Please tell me the concept of Soap protocol in ASP.NET?

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please tell me the concept of Soap protocol in asp.net?

Kunal Naik · Answer

Hi SOAP is a simple XML-based protocol to let applications exchange information over HTTP or SOAP is a protocol for accessing a Web Service. A better way to communicate between applications is over HTTP because HTTP is supported by all Internet browsers and servers. SOAP was created to accomplish this. SOAP provides a way to communicate between applications running on different operating systems with different technologies and programming languages. SOAP stands for Simple Object Access Protocol SOAP is a communication protocol SOAP is for communication between applications SOAP is a format for sending messages SOAP communicates via Internet SOAP is platform independent SOAP is language independent SOAP is based on XML SOAP is simple and extensible SOAP allows you to get around firewalls SOAP is a W3C recommendation While studying SOAP you should have a basic understanding of XML and XML Namespaces. check the following urls SOAP with ASP.NET Webstervice http://www.sitepoint.com/net-web-services-5-steps/ http://www.codeproject.com/KB/webservices/aspwebsvr.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms972326.aspx Also see following link http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/jgodel/SOAPNETCOMIntroductionpartI11162005042800AM/SOAPNETCOMIntroductionpartI.aspx