Presents your  
XML AND WEB SERVICES E-NEWSLETTER for September 8, 2003 
 
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SEE HOW SOAP 1.2 OVERCOMES SOME OF 1.1'S SHORTCOMINGS   
  
The Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) version 1.2 is the newest XML 
messaging standard from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), and it has 
several significant advances from SOAP 1.1. While the first round of Usage 
Scenarios for SOAP 1.2 was published less than a month ago, the new 
standard is already gaining momentum, and it will be difficult to 
ignore in the near future.   
  
The SOAP 1.2 pedigree alone should perk up Web services developers' 
ears: IBM, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, BEA Systems, and the Apache Software 
Foundation all contributed to the creation of the standard by testing it, 
in part to ensure compatibility with these companies' products. With 
lack of interoperability being one of the prominent indictments of SOAP 1.1, 
this level and brand of involvement is predominantly welcome news.   
  
This article discusses the differences between SOAP 1.1 and 1.2. Find 
out what the new standard has to offer, and why it's worth your while 
to try out SOAP 1.2.   
http://ct.com.com/click?q=77-u6a6IIpy7Mg6ezhgF8L4.ezIBPWu   
  
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