simple object access protocol

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Simple Object Access Protocol

   <protocol> (SOAP) A minimal set of conventions for invoking
   {code} using {XML} over {HTTP}.

   {DevelopMentor}, {Microsoft Corporation}, and {UserLand
   Software} submitted SOAP to the {IETF} as an internal draft in
   December 1999.

   Latest version: SOAP 1.1 defined by {World Wide Web
   Consortium}.

   (http://w3.org/TR/SOAP/).

   (2000-01-08)