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Jim Walters wrote:<br>
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I'm no expert in this stuff, but I think SOAP is analogous to COM
whereas XML-RPC is analogous to, well, RPC. (Using this reference <a
href="http://archive.devx.com/javaSR/articles/glossary/glossary-2.asp">http://archive.devx.com/javaSR/articles/glossary/glossary-2.asp</a>
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SOAP is more like RPC on steroids, and WSDL seems to have been invented
for describing SOAP services:<br>
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But at least some people think it could be used for XML-RPC as well:<br>
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of WSDL specifications. Don't remember who is hosting those anymore.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://xmethods.net/">http://xmethods.net/</a> is the one I've heard about the most.<br>
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-myk<br>
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