Glossary: S

SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol. A grammar for XML that allows a function’s inputs and outputs to be described in a platform-agnostic way, as well as the allowable message and transport protocols for that function.

TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internetworking Protocol. This protocol defines how packets of data are exchanged over the Internet. Most Internet transport protocols, such as HTTP and FTP, use TCP/IP to construct and transmit their information packets.

Transport protocol
A well-defined mechanism for the transfer of information between two systems. HTTP and FTP are examples of transport protocols. The combination of a transport protocol and a message protocol, such as HTTP and SOAP, defines a mechanism for communication of knowledge assets between two systems.

UDDI
Universal Description, Discovery and Integration. A standard mechanism for the description of business objects (XML Web service functionality), the discovery of their interfaces, and the integration of those objects. UDDI repositories serve as a way for businesses to register their exposed XML Web services, and describe the interfaces to those services.

URI
Uniform Resource Identifier. A standard way of identifying a resource at a particular location.