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vidyaraghav
10-01-2003, 04:32 AM
What is SOAP in ASP....I have seen this word in many places but Iam not able to decipher its meaning ...can you name some site where i can get full info about it

Ribeyed
10-01-2003, 02:05 PM
Hi,
SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol

XML Web services are basically objects that can be used through the web. They use SOAP as their main transport layer and are unhindered by firewalls. Created as a cross-platform protocol for exchanging structured information, SOAP has evolved from a simple Remote Procedure Call Service into a more complex but highly extensible object-messaging protocol. Unlike proprietary technologies, such as DCOM, SOAP relies on XML for the data structure and a standardised communication protocol, such as HTTP, to transmit information.

more info on SOAP can be found at:

www.w3.org/tr/soap (http://www.w3.org/tr/soap)

ASP.NET certainly supports SOAP, not sure about ASP, however ASP does support XML so i would guess that it also supports SOAP.