W3C SOAP Activities

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# W3C Soap Activities

SOAP is a simple XML-based protocol to let applications exchange information over HTTP.

Or more simply: SOAP is a protocol for accessing a Web Service.

## SOAP

SOAP stands for Simple Object Access Protocol, and is a format for sending messages.

To learn more about SOAP, read our SOAP tutorial.

## SOAP 1.1

SOAP 1.1 was suggested in a note to W3C in May 2000 (by Developmentor, IBM, Lotus, Microsoft, and Userland), as a protocol for exchanging information in a distributed environment.

## SOAP 1.2

SOAP 1.2 became a W3C Recommendation 24. June 2003.

## W3C Specifications and Timeline

Specification | Draft / Proposal | Recommendation
SOAP 1.2 Primer |  | 24. Jun 2003
SOAP 1.2 Primer SE |  | 27. Apr 2007
SOAP 1.2 Messaging |  | 24. Jun 2003
SOAP 1.2 Messaging SE |  | 27. Apr 2007
SOAP 1.2 Adjuncts |  | 24. Jun 2003
SOAP 1.2 Adjuncts SE |  | 27. Apr 2007
SOAP 1.2 Test Collection |  | 24. Jun 2003
SOAP 1.2 Test Collection SE |  | 27. Apr 2007
SOAP 1.2 Attachments | 08. Jun 2004 |
SOAP 1.2 Email Bindings | 03. Jul 2002 |
SOAP 1.2 Normalization | 08. Oct 2003 |
SOAP 1.2 Serialization | 08. Jun 2004 |
Web Services Addressing 1.0 - Core |  | 09. May 2006
Web Services Addressing 1.0 - SOAP |  | 09. May 2006

## W3C Reference:

W3C SOAP Home Page

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