SOAP::WSDL::Manual::Glossary - Those acronyms and stuff
Web services are RPC (Remote Procedure Call) interfaces accessible via some internet protocol, typically via HTTP(S).
SOAP (the Simple Object Access Protocol) is a specification for defining RPC interfaces, including (but not neccessarily limited to) web services.
While one of the constituting aspects of a web service is its reachability via some internet protocol, you might as well define SOAP services accessible via postcards.
Despite it's name, SOAP has nothing more to do with objects than cars have with pets - SOAP messages may, but not neccessarily do carry objects, very much like your car may, but does not need to carry your pet.
WSDL (Web Service Definition Language) is a XML-based markup language for defining web service interfaces.
WS-I (Web Service Interoperability) is a industry consortium dedicated to finding interoperability rules for web services.
SOAP::WSDL aims to be a WS-I compliant SOAP client.
Copyright 2007 Martin Kutter.
This file is part of SOAP-WSDL. You may distribute/modify it under the same terms as perl itself
Martin Kutter <martin.kutter fen-net.de>
To install SOAP::WSDL, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm SOAP::WSDL
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install SOAP::WSDL
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.