decentralization

[Myk Melez]

Jim Walters wrote:

> 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 
> http://archive.devx.com/javaSR/articles/glossary/glossary-2.asp )

SOAP is more like RPC on steroids, and WSDL seems to have been invented 
for describing SOAP services:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwebsrv/html/wsdlexplained.asp

But at least some people think it could be used for XML-RPC as well:

http://www.cookcomputing.com/blog/archives/000216.html

> I did mistake UDDI for being a global registry of WSDL specifications. 
> Don't remember who is hosting those anymore.

http://xmethods.net/ is the one I've heard about the most.

-myk

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