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SOAP

SOAP[14] is a lightweight protocol for exchange of information in a decentralized, distributed environment. It is an XML based protocol that consists of three parts: an envelope that defines a framework for describing what is in a message and how to process it, a set of encoding rules for expressing instances of application-defined data types, and a convention for representing remote procedure calls and responses. Although usually associated with Microsoft, it is actually maintained by a consortium of companies, of which Microsoft is one.



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