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In the general case, REST is XML over HTTP. In the general case, SOAP is XML over HTTP. Anything you can do with one, you can do with the other. Using SOAP standardizes some things, you'd have to reinvent if you go with REST. Using SOAP+WSDL does so even more. -- PITHY WORDS OF WISDOM A man who can smile when everything has gone wrong has probably thought of who he can blame it on. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. > -----Original Message----- > From: Bullard, Claude L (Len) [mailto:len.bullard@i...] > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:36 AM > To: xml-dev@l... > Subject: What Does SOAP/WS Do that A REST System Can't? > > After all the threads on this, I can't remember ever seeing > this question answered. Can someone point me to a list of > the capabilities that one gets using > SOAP/WS* that one won't get using REST? > > len > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org > <http://www.xml.org>, an initiative of OASIS > <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php> > >
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