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SOAP and its precursor XML-RPC allow for methods to be executed on remote servers and data to be passed in both directions. XML is used to encode data of any type. SOAP is pretty easy to implement, and uses HTTP so you don't have firewall problems, etc. Although it's very general purpose, I found that for document transfer specifically, you still ended up trying to address issues like locking and versioning. I would therefore suggest you look at WebDAV, although implementing that is a whole different ball-game. For a start, you need to add new methods to your web server, so it depends on what expertise you have access to, whether that's possible. We have just implemented a WebDAV layer in C++, and we may turn the whole thing into an SDK. But that's not likely to be anytime soon. I believe that WebDAV will find it's way into many Microsoft products over the coming period, too. So, to sum up: if you have full control over the two end-points, and know what the traffic volume will be like, then SOAP should cover it. If there could be issues of contention, such as using two or three servers to send data at anytime to a central server, then look at WebDAV. The latter scenario could be handled with SOAP - UserLand are using XML-RPC, for example to cope with their discussion board - but you may want to consider putting a layer just underneath, such as Microsoft Message Queue, to make sure you cope with volume, and the remote requests don't end up timing out. As to security, just use whatever you would normally. Just ensure that the server software passes the password and user name it has been assigned. The socket software you use to initiate the connections should handle that. Regards, Mark Mark Birbeck Managing Director x-port.net Ltd. 220 Bon Marché Centre 241-251 Ferndale Road London SW9 8BJ w: http://www.iedigital.net/ t: +44 (171) 501 9502 e: Mark.Birbeck@i... > -----Original Message----- > From: Michele Lee [mailto:mclee@o...] > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 3:00 AM > To: xml-dev@i... > Subject: XML transport question > > > > Hi, > > I have a two-part question on XML transport. > > 1. If two application vendor want to transfer XML documents > to each other, is > there a standard transport that is used? When I say > transport, I mean web > server communication using http protocol, etc. > > 2. If web server is the transport, how do most vendors handle the > authentication with the web server? Do they write their own client to > authenticate with the web server or are there software > available for that? > > thanks, > > --Michele > > > xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, > mailto:xml-dev@i... > Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and > on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 > To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; > unsubscribe xml-dev > To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the > following message; > subscribe xml-dev-digest > List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...) > xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; unsubscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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