- SOAP stands for Simple Object Access Protocol
- SOAP is a web standard.
- SOAP stands for Simple Object Access protocol
- SOAP uses HTTP protocol for data transfer. Can use other protocol like SMTP, UDP, etc.
- SOAP uses XML for all the messages.
- SOAP is language, platform and transport independent.
Ways to access SOAP web-service
- Service provider knows the client - Service provider sends WSDL to client so client can access the service available on WSDL
- Service provider registers WSDL to UDDI and client can access it from UDDI - Service provider registers with UDDI, client searches for service in UDDI.