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Web Services Terminology

SOAP—Simple Object Access Protocol

A Simple Object Access Protocol is a lightweight protocol for exchange of information in a decentralized, distributed environment.

WSDL—Web Services Description Language

A Web Services Description Language is an XML application for describing Web services. It is designed to separate the descriptions of the abstract functions offered by a service, and the concrete details of a service, such as how and where that functionality is offered.

Web Service

A Web Service is a software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network.