NET and XML
The .NET platform requires XML—specifically XML Web Services—to achieve its vision of applications communicating seamlessly across disparate networks, hardware, and software. XML Web Services enable applications to communicate and share data over the Internet, regardless of operating system or programming language. XML Web Services are not complex. In fact, it's their simplicity that makes them so powerful. They are no more than XML text messages passing back and forth between computers via the same network or across the Internet.
The key to making XML Web Services work is to agree to a simple data description format—and that format is XML. Specifically, XML Web Services use XML for three things:
Wire format: SOAP. At the lowest level, ...
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