nSOAP is a lightweight protocol for exchange of
information in a decentralized,
distributed environment.
nIt is an XML based protocol that consists of three
parts: an envelope that defines
a framework for describing what is in a message and how to process it, a set of encoding rules for
expressing instances of application-defined
datatypes, and a convention for representing remote procedure calls and responses.
nSOAP can potentially be used in combination with a
variety of other protocols;
however, the only bindings defined in this document describe how to use SOAP in combination with HTTP and
HTTP Extension Framework.