what style soap is it? given that it's perl you're using i expect it's not doc literal, do you have to interact with wsdl, xml schema? messaging done using xml wrapped data over various protocols might be the future. i doubt soap is it. -- Bryan Rasmussen
Quoting Tim Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > * Andreas Bolka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050108 04:11]: > > > > > > Saturday, January 8, 2005, 3:02:42 AM, Tim wrote: > > > > > Why use XML-RPC in place of SOAP? > > > > I've not really kept a tab on SOAP during the last 2 years, but back > > then XML-RPC was simple and lightweight (with its own set of problems) > > where SOAP was complex and kinda bloated. > > Greetings Andreas! > > FYI: We are *required* to use a SOAP envelope to receive an XML > data feed from a Real Estate Multiple Listing Service. That is > getting to be kind of an industry standard and in the USA > web-based or internet-based Real Estate Multiple Listing > application is growing. > > Currently my partner is using perl code with a SOAP library to obtain > this data feed. I also program in python which has second-party > libraries (not bundled with the python distro thus far) for SOAP. > > I do think that SOAP is a wave of the future, bloated or not. Don't > know if SOAP "under the hood" has been streamlined or not. The perl > interface - that is, the content of the "envelope" - looks a lot like > your examples on XML-RPC. > > thanks > tim > > -- > Tim Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.alaska-internet-solutions.com > -- > To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to rebol-request > at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject. > > -- To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to rebol-request at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject.
