W3C Soap event
SOAP is a simple XML-based protocol that enables applications to exchange information through HTTP.
Or simply put: SOAP is a communication protocol between Web Services based on XML.
SOAP
SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is a platform-neutral and language-neutral lightweight communication protocol that enables programs to communicate through the standard Internet HTTP.
To learn more about SOAP, please read our SOAP tutorial.
SOAP 1.1
In May 2000, SOAP 1.1 was recommended to the W3C (by developers: IBM, Lotus, Microsoft and Userland) in a record as a protocol for exchanging information in a distributed environment.
The W3C SOAP 1.1 document is just a NOTE for discussion. The release of thisrecord does not represent any degree of W3C approval.
SOAP 1.2
The W3C XML Protocol working Group is currently working on SOAP 1.2
The first working draft was issued on December 17, 2001.
SOAP 1.2 was released as a W3C recommendation on June 24, 2003.
W3C SOAP specification and timeline
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Draft / proposal |
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SOAP 1.2 Primer |
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SOAP 1.2 Primer (2.Ed) |
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SOAP 1.2 Messaging |
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SOAP 1.2 Messaging (2.Ed) |
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SOAP 1.2 Adjuncts |
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SOAP 1.2 Adjuncts (2.Ed) |
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SOAP 1.2 Test Collection |
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SOAP 1.2 Test Collection (2.Ed) |
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SOAP 1.2 Attachments |
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SOAP 1.2 Email Bindings |
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SOAP 1.2 Normalization |
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SOAP 1.2 Serialization |
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Web Services Addressing 1.0-Core |
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Web Services Addressing 1.0-SOAP |
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