Monday, March 30, 2009

Web Service Standards

WSDL
Used to create an interface definition for a web service. The WSDL document tells
a client what methods are present in a web service, what parameters and return values each method uses, and how to communicate with them.
SOAP
The message format used to encode information (such as data values) before
sending it to a web service.
HTTP
The protocol over which all web service communication takes place. For example,
SOAP messages are sent over HTTP channels.
DISCO
Used to create discovery documents that provide links to multiple web service
endpoints. This standard is Microsoft-specific and will eventually be replaced by a similar standard named WS-Inspection.
UDDI
A standard for creating business registries that catalog companies, the web services
they provide, and the corresponding URLs for their WSDL contracts.

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