What is SOAP?

[Shafee]

Hi Guys,

Can someone tell me what SOAP is? Where can I learn more about it?

[Jop]

SOAP? Isn't that stuff you wash your hands with?

hmm.. please lemme know you heard about it.

[kanejone]

"SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is a way for a program running in one kind of operating system (such as ) to communicate with a progam in the same or another kind of an operating system (such as Linux) by using the World Wide Web's Hypertext Transfer Protocol (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)and its Extensible Markup Language (XML) as the mechanisms for information exchange." (taken from http://www.whatis.com)


http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/x...l/soapspec.asp

[Static]

LOL @ Jop! I had the same thought!...I also had another scary thought. If Shafee doesn't know what soap is...and how old is shafee? thats how many years with no SOAP! OH MY!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

(no offense shafee..I have never heard of S.O.A.P till now)

[Shafee]

Ehehehehe....