What SOAP does
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
9:57 AM
SOAP is:
A request/response protocol. 
Request and response are coded as XML, validated through XML schemas. 
Components of a SOAP request:
An XML schema for valid input. 
XML input conforming to the schema.
Components of a SOAP response:  
An XML schema for valid output. 
XML output conforming to the schema. 
A SOAP service
Receives requests conforming to the input schema. 
Generates responses conforming to the output schema. 