Web services relies on software standards. Here is a brief description of what each of the four major Web services standards does. SOAP (simple object access protocol) Describes how one application ...

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Web services standardize the format (XML) and the protocol (SOAP) for application-to-application communication. Such standardization spurs software vendors to create quality applications with focused ...