You Have Learned WSDL, What's Next?

WSDL Overview

This tutorial has explained how to create WSDL documents that describe web services. It also specifies the location of the service and the operations (or methods) it provides.

You have learned how to define message formats and protocol details for web services.

You have also learned how to register and search for web services using UDDI.

You Have Learned WSDL, What's Next?

The next step should be to learn about SOAP and Web Services.

SOAP

SOAP is a simple XML-based protocol that allows applications to exchange information over HTTP.

Or more simply put, SOAP is the protocol used to access web services.

If you wish to learn more about SOAP, please visit our SOAP Tutorial.

Web Services

Web services can turn your application into a web application.

By using XML, messages can be transmitted between applications.

If you wish to learn more about Web services, please visit our Web Services Tutorial.