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Asked: 2026-05-13T23:52:57+00:00

What is the difference between XML and SOAP? I’ve been reading some introductory articles

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What is the difference between XML and SOAP? I’ve been reading some introductory articles about SOAP but I am very confused. This is the first time I am reading about SOAP so maybe that’s natural.

Could somebody please explain to me what SOAP is and what it is used for? Maybe give me some examples of its usage?

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    Wikipedia has a wonderful article, including a good example.

    SOAP, originally defined as Simple Object Access Protocol, is a protocol specification for exchanging structured information in the implementation of Web Services in computer networks.

    A really good practical example:

    As a layman’s example of how SOAP procedures can be used, a SOAP message could be sent to a web-service-enabled web site (for example, a house price database) with the parameters needed for a search. The site would then return an XML-formatted document with the resulting data (prices, location, features, etc). Because the data is returned in a standardized machine-parseable format, it could then be integrated directly into a third-party site.

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