Glossary

A

Apache SOAP

Open source Java implementation of the SOAP protocol. Hosted by the Apache Software Foundation.

B

BEEP

Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol. Developed by Marshall Rose, and now an official IETF specification, BEEP is a framework of best practices for building new application protocols. BEEP is layered directly on TCP and includes a number of built-in features, such as an initial handshake protocol, authentication, security, and error handling. Currently, BEEP is not widely deployed, but it has the potential to replace HTTP as a viable protocol for remote procedure calls. See also HTTP.

binding element

The WSDL binding element specifies the implementation details for the XML messaging layer of a web service. WSDL includes built-in binding extensions for defining SOAP services.

bindingTemplate

A UDDI XML element that includes information about how and where to access a specific web service. See also tModel.

businessEntity

A UDDI XML element that includes information about a registered business, such as business name, description, address, and contact information.

businessService

A UDDI XML element that includes information about a registered web service or a group of related web services. This includes name, description, and an optional list of bindingTemplates. See also bindingTemplate.

D

deployment descriptor file

An XML file used by Apache SOAP to define and deploy a specific SOAP service. It contains the service URN, a list of service methods, application scope, Java ...

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