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Term (2XQQ)
WSDL (2XQR)
Origin/Source for Inclusion of the Term (2XQS)
OMB Enterprise Architecture Assessment Framework Version 1.5 (2XQT)
OMB Context Definition (2XQU)
Reference/URL OMB Context Definition (2XQV)
Business Definition (2XQW)
Short for Web Services Description Language, an XML-formatted language used to describe a Web service's capabilities as collections of communication endpoints capable of exchanging messages. WSDL was developed jointly by Microsoft and IBM. (2XQX)
Reference/URL for Business Definition (2XQY)
Webopedia http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/WSDL.html (2XQZ)
Technical Definition (2XR0)
WSDL is an XML format for describing network services as a set of endpoints operating on messages containing either document-oriented or procedure-oriented information. The operations and messages are described abstractly, and then bound to a concrete network protocol and message format to define an endpoint. (2XR1)
Reference/URL Technical Definition (2XR2)
http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl (2XR3)
Context Definition 1 (2XR4)
The Web Services Description Language (WSDL) is an XML format published for describing Web services. Version V 1.1 has not been endorsed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), however it has just (May 11th, 2005) released a draft for version 2.0, that will be a recommendation (an official standard), and thus endorsed by the W3C. (2XR5)
Reference/URL Context Definition 1 (2XR6)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSDL (2XR7)
Context Definition 2 (2XR8)
Web services description language is a meta-language used to describe service specifications. WSDL provides interface/implementation details of available web services, and leverages XML to describe data types, details, interface, location and protocols. WSDL specifications are typically published to a UDDI directory to enable service discovery. (2XR9)
Reference/URL for Context Definition 2 (2XRA)
OMB Enterprise Architecture Assessment Framework Version 1.5 (2XRB)
Context Definition 3 (2XRC)
Reference/URL for Context Definition 3 (2XRD)
See Also Related Terms (2XRE)