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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 (27) , EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE (168) , REFERENCE & LEARNING (6) , WHITE PAPERS , 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 27
Progress/Actional SOA diagnostic tool builds on Mindreef purchase
SearchSOA.com | 28 Jan 2009
ARTICLE - Progress Software announced the integration of Actional SOA performance and governance products and technology gained with last year's acquisition of SOAP-test pioneer Mindreef.
InterSystems Ensemble environment adds binary SOAP messaging
SearchSOA.com | 27 Jan 2009
ARTICLE - Software provider InterSystems has enhanced its Ensemble rapid development and deployment environment with several services-related capabilities.
User combines open source ESB with data services to speed customer reports
SearchSOA.com | 09 Oct 2008
ARTICLE - An on-demand employee expense reporting system was enhanced using the WSO2 Web Services Application Server (WSAS) 2.0 and enterprise service bus (ESB).
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  EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 168
On the road to SOA – Part 1, Boubez on early insights
Submitted By: SearchSOA.com | 17 Jun 2009
TIP - A few years into SOA, a few got sidetracked and a few felt burned. But this is usually part of the program, and there are good signs now, says SOA pioneer Toufic Boubez.
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.
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  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.
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  WHITE PAPERS
Adobe ColdFusion 9
Published by: Adobe Systems, Inc. | 05 Oct 2009
SOFTWARE DEMO - Adobe ColdFusion 9 software enables developers to rapidly build robust Internet applications by condensing complex business logic into fewer lines of code.
Driving business agility through SOA Connectivity and Integration
Published by: PointSource | 29 Sep 2009
WHITE PAPER - This paper describes some of the business and IT issues that enterprises must address to become more agile and to improve their responses to challenges and opportunities. Included is how a service oriented architecture (SOA) can help an enterprise align its IT infrastructure with business needs.
Identity-Enabled Web Services: Standards-based Identity for Web 2.0 - Today
Published by: Ping Identity Corporation | 05 Jun 2009
WHITE PAPER - Web Services are emerging as the preeminent method for program-to-program communication across corporate networks as well as the Internet. Securing Web Services has been a challenge until recently. This White Paper discusses how Identity-Enabled Web Services works, and why it is important.
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  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 ...
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SEE ALSO - Topics Related to SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol): 
UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery and Integration), WSDL (Web Services Description Language)



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