Resources

Specifications, groups, and communities:

• SOAP version 1.2 specification—http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/Group/#drafts

• W3C XML Protocol group—http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/Group/

• The soapbuilders community—http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/soapbuilders

• WSDL group—http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/wsdl

• Xmethods Interoperability Lab—http://xmethods.net/ilab

• SoapWare.org—http://www.soapware.org/

• IBM's DeveloperWorks Web service area—http://ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/

• The DevelopMentor SOAP mailing list—http://discuss.develop.com/soap.html

These are the implementations we mentioned in the text. A much more comprehensive list of implementations is available on soapware.org:

• SOAP::Lite (Perl)—http://www.soaplite.com/

• PerlEx (Perl)—http://www.activestate.com/Products/Components/PerlEx/

• .NET (C#, VB, C++)—http://gotdotnet.com/

• GLUE (Java)—http://www.themindelectric.com/products/glue

• WASP (Java)—http://www.idoox.com/

• Apache SOAP (Java)—http://xml.apache.org/soap

• SOAP RMI (Java)—http://www.extreme.indiana.edu/soap/index.html

• Iona's XMLBus (Java)—http://www.xmlbus.com/

• SOAPPy (Python)—http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywebsvcs/

• SimpleSOAP (C++)—http://scottseely.com/soap.htmeSOAP (C++), http://www.embedding.net/eSOAP

• WASP for C++ (C++)—http://www.idoox.com/products/waspc/index.html