SOAP Web Services

Abstract

SOAP based web services are designed with a common XML-based protocol. The goal is to allow for a machine readable document to be passed over any and/or mul- tiple connection protocols to create a decentralized, distributed system. This project demonstrates an RPC client-server model service that provides bibliography informa- tion. Any SOAP aware program could use this service by sending the proper values to the server and in return getting back a full listing of bibliographic information. This paper also discusses the advatages and disadvantages of the SOAP protocal, how it compares to various other distributed system protocols such as; CORBA, XML-RPC, and JAVA-RMI, and how SOAP fits into the distributed acritecture.