lists the key players.
Table 5-1. XML Web Service Technologies
|
Standard |
Description |
|---|---|
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WSDL (Web Services Description Language) |
An XML-based format that describes everything a client needs to interact with an XML Web service. This includes the XML Web service’s methods, the data types used for all parameters and return value, and the supported methods of communication. |
|
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) |
The communication protocol used to send XML Web service requests and responses over the Internet. |
|
SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) |
An XML-based format used to encode the information in XML Web service messages. SOAP includes a rich, cross-platform ... |