SOAP API

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A SOAP API is a web service interface that uses the SOAP protocol to enable structured, standards-based communication between applications over a network.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
SOAP 7
SOAP API canonical 1
Web Services 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf software interface
web service interface
basedOnStandard Simple Object Access Protocol
canBeDiscoveredUsing UDDI
canBeSecuredWith message-level security
transport-level security
canUseTransport HTTPS
SMTP
TCP
communicationType standards-based communication
structured communication
contrastsWith REST API
definesInterfaceWith WSDL
enables communication between applications
language-agnostic interoperability
enforces strict contract between client and server
governedBy W3C SOAP specification
isCharacterizedBy formal contracts and schemas
strong typing
isCompatibleWith multiple platforms
multiple programming languages
isDesignedFor enterprise integration
machine-to-machine communication
messageStructure body
envelope
fault
header
oftenUsedIn enterprise systems
service-oriented architecture
operatesOver network
requires SOAP envelope for each message
supports WS-Addressing
linked to: WS-* specifications

WS-Policy
linked to: WS-* specifications

WS-ReliableMessaging
WS-Security
linked to: WS-* specifications
supportsDataFormat XML Schema types
supportsFeature built-in error handling via SOAP faults
formal service contracts via WSDL
supportsFormat XML
supportsOperationType one-way message
request-response
supportsPattern asynchronous communication
synchronous communication
supportsStyle RPC
document-oriented
typicallyUses HTTP
XML namespaces
usesProtocol SOAP
linked to: SOAP API
usesSpecification Web Services Description Language
linked to: WSDL

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

WSDL relatedTo SOAP
linked to: SOAP API
WSDL supportsProtocol SOAP
linked to: SOAP API
SRW basedOnStandard SOAP
linked to: SOAP API
WS-* specifications builtOn SOAP
linked to: SOAP API
PDQ usesTransport Web Services
linked to: SOAP API
GraphQL comparedTo SOAP
linked to: SOAP API
.NET (via integration) supportsProtocol SOAP
linked to: SOAP API
SOAP API usesProtocol SOAP
linked to: SOAP API