In a sense, what DCOM was supposed to be. You call remote URL's, invoking methods and properties, and get something back. Everything is sent over HTTP; the data going back and forth is XML. For the most part, SOAP and web services are pretty synonymous. Pretty cool; hopefully it's past the infancy (buzzword) stage. If you wanna down and dirty with the spec: http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/
Wrox's Pro CF5 has a section on CF and SOAP. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Baskin, Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 10:44 AM Subject: SOAP - was BOOKS for XML > I've heard talk of SOAP around the office but haven't had time to look into > what it is. Can anyone give a quick overview of what it is and it's > benefits. Thanks. > > d > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Since XML is a very broad topic, you might be more interested in a specific > use of XML. There are plenty of books covering these more specific topics, > such as SOAP. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
