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=head1 NAME
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SOAP::WSDL::Manual::Glossary - Those acronyms and stuff
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=head1 Glossary
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=head2 web service
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Web services are RPC (Remote Procedure Call) interfaces accessible via
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some internet protocol, typically via HTTP(S).
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=head2 SOAP
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SOAP is (was - since 1.2 the name "SOAP" has no meaning any more) an acronym
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for Simple Object Access Protocol.
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SOAP is a W3C recommendation. The latest version of the SOAP specification
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may be found at L<http://www.w3.org/TR/soap/>.
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SOAP defines a protocoll for message exchange between applications.
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The most popular usage is to use SOAP for remote procedure calls (RPC).
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While one of the constituting aspects of a web service is its
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reachability via some internet protocol, you might as well define
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SOAP services accessible via postcards.
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Despite it's former name, SOAP has nothing more to do with objects than
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cars have with pets - SOAP messages may, but not necessarily do
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carry objects, very much like your car may, but does not need to
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carry your pet.
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=head2 WSDL
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WSDL is an acronym for Web Services Description Language.
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WSDL is a W3C recommendation. The latest version of the WSDL specification
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may be found at L<http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl20/>.
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WSDL defines a XML-based language for describing web service interfaces,
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including SOAP interfaces.
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=head2 WS-I
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WS-I (Web Services Interoperability Organization) is an open industry
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organisation chartered to promote Web service interoperability across
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platforms, operating systems, and programming languages.
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WS-I publishes profiles, which provide implementation guidelines for
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how related Web services specifications should be used together for
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best interoperability. To date, WS-I has finalized the Basic Profile,
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Attachments Profile and Simple SOAP Binding Profile.
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SOAP::WSDL aims at complying to the WS-I Basic Profile (but does not
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implement full support yet).
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=head2 SOAP message styles
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=head3 rpc
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Meant for transporting a RPC message. All contents of the SOAP body are
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put into a top-level node named equal to the SOAP operation.
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WS-I Basic Profile allows the use of rpc message style.
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SOAP::WSDL does not support rpc message style yet.
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SOAP::Lite supports rpc message style only.
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=head3 document
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Meant for transporting arbitrary content. No additional nodes are inserted
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between the SOAP body and the actual content.
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WS-I Basic Profile allows the use of document message style.
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=head2 SOAP encoding styles
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=head3 encoded
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=head3 literal
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=head1 LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
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Copyright 2007 Martin Kutter.
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This file is part of SOAP-WSDL. You may distribute/modify it under the same
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terms as perl itself.
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=head1 AUTHOR
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Martin Kutter E<lt>martin.kutter fen-net.deE<gt>
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=head1 REPOSITORY INFORMATION
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$Rev: 391 $
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$LastChangedBy: kutterma $
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$Id: Glossary.pod 391 2007-11-17 21:56:13Z kutterma $
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$HeadURL: https://soap-wsdl.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/soap-wsdl/SOAP-WSDL/trunk/lib/SOAP/WSDL/Manual/Glossary.pod $
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=cut
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