SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)
Home > SOA Topics > SOA and Web services standards > First generation Web services standards > SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)
SOA Topics:
EMAIL THIS
 TOPICS HOME   BROWSE ALL SOA TOPICS   SOA INFO CENTERS   RESOURCE CENTERS     RSS FEEDS 

SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)


SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is a way for a program running in one kind of operating system to communicate with a progam in the same or another kind of an operating system by using the World Wide Web's Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)and its Extensible Markup Language (XML) as the mechanisms for information exchange. Find SOAP basics, best practices and tutorials to help architects and developers with SOA and Web services projects.
IN THIS TOPIC:  NEWS (23) , EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE (168) , REFERENCE & LEARNING (6) , WHITE PAPERS , BEST WEB LINKS (5) , DEFINITIONS (3)

MUST READ
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Tutorial
LEARNING GUIDE - This SOAP tutorial provides insight in SOAP basics, how it compares to REST, SOAP attachments and how SOAP functions with WSDL will be covered.
Application servers processing SOAP requests
EXPERT ANSWER - When an application server gets a SOAP request, what namespaces/schemas does it use to parse it? Does it rely on SOAP message data or WSDL?

SOAP and WSDL work together
EXPERT ANSWER - How do you use SOAP to communicate with WSDL? (i.e web services written in java)
REST vs. SOAP
EXPERT ANSWER - What are your thoughts on the whole REST vs. SOAP debate?
Mule architect sees REST with Atom rising, UDDI fading
INTERVIEW - Dan Diephouse, the creator of XFire and software architect at MuleSource Inc., discusses the advantages in using REST and the Atom Publishing Protocol.

  NEWS: 1 - 3 of 23
SOA for pets uses REST and SOAP
SearchSOA.com | 03 Jun 2008
ARTICLE - SOA e-commerce application provides pet owners Ajax-based online ordering service for home delivery of veterinary medicines.
The top SOA stories of 2007, part 2
SearchSOA.com | 27 Dec 2007
ARTICLE - The absorption of BI vendors, widespread instances of SOA in production, persistent data problems and REST top the list of SOA stories for 2007.
Financial firm leverages SOA reuse for mobile services
SearchSOA | 12 Nov 2007
ARTICLE - Services reuse in an SOA makes it possible for Synovus Financial Corp. to extend Windows applications to Internet banking and mobile devices.
VIEW ALL NEWS ON SOAP (SIMPLE OBJECT ACCESS PROTOCOL)

  EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 168
Web services for Windows CE
08 Jul 2008
TIP - Microsoft offers to ways to develop Web services for Windows CE embedded, one using .NET, the other using COM and a SOAP toolkit.
Web Services with Ruby on Rails
27 Nov 2007
TIP - The Ruby on Rails framework has added REST support, making it a Web service alternative to SOAP stack development.
SOAP 1.2 Second Edition
21 Aug 2007
TIP - The release of the SOAP 1.2 Second Edition recommendation still awaits updated information about SOAP implementations, and on XML protocol requirements and MTOM serialization.
VIEW ALL EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE ON SOAP (SIMPLE OBJECT ACCESS PROTOCOL)

  REFERENCE & LEARNING: 1 - 3 of 6
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Tutorial
SearchSOA.com | 10 Jul 2008
LEARNING GUIDE - This SOAP tutorial provides insight in SOAP basics, how it compares to REST, SOAP attachments and how SOAP functions with WSDL will be covered.
Chapter of the week: Security and Ajax
Manning Publications | 11 Oct 2005
CHAPTER OF THE WEEK - This chapter, excerpted from Ajax in Action, discusses security-related concerns that have particular implications for Ajax.
Chapter of the week: XML Web services
Prentice Hall PTR | 04 Oct 2005
CHAPTER OF THE WEEK - This chapter, excerpted from Core C# and .NET, takes a look at the pluses and minues of implementing and consuming Web services in a .NET environment.
VIEW ALL REFERENCE & LEARNING ON SOAP (SIMPLE OBJECT ACCESS PROTOCOL)

  WHITE PAPERS
Next-Generation SOA Infrastructure
Published by: Oracle Corporation | 07 Aug 2008
WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses the most important industry standards that are becoming available for developers to build interoperable services and composite applications.
SOA & the Importance of XQuery
Published by: DataDirect Technologies | 25 Jul 2008
WHITE PAPER - XQuery provides an easy, efficient way to create data services, exposing XML-based, abstracted interfaces to a variety of data sources. This paper explores how the XQuery feature-set can be leveraged in support of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
Global Communications Company Moves from CORBA to Web Services with Rogue Wave® HydraExpress
Published by: Rogue Wave Software | 21 Jul 2008
CASE STUDY - HydraExpress provided the company a framework for developing and hosting high performance C++ Web Services; It also included advanced XML, Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), and Web Services Description Language (WSDL) productivity tools.
VIEW ALL WHITE PAPERS IN THIS TOPIC
  BEST WEB LINKS: 1 - 3 of 5
SOAP Learning Guide
SearchWebServices.com | 03 Jul 2003
BEST WEB LINK - This guide presents SOAP articles, tutorials, examples, tips, tools, white papers, expert advice and more to pump up your SOAP know-how quickly. Bookmark this section and revisit, as we'll be updating with new resources.
Will SOAP wash away those Business Integration issues?
IT-Director.com, special to SearchWebServices.com | 05 Mar 2003
BEST WEB LINK - Over the years there have been various initiatives aimed at satisfying the needs of Business Integration. Anyone remotely connected with IT is all too aware of Web Services being hailed as the next big thing. At the moment, ...
Web services testing: Beyond SOAP
ZapThink LLC, special to SearchWebServices | 03 Sep 2002
BEST WEB LINK - Today's Web services are often little more than software components wrapped in SOAP interfaces, and as such, today's software testing tool vendors only need to add simple XML support to their product lines in order to offer ...
VIEW ALL BEST WEB LINKS ON SOAP (SIMPLE OBJECT ACCESS PROTOCOL)

  DEFINITIONS: 1 - 3 of 3
endpoint reference
03 May 2007
WORD - An endpoint reference (EPR) is a combination of Web services (WS) elements that define the address for a resource in a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) header. In this context, an endpoint is any user device connected to ...
DIME
02 Sep 2003
WORD - DIME (Direct Internet Message Encapsulation) is a communications specification that defines a format for attaching files to Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) messages between application programs over the Internet. The ...
SOAP
30 Dec 2003
WORD - SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is a way for a program running in one kind of operating system (such as Windows 2000) to communicate with a progam in the same or another kind of an operating system (such as Linux) by ...
VIEW ALL DEFINITIONS ON SOAP (SIMPLE OBJECT ACCESS PROTOCOL)

SEE ALSO - Topics Related to SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol): 
WSDL (Web Services Description Language), UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery and Integration)


About Us  |  Contact Us  |  For Advertisers  |  For Business Partners  |  Site Index  |  RSS
SEARCH 
TechTarget provides enterprise IT professionals with the information they need to perform their jobs - from developing strategy, to making cost-effective IT purchase decisions and managing their organizations' IT projects - with its network of technology-specific Web sites, events and magazines.

TechTarget Corporate Web Site  |  Media Kits  |  Reprints  |  Site Map




All Rights Reserved, Copyright 2001 - 2008, TechTarget | Read our Privacy Policy
  TechTarget - The IT Media ROI Experts