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Presents your 
XML AND WEB SERVICES E-NEWSLETTER for July 28, 2003

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SIMPLIFY WEB SERVICES WITH XML-RPC

The XML remote procedure call (XML-RPC) Specification is the forefather
of virtually all Web services standards. It may also prove to be the 
most useful for developers unsuccessfully vying to comply with the latest,
ever-changing guidelines from various standards groups.

XML-RPC is all but unchanged since its 1999 version. Most other
standards, including SOAP, are based on XML-RPC, so developing 
XML-RPC-compliant code is a safe course for standards-agnostic
Web services projects.

This isn't to say that XML-RPC will solve all of your standards woes, or
that employing XML-RPC won't lead to conflicts with any
publicly-available Web services. XML-RPC is quick, easy, and efficient; 
that almost assures that the market majority won't use it. However, for internal
developments in which you're both the publisher and consumer of a Web 
service, XML-RPC can save you loads of time and trouble.

This article offers a sample request-response series using XML-RPC. 
Find out how you can employ this baseline standard to simplify your Web
services development.
http://cl.com.com/Click?q=b7-FO1PQ8JmOqchlIpPcxGKBh2IL3PI 

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