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'''SOAP''' is a [[XML]]-based protocol for exchanging data over a network. It used to stand for ''Simple Object Access Protocol''. | '''[http://www.w3.org/TR/soap/ SOAP]''' is a [[XML]]-based protocol for exchanging data over a network. It used to stand for ''Simple Object Access Protocol'', but since it was not all that simple and not in any meaningful way [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented_programming object oriented] it has been, by consensus, retrospectively stripped of its acronym status. It is often proposed that it should now stand for ''Service Oriented Architecture Protocol'', however this is only a little better, as [[SOA|Service Oriented Architectures]] require many other protocols than SOAP, and indeed can be built entirely without it. | ||
SOAP is the basis of [[Web Service|Web Services]] within [[Visual DataFlex]]. | SOAP is the basis of [[Web Service|Web Services]] within [[Visual DataFlex]]. | ||
A SOAP message is composed of an outer element known as the [Envelope | |||
[[Category:Web Services]] | [[Category:Web Services]] | ||